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freedoms. Focusing on this shining side of the French experience was to acertain extent implicitly criticizing the ongoing territorial occupation ofMorocco, vvith its familiar toll of dramas and traumas. Only vvith this secondinterpretation can vve make sense of the vvish expressed by al-Jazulito see France extend her system to ali countries, as if it vvas not already inMorocco. As a matter of fact the majrity of Moroccans had not seen yetmuch of the shinning side of the French heritage. 15The fourth and last poem is devoted to the Turkish victory of izmirand its recorvery against the Greeks in September 1922. It is titled: "Morocco'sdelight at the victory of the Turks". By far the strongest in tone, italmost asserts the examplarity of the Turkish model for ali the peoplesunder foreign domination. This must have been the kind of poetry thatraised ali the concerns of the French Resident general.After recalling the Anglo-Greek plot against the Turkish independence,he describes hovv the British satisfıed the other colonial povversvvith small pieces reserving the best parts for thermselves. But vvhen theybelieved the victim vvas ready to be slaughtered, she rised up to the deepfear of her enemies.They vvondered: "Can the dead rise up out of his shroud?can the Turks' specter become threatening again?"Yes, they savv the lion bringing out his clavvsand shovving his teeth, sharpened like spears...He inserted in the Greeks his tooth and claw...He teared them into tvvo arts, one to his svvordand the other vvas shackled vvith chains of humiliation...Turks and Greeks defied each other to the battle fieldAnd only the svvord vvas to decide...The only speech betvveen the tvvo parties vvas that of the cannon...Thus the Greek armies melted avvay as if they vverestatues of snovv över blazing fire...The Greeks vvere abandonned, on the day of their disaster,by those vvho enticed them, after ali vvhat they savv...Like foxes, you, Greeks, retreated to your densvvhen you found out that the Anatolian land vvas the lair of lions...O sons of Turks, may your hand ne ver be paralyzed...O sons of Turks, you have defended the sanctuary of the Eastfor longbut your deed today earned eternity15. To the credit of al-Jazuli, we should put emphasis on his familarity with the progressiveside of French history and culture, and the accuracy of his statements, vvhich vvasstili rather uncommon at this early stage of the protectorate.647