, 1873-12-07
ABD-EL-!<ADER.
4 Sketch oK HI!A Ctarpcrs

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pnssod away. For moro thaa Il QtarIur Of corl-
tury Ii lns bcen no mo:o than shadow, aud tho
presout generation 'inds somo difficulty reaIlz-
Ing tho fnct tEat Abl-cI-Kador lisquiotcd parin
aud challenged all the might Of Franco
In tho reign Of Lonis Philippe. One-an,l-
twcnly yoars ego; however, tllo ptaLo Of
things was already 10 clai.cd that tho priucc
prca;dcnt, a fow woo1s before hin assumption of
tho Imnefial Grown, was nbta to perform n dig
niod act Of gtaco Without my praclc"t risk, by
dccfccnG the release Of tho onco dronlotl E1r.
Suco TINT time Abi-cl-iiadcr has lived o rotirosl
aud peaceful ifa III his Eaatarn exile. During ta
later years ADd-n-kador ol5oycl Il considerable
pension fiom tho Froucl Goyorlmont, aud
his pympatl,ies wero understood to lavo
turlted nl.ogcthor nsido from hfn ear1y
aspirations fur Independence. TIo had, indeed,
been 10 thoroughly converted ns to feel n liocn
lntcrnst In the fortunes OF tho nation which had
! conquered him. When llo vas received aa guest
in Paris lso took apparent delight in tic society
Of hiB conquorors. and lo il said to havo becn
| dcoply inorod by tho caamiteH which overlook,
three yenrs ago, tito dynasty tllat Ind given him
Freedom, and Il prnca'y welcome. Tho agony Of
! fEuuco in 1871 wGs complicated by III tiBnrrcc-
movement Ind grown moro fo,1nida.
ahlo. tho intervention, on tlto sdo of
France, Of AuI..l-Aader whose name NaY
still power with lin country, wo,1lI hayo boon
pr2batiy nolscltsl and would haso been cleer-
! fully used.
'''rlo history Of lilo French conquest OF Alroria
! il III substance tho reaovl Ut tho conilict
which Ab:t-ol-I{atl wagoa almost siuglo-haul-
| ed against tho fo:onost military nation Of
Europe. Dorn or t. fnn1i!y. celebrated for
snnctlty oriltion, md i!lustrous descous
Abd-cl-Kader waa hrod In all tho wisdom Of tho
A1araoouts, and inherl.cd potent iulluonco,
| partly pol!lcni anl partly religious, over tito
hot-bloototl tritos Of his kindred. Willie ho
| WAS yet child llo nada tho pilgrimage to the
/ City uf the Prophet wnich ylVe him u claim to
thu titlo OF '1Iadji.' Arterwarl lie STUDIED ali
! which Asnb philosophy roclons to be worth
! guarding OF l.unn wlhaom IN tho schools OF
Egypt autl Morocco, aud io hal already won a
Aiglt reputation wcll the Invasion OF Ai;,iers by
the Ftellol linally broiso tho powsr OF tho Turk
i'll, Dogs and the military oyalc!,y which up
hell ttom. The expulsion OF the Dcv and liu
.Iauissnres was not ,csrettel by tic Arab pap,l-
| lutipp whom tluy ha;l crlaeIly up}>roAsod but,
unfortunately, tho sol1iors Of cIyiliZation n3
all cn1inout French writer designated Marshal
! nourmoit's conlunrin, force, welded tile
euid ior Justice or mercy. The katyles and
I,olo,,ius wc1o irritateI beyond bcari,lg by lilo
esulorngo a..:l tic multiplied foraaIi.as of tho
ou'trai:zrl system OF administration introduced
TINT tho foreigners woso aiming 1T tho t1osruc-
tion Of thu lai,l,, aaI af1or luo,tl.a OF sasmodo
strugyloa Abd-ol-katcr rnt himself openly ut
tho load Of Tho Holy Var III The Province Ut
| Orun. Ifo waa then uniy Fl yca;a Of Ago.
"r!:c fatal ferociy a:il vlo!ouco to which tho
Dulo OF lt3vigo resortcd FOR tho suppression not
ou!y Of upon rebolon, but OF s,tapecLod dssatts.
faction md disorder, dove tstn Arabs mud ka.
Lyips to lnaluosH Atll- ell kalor, ia his stronghold
ut Mascara, grew stronger oycry day, rad cvu.l
entorcd iutu IL kcctot altinuco with tic Sultan vi
| Morocco, having III it's ann tho complete expul-
Hiun OF The French from Afrsc4. III is5l, lo had
u which The Fle.lcll suffered soyoroly tl,g
latter thought it cxpodiont to rocot.nixc
tho Emir az an ainlust inlopcnlolt ruler II
Oran. uo, however, Ind no intention Of keep.
ing tho puaco, md in 1885, when Ills power naJ
bcuu acknowledged by tho wilola OF Woster,
Algeria lio n=ai1i enco,,utolcI tho Foreigners III
thu tlsll and compelled Ten. Tgezgol to retreat
Tho Frencl do,norali2oa aal bcwiIoroI, woro
surrounded by Abl-el-Katlcr III tho pllin of
Mahtn with n whirlwiu} OF 10000 Arab horse
ulsll aud suffered Il ehanafut defeat. Iulnae:,sn
sud instant efforts 10 ro,air the disaster we're
undertaken by franco, aud Marshal Ciausal wltll
al oyerwllo llolmlng fer,o marched against Mascasa
tho l,.alr'a stronghold, which lie burnt tn tue
ol-Kndcr, whose ligAt-arneA troopers seeuled ia
he everywhere to strlkc, mud yot themselves tc
oyale ayery blow. Clausul was succeeded il tic
command by u much creator nol.;ior, MARSHAL
Dusoart, who WAS soon compelled to admit the
futi,i:y OF the lrenc!. tactics. Il NOW treaty was
concluded il. 5iuy, 1857, by which tho .E,nis
acknoN It, igel formally tic s.1zerauty Of Eruuce
but was, eit reraae'te recognized as ruler Of ud
Western Algeria, exeep. ha}f-,-tuzon cities and
tic fruitful plai!, Of ll!u alol+lia
"For more than two years. tacro waa peacs DO.
twcon Trance mud AIn.-o!-Aa4er. Tho former
welo Engaged in tho conquest Of Constantine
tic latter ii tho augmentation mud consolidation
Of Ills ,ull,tay force. War brosu OUT again ia
October, 1889, u.id 4Abl-ol-Ka:lor swept upon tle
French power with Il tcrocIoua resolution aud
rosistlosb energy parallo!ed only by Hydor Ali'a
fumons tlosceut t,rou tho Ca.natiu or lLo royul,
OF tho sscpoy army in Boneal. lilo whole fabric
Of Frenci. authority wsa auts.torcl iu an hour
aud tho European po;1al..,oa fouud no ssroty,
no contyo Of utrenstA, raYa in tho Walled
citiep and tic insrcnci.al c.a,pa Tllo vnlor Of
Tho European tro,ps ws4 sit;:.asy displayed but
tho Arabs wero MT .lsiyol pac; to tLsir nioull-
famous da,crts til; n l:,4i I}u1aa,,d rotur.loI tc
to aoa: ur war With t>.!l powols, iarao r,:niovce.
xuuut., ;.:,'l u desperate pt,rpuso. Tlon began
that terrible warlato witch has won for tho al.
| ce,Inu yclor.t1y OF Fruuco II d..Dtful fnmp, Al,
| IAN ma ,,o,, I.r;,,,} a., ,,o,r, Il