The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-09-09
THE GOLDEN WEDDING OF
FRANCE AND ALG1BRS.

Fifty years nave slppeo eWey saIco
French army landed on the African
coast. ut Sidi- i-Ferruch. and planted the
trieolor IN AlgierA The dag is there
yet.
During the first years Of ths revolu.
tion the Prench Government imported
its ~hest from Algisra Two Jews.
Bscri and Busnsch. Who acted - its
agents. bit upon IN ingenious method
OF trebling their profits. As soon ~
the vessels tha, carried their shipments
hai set sail they notified the pirates.
These captured the vessels and brought
them back to Al2iers. The two Jews
then ransomed the grain q . low
figure and sold il over again 10 the
French Government 1t high one. On
.he other hand. the republic paid N
paper money from 90 TO Is per cent
below par The result vas that the &C.
counts got into . tangle which had NOT
been entirely strsightsned out - lats
as 1897. The creditors Of Bscri and
Bnsnsch claimed Z, 600 900 francs from
France. the Dey alone olaiming $500.
900 francs.
April 80 Of that year. the eve of the
fast Of Ramsdsn. the Prsnch Cousul st
Algiers. N Deval. went, - the custsm
was. to present his homage to the Dey,
Hussein, who ssked him u be broush sht Q
response to bis demands.
Il had the honor to bring IL TO you -
Soon .s 1 received u, said u Desal. s
why did they not answer me direct
ly g exclaimed the D~y. Am / ciod-
hopper, q man Of mud, . go-barefoot
But it is your doing that do not got
q reply from the Misistsx e 10 yea
who have persuaded him nos 70 vrits
to me. You are scoundrel, an idols-
tor. . dog
As hs uttsred thssc repsoachss he
rose from his seat. struck N Dsvsl
three violent blows with the handle of
his fly flap. and ordered him out Of the
room. The Consul ct once reported
what had occurred to his Government,
which instantly recalled him.
Those persons whose passion for the
picturesque induces them to trace great
events to little csuses $50 in this
occurrence the real cause Of the expe-
dition to Africa. In point of fact. this
expedition WAS the logical result Of =
state Of things that was standing dis-
grace to oil maritime nations, and
which had been suffered to proiona
itself into the Binsieenth century only
by the inconceiyablc weakness of the
civilized world.
The Algerian Government Was simply
. gang of xdventurers associated in the
business of working the sea. Piracy
was their one industry aud their one
source Of income. They had so,ne 30
ships constantly securing the Msditer-
rsnean, and sometimes vsnturing out
into the Atlantic, capturing such msr-
chsntmen as fell in their way and pilia-
ging the cossts. II was . lucrative in.
dustry. Algiers haaped up wealth and
lived in great laxury. The venerable
Mr. Shallsr. for years the Representatives
of the United States in that CITY, NAs
moved to make this Observations: The
maguifcencs OF thess lucky brigsuds
has at least one good result; Il gives tho
foreign agents resident in Algiers fine
lodgings in tho city and eouosrys o
very moderate prices. and all the vege.
tables sad fruits they oosid desire.. =
The principle on which the pirates
went vas that they vera in . sta.e Of
natural hostility with all ChribsiAn ma
tions that had mot made treaiss with
thsm; and they vosld tssat Oaly Nth
those willing 70 buy peace at . sAtisfao-
tory price. As though the Submission
to this was not humiiafios enough. Ill
the diplomscy Of ths European poWefs
represented in AlgierS consisted ID pre-.
venting one another from trestin
with the pirates. Indeed. the NOR
natinrs the Algerian Government en-
tered into engagements With. the tnors
difficult It Was for it to carry them cut.
siuce piracy was the sole means 81 live
ihood OF the nation. and a give 4 up
Vas impossibls. i was : choics be-
tween pillaging end starviag.
Even il the Dsys had wished TO
remain faithful - their sngAgsasnts. il
was out Of their power. They; veee
the slaves Of the Janissssiss Who elected
them. This troop. which seeos nSver
to have numbered more than 500 men.
drew its recruits. like the 4amslukss
Of Egypt, from ell the hands q Islsn.
The Janissasiss treated Algeria - .
conquered country. and de6sd Earope.
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