The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-05-09
TKE KnOUMiR 0AnrAIGN.

Some Information About the TunIHIan
Tribes Which are Troubling the
French.
PARIS, May 7.-st. Hllalre, Minister oi
Foreign Affairs, informed the Budget Com.
mittee the impending conflict with the
Kroimirs would end the military part OF
the Tunis difficulty, and would be succeed.
cd by diplomatic action. France, he said,
was bound to protect her interests by i'm.
posing q substantial condition on the Bsy.
A telegram FROM Reumel.souk, dated the
9th inst, says the rain continues 10 i'm.
pede millt9ry operRtiona
VINO THE KRoUMIRS ARE.
VIENNA, May S.-The Continental Cor.
reSpOndenCe says: We Gnd some interest.
Ing details about the North African race,
the KroumirB, In the reports Of Italian
merchants In Tunis. The Italians there
call them Crumirl, and have frequent
dealings with them. 1u 1873 the Italian
Government wished 10 puniah the Krou.
mira Tor having most cruelty illtrssted the
crew Of q vessel bound to Bona, which was
shipwreCked on their shores, and the Bey
OF Tunis undertook the task Of ChRstising
them. These Arsblans belong 10 the least
civilized tribes Uf the mountain range be-
tween the Regency and the French terri.
tories In Algeria. The Italians believe
them 10 be about 0, 900 strong, and divide
them into different hordes, the Chiei oil
WHICH are the Slous and Teanaka, who
claim to DO deCended from Sidl Abdallab.
Ben. .Dj Djeinel. The Slouls are the wealth.
iest, and therefore the most civ.
ilized; they are also more friendly
10 their neighbors and towards
travellers, and do some business with tho
merchants OF Tunis and the French In
Algiers, The Tddmhka, on the contrary,
are described as poor and degenerate.
They live by robbing and stealing, are
fanatical Moslens, sGofn oil friendly con.
tact with their French or Italian neigh.
b1rs and seek 10 injure them by their
treacherous attacks. All the KroumirB
are devoted to the Bey Of Tunis, partly
from fear and partly because, accord.
Ing TO the Mshanimedan creed ,,in him the
highest spiritual and temporal power are
invested They send him from time To
time tributes oil slaves and eklna. As true
Nomads, they retire 10 the sumner to
their mountain forests and descend Ia the
winter with their herds 10 the more con.
genial plains. They hate the French and
Italians for having driven them from the
borders oil the sea.
Before Algiets belonged TO France, that
part Of the coast oil Tuhis, especially
Cape Ress0, was notorious for Arabian pi.
rates, who we're greatly dreaded. Now
Lha nnask Ia hapfanIIv aAt n IN mt nvn1 iha
cutal ashers have caHse LOT leaf On the
other hand, the interior is still As danger.
ous ae formerly. All strangers are die
trusted, aud the officials Of tie Bsy them.
selves and great difficulty In obtaining az.
Gees 10 the territory OF the ktoumitp.
Some accounts are given Of travellers being
seized and robbed, bnt afterwards trans.
ported safely 10 The Tunis frontier. The
Chastissment Of the Kroumlfa s described
10 be no easy malter, their number being
less 10 be feared than Tie difficulty oil A.
taCkibg them III their forests, situated
among unknown aud dangerous mount
aims.
PRosPKcfs or SaaloUs COMPLICATIONS.
LONDON, May ga Cdnstanlinople spe
Cial SAYS TiBso., the French Ambassa
dor, informed the Porte Saturday that thI
French Government has been appfihet
Of the departure Of aotne Tufkiah ifohclad
Tor the Mediterranean, and protested
against their going 10 Tuhls. lie declafet
that the French would IRE OH them
they attempted 10 put In there. ThI
Porte 10 preparing circular 10 The Pow
ers on the threatening attitude oil Francs