Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-07
THE JEWS OF MOROCCO.
MOST INTERESTING AND MOST
TRYING RACE OF pEopl 8

iHfINS RACE or PEOPLE,
The jews Of Morocco are to my MIND &C
once the most interesting and the most
trying race Of people ever met. Subject
TO restrictions Ia their life and business
which would exterminate an ordinary race
Of people in two generations. they have
grown prospered and in many places are
masters of their masters
No one knows just where the Moorish
Jews came from. but of course they have
been connected with the lost tribes and
all that The main facts are. they are In
Morocco without knowing themselves Just
how they got there. Among the anomalies
connected with them Is that they are
hated and despised by the Moors. subject
to every insult and degradation that can
be imagined: yet they are recognized as
such necessary members Of society tina.
there Is law, which is actively enforced.
forbidding Jews 70 leave the country
under any circumstances Ths jews. cut
side of one or two coast towns. are treated
worse than the Ineanest and lowest animals;
and, whether in the way Of retaliation or
the means which in the g. 81 place secured
them this brutal treatment am not com
petent TO say, they in return treat the
Moors With fairly devihsh cruelty when
they get them in their power. as they
often do through money transactions. for.
as in other lands. the superior cunning Of
the Jews makes them the bankers of the
country, and. with q debtors law which
allows the Imprisonment Of a man until
his debt Is discharged. there are ample
opportunities for the Jews 70 act - feNds
incSrnate-
KILLING JEW.
n return for this Moor thinks 10
more of killing q Jew, IL be can do II
quietly. than Of killing Q rat. and - for
disAonoring the family Of Jew. II 10
looked upon as the natural eolrSs Of
events. and truth compels me TO say that
the husband and father looks on the trans
action with fair degree Of conplacency.
provided always II helps along some end
he has In view. The Jews ass moi allowed
TO carry arms of any kind. For 70 ride
upon a horse. EIule, donkey oR bullock.
but must make al journeys On foot;
neither are they allowed TO veae any foot
covering outside Of their own quarter,
where they are kerded together lie snL
mails. their dress being regulated and ~
EtriGted 30 they may dways Be Known
from the believers At q elanoe. sDd they
are forbidden 70 build any places Of worship
or 70 hold religious services Of shy k.nd,
which command Is relis5ously 6izrega<ted.
ssrvices being hsld regularly IL their
houses. vita. Ia soDe cities. . guard
posted 70 inform Of the approach Ct
strangers II there 10 any nasty wsrk 20
De GoEe. "a for instance The ensslntng Of
The heads Of executed rebels SO that they
may hang the longer 80 Tee traitors gate,
tbs Jews are pressed into the service, II
Tie guitar OF eus Of his oEcers wixhes .
fsE Thousand dollars 20 meet . scdSsa
demand. soEze wealthy JeS. who has paid
tie leas. for protection. L. seized without
nStice and thr0~n into . dpoesoa until
be has been squeezed On. Of . proper suG-
II : Jew meets Moor. 10 rss:ef hSv
log The position Of TIE latter. he u obliged
20 step ezzsfocted TITO the 9th Of ths
middle eff the street 50 ss Ecs 70 teueh tho
z.nxsr.s Of follower Ct the prophet. and
he Ia nc. allowed rnce, any circuns.xnces
70 enter the street upon which . mosque
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