New-York tribune., 1889-10-17
SPAIN AND MOROCCO.
OUTRAGES COMMITTED BY MOORISH /
PIRATES-EFFORTS At REDRESS.
PROM An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF TIE rRBuxEl

PROM An OCCASIONAL CoRREsPoNDEN. or TIE TRIBUNE
Tangers Sept. 22.-Thc Spanish gunboat Cocodriio'
which had been sent from this port 10 LOOK after ih'
sloop Miguel Teresa. captured by the Rih pirat"s
has Just returned, reporting that she hal been hrel
upon by the pirates This is not calculated 70
dspel the clouds already lowering the friendly
relations between Spain and Morocco 1t Is horc'
that the present difficulty. though aggravated Dy
repeated outragcs, viii be finally arranged, ana tho
more easily because OF the arrival OF the Sultan IN
this city where he IS expected daily from Tctnan'
lis Maesys presence viii save, indeed, tho spanish
diplomats the prolonged and repeated voyages whlch
foreign representatives are compelled to make 10
Fez Or Mcsurez- and very often usecssly too whan'
ever they have to present some complaints 10 tho
Chenf In on Of his capitals
The different episodes of the Spanish-MooriSh
troubles have all been crowded within the space oi
few weeks The Spanish schooner Nuevagcla An was
seized By the Governor Of tho Moorish District OF
Agadez, under idlc prccXts; IT'S was Ill trea'el
and put in ial. Thc Sultan. hearing OF this out
rage, Immediately Ordered the release Of the snip ani
its crew, and negotiations respecting an indemnify
were slowly but amicably progressing between th'
Madrid Minister here and the Cherfan Government.
Meanwhile a Spaniard happened to murder Moor'
and to take refuge under British protection sooh
after military doctor of Spanish birth. DR.. jordan
assassinatcd. together with his hOusekceper, III
his house by fanatical Moscm anxious to avengc
the murder Of his cOuntryman. TO the demand OF
the Madrid Minister for indemnity and the punish
ment Of the mudcros, the representative of the snah
Sid Torres. pre- cHtcd counerlemaud for the surrender
of the Spanish assassin, whose cXraii;iOn he SAIL
should be eIucsted from the British Consulate by the
Spanish Minister.
This already pretty complicated imbrogio,
when the adventure happened to the Miguel ) Teresa
That sloop had left Malaga for Tangiers the 9Th
inst, chartered by some merchants of the place :
one Of them. known by the nickname of Paco el
Pacotillcro, had g0nc aboard 1t IS now
certainty. despite the rmors started at hr't
regarding the alleged smuggling character Of the sloop,
that it only had the ordinary cargo carried regularly
every week from Spain Morocco. viz groceries, dry
goods, furniture ETC. on the 10Th adverse current
carried the soOp toward the coast inhabited by the fam
pirates Of the BiG Mountains. who nearly inde
pendent Of the Suan's authority. The sloop was be-
calmed off that dangerous coast; It soon sur
rounded by the plratical boats and serious defence
could be offered by Captain Bautista Orts his four
sailors and Senor Paco the only passenger The soop
was pundercd and the Spaniards carried inland
after having been robbed and beaten. Two days later
boat som the Spanish maritime station at AlhuccmaS,
the m coast found the dCTclic slOOp, which was
brought back to a safe anchorage. When the news
reached Tangcrs it startled the foreign population. by
whom Captain Ortis favora0ly known. lie
came here four times a month to load eggs. provisions
and leather for the payment Of which he brought cash
from Malaga a fact evidently known TO the Riff
pirates, who dcspoi!ol the Captain of all his money
and allowed Kim TO communicate with his friends here
only after four days Of detention.
Then came the third maritime outrage perpctratcd
by those Riff pirates, who are fanatlcal Mosems, and
especially the bttcrest foes Of SPAIN which
drove their ancestors fIOm The gardens OF
Grenada Seville and Cordova and which de-
fcatcd again the MOors I'm 1s50'GO, eXacting from
them a hig indemnity. besides the occupation OF some
territory right by the mountains Of the Rir. The Gov
cnor Of Alhucema> having attempted to approach
treat for the dcvcrancc OF the Spanish prisoners.
fired upon 10y the pirates though the COcot.ilOs
boats displayed the Parliamentary flag. The cunbolt
replied TO that attack ead its fire dispersed the
MoOrs, while destroying some houses N their vii
lagc, and mosque, in which. It Is feared the men
of the Miguel Teresa imprisoned.
OF course this last outrage will compel Marquis
Vega dc ArmijO, the Spanish Minister of Foreign
Affairs, 10 add stringent clauses 10 the a.
fangcncnt which had been. agreed 10 witt the sultan
and according 10 which the Moorish Government
was: First, 10 surrender all prisoners s.l I'm IT,.
and injuries from Wich Spaniards had suffered
third, TO give sasfactiO 10 the spanish flag which
was 10 be salucd by Moorish fortress: fourth to
infct an exemplary chastiScmcnt Moorish subjects
who have captured Spanish vessels This uimatum
had been supported by tho presence in this harbor
Of four spanish mnn-of-W1r. They went back 10
CadiL after the successful conclusion the arrange
mCntS. But they VIII surely return here. or account
OF the CocodrtlO incident, and. II II Is satisfactorily
settled a'so tho PcayO and It's naval colleagues OF
the Spanish Navy VIII bolch forth their bnaa,idos
not in the way Of a menace. but OF a friendly salute
during the solOum Of the Moorish sultan IN this city.