New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-21
ANXIETY ABOUT A BRITISH MINISTER.

NO WORD FROM SIR CHARLES EUAN SMITH, Ihn
ENVOY TO MOROCCO.
London July oO.-The Foreign once Is ANXIOUS W.
the entlre absence Of communications rom oii ""',
ruan Smith the British Minister 10 Morocco' WIN
recently visited Fez to confer with the Su"ah' Inc
Foreign Office has had no communication no'n hi"s''
IN. announcement that the negotiations mao peon
rrntured Sir Charles Is supposed to nave lei' feA'
hrt the Government has heard nothing OF MN s'nce
IN. eve Of the date fixed for his departure
Among those who accompanied Sir Charles On ,he
t,n IN Fez we're his wife and daughter ana '"''
Kersson friend Of Miss smith, ~
Duripg the stay of the party IN fez 'ho 'ui."n
.Dod an exeouator to the British Consul al fez' p"'
ot,sed him permission 10 fly the British nag Inc
,.,.o ro,as+aa against this decision, Informed the
cu,,ap tha. the flag would be holSted and tha' HIS
,,,stv vo,d be held answerabe for all insults 10 IT,
The flag was accordingly hosted at the 'onsui'oo,
and the natives enragcd at the sign, oi H. VI e""
" -, ~ ..r,ors,ration The situation became
critical Sir Charles and the members Vi ''0 % m'
MISSION fully armed, guarded the BRUSH nus ,,,,
Grand yizer accordingly acquainted the sultan VII"
e. C,or,sss determinations and with the fury OF Iie
- Tho sultan then sent 400 soldiers 10 proVc'
tbs british mission, and endcavorcd 70 pacny '"o
populace. .,,., ,no Loader of the
,,oh who was a high oihcial 10 pay over u 0'i
c7,es the sum OF $4,000, which the latter oirecc1
,b.. ftlA1
Other punishments were meted on' ,o, TO ,hev may
r,ncleaders and their is suSplclGl thdt uoS mag
haye combined 10 avenge themselves
This dispatch looks somewhat like a romance
rh,ished 10 increase the alarm felt IN Europe aou
Tho state OF affairs In Morocco and u prepare INV
rood IN an intervention in that country. There are
some reasons 10 hope that the story is eAageer"'e'
for British or any other Minister WITH hls su''e
cannot be lost like tramp like pocket ha'ioher
.,,o, The Ignorance Of the Foreign Once al
,ordon concerning the movements OF Sir Eua'
Smith must be voluntary. Two GAYS "su' Nv
r-.hun. related on tile authority of the ranger
n,nor. of lime o. that the British Minister ai'r Il"
to,rro in his mission and the dangerous attempt
g. ,ho rrcueh n,c over the Consulate, had deter
mined 70 leave Fez the Moorish capital, Dnt 'i'''
mis- departure had been delayed thrVnsh o"e '''"0
~ nrocurinc the camels and mules necessary 10 ''
transportaton OF the missions baggage.
II fs strange that no information Mt all hVou' "''
Ohould have been received for so many days. as
&c not long tourney for courters on cancs Dcl"e''
rez and Tanger and there Is cable conihuhlca"o'
from the latter place to England. II Sir |uai
Smith has left suitans capital ana taken te ro''
10 Rabat, where 1t was said that frltSh spuaur''
would meet him on the Atlantic Coast OF Morocco
news could have been received almost with the SAM
rnpdity as via TanEer. The London dsI'uch s'"~ M =
however that the Foreign ONCE mas Icaru oi lu
Minister since June 20. and that there Is 10 'en
reason 10 feel uneasy about him ana hiS cohpahonto
offered by the Sultan 10 tho English Minister ina
report was denied here. and now II Is stated IN h'
London dispatch that. instead of brihe, TIC sniuii
has paid 1000 all indemnity TO Sir Euan smith,