New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-03
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
AN AMERICAN IN MOROCCO.

MCh9SSS2 As E IT Is WITH Al SPpHg He
FEz By stephen Bonsa, jr. Illustrated limo.
DID, $40 Harper Brothers
Mr. Bonsals impressions Of Morocco and It's rulers
are certainly not hatterng. but they are probably
clear and true enough. AS he saws. the country is
SINK IN a slough of ignorance and superstition. ana
nothing shows this strkingv than the status Oh
education. as Illustrated by u curio"s NAB OF tho
world which is reproduced in these pages. Maps
very like this one were printed five or Elk hundred
wears ago. and In all that time the Moorish socaied
geographers have made no advance upon the car
Biography of ancient Iiindostan Prester JOIN ana NE
students OF the East in the time OF Marco POLO. Inc
simple truth is that, beyond knowledge OF the Koran
the Moorish students acquire absolutely nc correct
Information upon any subject. Consequently when
they have completed their course they are as ignorant
as savages and OF course. not less cancelled
There was time when Europe went 10 school 10
Morocco and when her great university was hieu
with foreigners They did not learn much there anu
the craze for that kind OF erudiuon naturally expired
before The rising influence Of the new orGanOn but
ths,r old teachers have stood still In precisely 'he
same place and have completely lost aiI 'ouch WIN
Furopsan knowledge OF every klnn. Yet wiz" NV
reflects upon the kind Of government uhoer VIM"
these poor people live, per11S the ohN "oi".'
should he that they not before this reverted 10
their ancestral Smian type. for worse goVernnle'
M peorle ever had o could have. ~ Mr.. Bois'i
Information Is trustworthy. moreover me emu Oh NUS
things IS at hand in Morocco. for the present 0"i
bv rebellion and corruption and the dia
affection toward his rule in increasing so rapoy '"'
O coopse seems imminent. not that the people care
much who * the nominal sovereign. Whatever 'hc
nam. they are equally oppressed Every dlsulc''
almost every town. has It's local ruler VINO Is aio "
local tyrant and all these fleece ana pinhoer oioSe
who possess property. under pre'ehSe Vi ooie'""
the taxes. vorord,nc
travel is full OF uncertainty and danger Marauoine
hords ecopr the desert in every direction ana selhe
whatever plcases them. There Is indetd more s"'eN
to be had from the protection sold Dv ioreEh ro"'-
than from any native authority, ana le 'i"oi9 ~
tho lows have found this ont ana maoe 'he n,oS' "
n. The most truculent robbcr of Bashaw Will neSi
tate TO plumber merchant who has the protection oil
rnc,ona FRANCE or Germany, and IT seems that the
Inited states counts for something too. in Morocco
OF course the practice Of securing projections non
the Consuls Is wofuy abused mat goes "'no"'
saving. But then It must be remembered 'lal 'h'
practice is only resored TO as safeguard against
Infinitely worse evils and abuses. With consular
protection even the much prosecuted Jew can ieei
that his head is his own. and that 1t Is not IL tne
power Of every bully to maltreat him. ~,
When a Bashaw becomes too obnoxious ana me
sutan finds that he himself is getting drawn ii'o
trouble with the Powers. Vt seems 10 De la>oii' "
course TO invite the ering official to Fee OF some
,,.r a., noIl nolace and then him sufficiently
With arsenic administered in tea The Bashaw IS proo
ably not deceived 10 the intentions Oh HIS wv
lord but they are Of all faalists ana what
over hoppens is "kisme." Sometimes. indeed a>
Mr. Ronsal relates an intended Victim contrivcs 70
escape-donhtless by the timely administrator OF al
antidoe In such be is hailed as a saint whose
spperior virtues have dominated the poison ana ever
after that man can do pretty much whatever Ne
pleascs A saint In Morocco need not be person
OF pure Jife On the contrary, lie NAV be an unuis
n,so d.beucbee Bnt once saint ne can 90
no wrong His inherent holiness Is PROOF against
everything and even when he is seen to drink
copionsy of whiskey. and then TO roll senseess on
the ground his compatriots will scof at the nsnua
ton that he drunk, and insist that he is merely
vra ppod in pOus meditation - -, e
Mr. Bonsal's narrative Of the mission 70 reg OF IN
Charles Euan SInit. represents That uhoertahhs as
having issued In failure There Is some dispute De
tween The ENGLISH envoy and the correspondent NJ 10
certain events. out which is ricN cannot a. N.' o.
determined 1t certainly seems probable llht NH
Charles was rebufed and juggled with 10y the suitan
and that he took nothing from his Journey 10 ana
residence at Fee. There are, however, many "a,
ternal ntrigues playing about the whole region. ana
t A. difficult TO untanglc the threads Many forelgn
powers want a hand in the Morocco pie. ana: as IN
the case Of Turkey. watching and waiting lor e
time when II may he in order TO start on nut i9r
the spells of the diving state Who Will be winner III
such scramble is question which the future aion.
can determine Mr.. BOnsals story Is fun OF interest
and was we'll worth writing. The illustrations are
nearly all from photographs taken on the spot ana
ore Of their kind.