The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-06-12

affairs here, is also regarded as Gharnit's
tool, and it is believed that any news in
regard to the rebellion among the tribes
In the interior will be suppressed at Char
nt's instigation. Orthodox Mohamme-
dams are anxiously waiting to hear what
attitude the Shereef of WaZan will take
in regard to the succession of Abdul Aziz
The steamship Zeus, which has just ar
rived here from Casa Blanca reports that
there is much anxiety there on account of
the disorderly attitude of the people us
result of the sensational rumors in cir
culation regarding the death of the sui
tan. Caravans arriving from Rabat have
already been pillaged, and further dis
order is apprehended. The foreign popu-
lation of Casa Blanca is making vigoI us
appeals to the representatives of the for
eign powers asking that warships be
promptly sent for their protection.
The Spanish cruiser Conde Nenadito has
been ordered to proceed at once to Tan
gier Tho transport Legazpi has been
dispatched from Mazagnn to Tangier to
take on board the first installment of the
war indemnity paid by Morocco to Spain
on account of the Mellila affair The out
look in Africa is regarded as gloomy, and
reinforcements of troops have been or
dered to Mellila and other Spanish settle
ments in Morocco.
The Spanish government has requested
the European powers to act in concert in
Morocco to maintain the statu quo and
avert civil war. The powers, including
France, have given notice of their accept
ance of the suggestion.
His Shereefian majesty, Sdi Muley Has
san, sultan of Fez and Morocco, Tafilet
and Sus has survived many announce
ments of his death, but the present reports
seem to confirm one another, and it is
probable that at last this delectable ruler
of the true helieversn has met the death
he so often had dealt out to others Muley
Hassan was born in 1881, the eldest son of
Sultan Sidi Muley Mohammed, and as
cended the throne on the death of his
father, on Sept. 25, 1873. Muley Hassan
was the fourteenth sovereign of the dy-
nasty of the Aides or Ffleli, founded by
Muley Achmet and the thirty-tifth lineal
descendant of Ali, uncle and son-in-law of
the Prophet Mohammed, and of the
prophets daughter Fatima
Muley Hassan was a parsonage of some
romantic interest, but politically owed his
Importance to the iealousies of the Euro
pean powers, which hope TO divide his ter
ritory between them some of these days,
rather than to any especial merit or abil-
ity of his own. Personally he was IA fine
specimen of the Oriental despot, n stall
wart and handsome man, wearing "the
Bhadow'd livery of the burnish SUM-
with imposing and regal dignity. His
court ceremonials were filled with barbaric
splendor, and his authority was absolute
over ali his dominions SO far as he wns
able to enforce it, his actual power over
the more distant of his tribesmen being
extremely vague
After the attack by the Riff tribesmen
on the Spanish fortress at Mellila last au-
tumn, which was promptly punished by
Spanish soldiers, the sultan agreed to pay
the demands of SPAIN and he ordered the
arrest and hamstringing of several of the
leaders of the rebellion. This action of
the sultan was looked upon by the hill
tribes as a humiliating backdown, and
Maley Hassan lost the respect of many of
his people. 1t was rumored some time
ago that a movement was afoot to depose
or remove "his most serene highness,n
and it is not improbable that the mon
rch of Morocco has been murdered.
What effect his death, violent or ot her.
wise, may have upon existing interna-
tional conditions remains to be seen At
all events the Morocco question is likely
to become acute, for the moment at least,
and to add one more to the long list of dis
putes between France and England