New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-05
French authorities are somehow involved m shs
death ~ the adventurous Marquis

French authorities are somehow involved m ne
death ~ the adventurous Marquis
strictly speaking we can understand that. for
reasons OF government. ~ MIllet should SOCK %
save the French officials who are compromises
II. the matter. But why should no protect the
natives God knows how easily they pat their
he nds on any Arab accused ~ no matter "hst
misdemeanor' Well In this AFFAIR there ~ not
a notorious briRand who IL not protected ny the
Resident General and even by the courts cur
struggle az present Is precisely with the Of
fcers ~ justice not TO destroy hostile festi-
mony. but % get our witnesses heard. The
Court 81 Indictments. In spite ~ the lnaiHence
of the public prosecutor. has put aHide our eNi-
dence 20 limit IT, own work - the place where
the crime actually committed thst Is. 20
FL Ouatia II win take no cognizance OF All
that passed before or elsewhere supporing that
In such a corner 81 the desert - VIII never ma
any trace ~ the order 10 assassinate. II n I'M
possible for us even 70 throw susptctoh on
notorious wretches. For example Ibrshim-ei-
Acheys WAS the guide furnished N Mores ~
the Cadi 81 Nefzaoua. Now. ~ the time ~ the
expedition he was known % have had a hand
IN hfty- nine murders Why are such bandits
spared unless they are afraid that " fhey
touch one they shall hit others with them
II was represented 20 NJ Delahaye that Nine.
Dc Mores was beginning nothing less than Q
gigantic struggle against the courts ana the
Government.
Yes. II is So and by doing the Marquise
shows herself the worthy wife ~ the nero ~
Fl Ouatia She will yield 20 no one ana before
struggle she viii prove. N not with the help
81 the rnparflality - tho Judges ~ least ny the
publication ~ the proofs in her possession. That
Moras was indeed victim or a martyr she
knows that she viii have 20 encounter indi1e''
erce and sceptlcism. huf tho truth viii "nd ~
triumphing FOR moral strength In The long run
always triumphs Cd, or material force. This vas
the faith ~ MorAs. and o. is me faith ~ 1s
widow
There we're stlll two questions 20 - answered.
The first concerns general opinion IN Tunis IT.
self -
No doubt there many said NJ. Delahsye,
"vho rightly or wrongly refuse 30 believe IN No
wilfui completely ~ me Residerf General, put
no one would be surprised al his letting any
thing 20 on around him. N b. more diHcuN 70
exnlsin how ne has allowed the Government "
self 20 he involved In the affar. since IN. cour.s
NAV after all bring n home 10 me guilY Ps.
sons Was NJ Nnet compromised without nis
knowing it, Everything rs possible q,
But az least this Ansre Mores - NOT III
rected against the army ~
As 10 NJ Rebiilet. you Vtll not ma " al
Tunis apart from fou~ or nve creatures OF W.
from the generals down 70 the suh-heutcnah's'
one officer who will vouch for MN, Anu
scr, that ~ NJ Nillet submitted hts owl csse
~ three arhiters drawn hy lot among the gen
erals Of the French Army. or even II ne Pu' ~, '.
three generals % Tunis this question - II sp'
the interests of the army. ~ justice ~ rl..e0'
before foreign peoples. that the kesinent Min-
,s,er in Tunis should make common cause ~ u.
docs in the Mores affair. with the agents pls'eu
under his orders the generals wouia answer,
A thousand times No" As 10 the army w
are serving its cause and avenging II
Mores in fact with all his friends vas hu'n ~
hared among the extreme Nationaliss ms 10
whv the new affair Is so significant