New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-08-05

as he liked. Though suffering from govt. and
therefore requiring to be placed on his horse
ike s child when he visited the outposts from,
day 10 day, he reorganized the army with a
hand OF steel He punished with death any Off
Ger who hesitated in the discharge Of his orders
and set up gallows around his camp which he
loaded plentifully with such as were guilty of
plundering, defrauding or insulting the country
people He, like his native exemplars was
nothing il not religious. When he saw that his
end was near he formed the resolution, says his
anonymous biographer, "of dying like man of
honor and good sense that is like a Christian
and he sent fer priest, who gave him alb
solution shortly before he died An ex-EngIish
ofhcer, on the other hand, Kaid Maclean who is
even now in charge of the arsenal at Fee, has
retained his post Of military adviser for many
years without changing his religion. Whether
the foreigner will ever be able to rejuvenate the
empire is open question.
only a CHASTITY travesty of empire" exists in
Morocco now. If the Moors were dissatisfied
with it. there might be some hope of improve
ment from within, but the present Government
are told, bad it is. is better than the Moors
have had for many years, and they have no
higher ideal. Mr. Meakin lays stress upon the
fact that if the population is content it is be-
cause the Government is, after ALL a purely
native one, the outcome Of the native character.
The people are without education, and says our
author, their sole ambition is the easy grati1-
cation Of natural passions, and their sole dis
traction is fighting. AS soon as a good season
brings il wealth TO a tribe, the men buy horses
and guns and seek an early opportunity to
them Only the abolition of arms of all sorts,
which would require much highly
ganized police that at present exists, together
with an efficient protection for property, could
bring about an improved ideal and an improved
condition" But a has been stated before, the
people do not want improved ideals, and there
are difficulties in the way Of those ideals being
fcstered by civilized nations. The Spaniards
naturally wish to revenge the long years Of
Moorish rule in the Peninsula by annexing
Morocco. and, as Mr.. Meakin remarks, they
talk and write and dream about it; but the
moment Spain began TO press her claims she
would have to reckon with France, and in
Africa. as we all know. France has to reckon
with England Mr.. Meakin is chary of any very
explicit speculations as to the future Of the
country he loves so well, aid instead of saying
Just what any nation could do with the Moors
in a political direction, he turns to the mission
aries believing that by precept and example
they can do much in appealing to the religious
sense of the people to strengthen the fibre of
the nation. The book closes with some interest
ing pages on the literature Of the subject. The
author reviews the works Of the chief authori-
ties touches upon the place of Morocco in fiction
trayerses the subject Of journalism in the coun-
wtry and then summarizing his data, gives in
brief compass a list Of the works which he
especially recommends to the student There is
g map and a comparative chart of the Moorish
Empire historical, chronological, geological and
genealogical in its character. There is a good
index and the numerous Illustrations are also
10 be commended. One thing miss in Mr..
Meakin's volume. He is not a skilled historian,
and q much better book might have been made
out of his material by writer of greater lit
erary abilities, especially a writer possessed Of
q good style. But for reader who is interested
enough in the subject to put up with sometimes
rather dry pages this is valuable publication