The sun., 1900-12-03
UNCLE sam WILL
SEND NARSH|P
70 MOROCCO
TO Collect $4,000 Indemnity
From the Sultan Of
That Country.
CAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTY
Money is for Family of Naturalized
American Citizen Murdered
| by Morocco's Soldiers.
, /, SuItan's Plea Not
Entertained.
CAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTY

Washington, Dec. 2.-The department
of state and the secretary of the navy
have arranged to send an American war
vessel to Morocco to collect the claim of
the United States against Morocco for
the murder of Marcus Ezagui ii natural
lied citizen of this country. 1T has been
decided to send the Nicksburg on this
mission, and she will proceed TO Tangier
and thence TO Mazagap, the nearest sea-
port to Morocco city, conveying Mr.
Gummcre, the consul general of the Unit
ed States at Tanger, who will go to
Morocco city.
Cause of the Trouble.
Marcus Ezagui was brutally murdered
at Fez on June 2S, 1900, and Mr.. Gum
mere was directed some time ago to pre-
sent a claim for indemnity i'll behalf Of
his widow amounting to $4,000, because
the government of Morocco apparently
evinced no disposition to punish the cul-
prits who were known, or otherwise of
fer rcparation for the crime. In answer
to Mr.. Gummere's presentation of the
claim Morocco set up as bar article Nv
of the Madrid convention of July 3,
| 1880, which provides that in case nat
uralized citizen shall remain in Morocco
/ for length of time equal to that which
| shall have been necessary for him to OBJ
| tain such naturalization, he shall choose
| between entire submission to the laws of
| Morocco and the obligation to quit that
country, unless his naturalization shall
| have been acquired with the consent Of
| the Morocco government; in other words,
| that the murdered mans temporary resi-
dcnce in Morocco for five years, the time
within which it was necessary for him
| to live in the United States before nat
| uraizaton could be legally procured
here, vitated his acquired allegiance and
reinvested him with that which he had
voluntarily and legally assumed.
The state department denied that this
was in keeping with the letter and spirit
of the treaty and declared that it had
never been assented to by the govern
mcnt of the United States or by any 9th
er of the sgnatory powers to that con
| yention. 1t meant, in plain words, that
no government could enforce its rights OF
protect its citizens and that all that was
necessary to defeat the ends of justice
or to absolve Morocco from any obliga-
tion of responsibility was to permit such
foreigner to pcaccubly reside i'll Morocco
| for given period and declare the treaty
provision in question as determining his
political status.
MIR. Gumlnere Has Full Power.
In view Of the fact that no representa-
tive of the government of the United
States has for some years visited the sui
tan's court at Morocco city, the present
has been thought to be fitting occasion
to send Mr.. Gummere there, with full
power to close the case Of the murdered
man and the other claims that have beer
pending against the government of Nor
occo. These have lately been under dis
cussion between the authorities at Tan
gier and Mr.. Gummere. but without def
mite result 1t is the departments wisl
that an end be put to these matters, ~
} we'll as that a guarantee be given tha
J will prevent repetition of the incidents
J that called them forth. The disposition
of the government is entirely friendly
, but it feels that in treating the case n
, Tangier such consideration as they dc
serve has not been given them nor MI
!, Gummere in their friendly discussions
; and the sultan alone has power to adjus
| them, which it is thought he will do.