Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-23
WAR WITH THE M00RS.
That is Possibility Of the Next Few Days

That is a Possibility Of the Next Few Days.
The United States may be at war
with Morocco next week, says a Wash
ington dispatch Of March 20. When
a nation calls upon another nation for
an apology and If that apology Is not
forthcoming, the next step is usually
hostility.
If the sultan Of Morocco does not
make a prompt expression Of regret for
the incidents for which the United
States Consul General Gummere has
been instructed to demand an apology,
the United States will probably declare
a blockade of the ports Of his country
and proceed to bring him to terms by
O show Of force. The armored cruiser
New York, with Admiral Rodgers on
board, is expected to reach Tangier on
Saturday.
Consul Gummere will Immediately
embark and be conveyed to Mazagan,
the nearest port to Morocco City, the
capital Of the country. He will then
proceed, under an escort, to the capital
and-lay his demands before the sultan.
The New York will await the result
with her guns trained on the city, as
some measure of protection for our
consul during his overland journey.
Besides making arrangements for the
payment of a lot Of long standing
claims Of American citizens, Consul
Gummere is to demand an apology for
the obstructive attitude Of the grand
vizier and the minister of foreign af-
fairs.
Quite recently Morocco paid a claim
Of $1,000 for the murder Of Marcus
Ezagui, a naturalized American citi-
zen, by a Tangier mob. Before the
payment was made Consul Gummere
was under instructions to proceed to
Morocco City, see the sultan in per-
son, and not only secure settlement Of
this case; but all others that have
been pending. The Ezagui claim was
paid, apparently in the hope that Con-
sui Gummere would abandon his
plans to visit the capital; but when 1t
was learned that he intended to press
the other claims the Moorish court
was thrown into a state Of great ex-
citement. The grand vizier sent word
to Mr.. Gummere that he would not be
welcome at the court and that the cap
ital would be moved from Morocco City
If he started for that place, and that it
would be kept moving, If necessary, in
order to avoid him. This prospect Of
having to chase a moving capital, to
fulfill his mission, made Consul Gum
mere angry, and he reported the facts
to the state department. The depart
ment considered that the effort Of the
Moroccan grand vizier to defeat the
purpose of the United States govern
ment in sending Mr.. Gummere to Mo-
rocco City on a special mission was a
direct slight to itself, and therefore
our consul has been instructed to in
form the sultan that he is coming to
visit him and that he and his court
must wait to receive him.
If they stand and apologize for
threatening not to stay, the incident
will be closed in a manner satisfactory
to the United States. If they do not
heed the demands Of Consul Gummere
the guns of the New York may be call
ed into play. The Morocco navy con-
sists Of one gunboat, so it is expected
that it will not be necessary to 1e-en-
force the New York.
Morocco the country of the Moors
who once occupied Spain and threat
ened the continent Of Europe with a
Mohammedan inundation from the
South as formidable as that Of the
Goths and Vandals had been from the
north, is today a country about four
times the size Of Georgia, with about
100000 Of inhabitants.
The sultan is a despot and his word
is law. The religion is Mohammedan-
ism and the sultan is the head Of the
church, as we'll as the head Of the state,
and assumes the title of prince Of
believers" He has a court with a cab
met of six members. including the
grand vizier. Like the princes Of Is
lamism, he has a harem and lives in
Oriental style.
Morocco City, the capital, or rather
one of the capitals, is surrounded by
mud wall 80 feet high, and is full Of
fiat, one-story dwellings, with narrow
streets. There are 80 splendid mosques
to tell Of former splendor. The city
once, in medieval times, had popula-
tion of 100000 but is half in ruins and
now has about $4,000 inhabitants.
The sultan's army is composed of
about $1,000 men, with European Off
GERS. The militia, which could be call
ed out in an emergency, is about $4,000
to 100000 strong.
The sultan's income is about $780,
900 per annum.
HE KILLED ST0NEWALL JACKSON.
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