The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-24
IN NORTHERN AFRICA.
1ANGIER'S INTERPRETING ENVI-
 RONS-A TRIP
10 Tetuan on Mule- Baoix-RffY Pirates By No Means Past and Conc.

Especial Correspondence of the Journal
 and Courier).
 Tangier, Morocco, Sept. 23, 1901.
 The uncertain laws of this land of
 Mohammed have established what is known as Sanitary Council" whose rule extends three miles beyond the walls of Tangier, Farther than that Europeans are not permitted to go, either singly or in companies, without one or more Moorish soldiers as escort
 Now and then a fool hardy tourist tries it; but seldom returns to tell the tale of his adventures. Not long, ago a Spaniard was murdered in this way
 His government secured a money pay ment from the Sultan, but the murder CTS were never punished, nor any effort made to discover who they were There is little doubt that the soldiers them selves-the alleged protectors of the people in their capacity of mounted police-were at the bottom of the affair, if not the actual murderers. Condi- tions here are akin to those we found in Cuba during Weylers regime, when Spanish soldiers had things all their own way with the defenseless islanders,
 
 rescue. Shortly after the Maine was exploded, Red Cross party, of which the writer was member, had occasion to go from Guanabacoa to the next village, three miles distant, on foot as there was no other way. Everything was quiet as the grave, and we started blithely enough down the laurel-shaded road-to be immediately ordered back by the captain of the Spanish forces that guarded the town, to wait for mill tary escort. Tn vain we protested that ours was a neutral mission, to benefit the suffering of either side, and that we were not afraid to make the short Journey, at mid day, on an apparently deserted highway, especially as the Red Cross of Geneva protects it's wear CTS, even in wartime, in every part of the world Said the captain: You would surely be killed before you had gone ten rods. Hungry soldiers with guns in their hands and such an op- portunity for loot before them care nothing for Your Cruz Roja.' All along the road are guard-houses, with soldiers in them, who would shoot you without barley the instant you got within range of the loop holes; and on every hill- top are hidden sentinels posted by Gen. eral Weyler to keep spies and recon centrados from passing. Who would tell whence the bullets came that kill ed you? If I allowed you to go with | out the escort I alone would be held responsible for your murder" So there was no help for it, and to the village we went in the midst of a troop of rag ged soldiers, every one of whom looked | like an assassin in disguise.
 Piracy is also an occasional pleasant | Try of Moorish life. Recently the Pros per Corin," a vessel engaged in the | trade, was footed on | the Mediterranean by Riff1an pirates. The foreign ministers went in body, | accompanied by their dragomans, to de- X ,mand restitution on behalf of France and Spain from Mohammed Fl Torres, the Shereefian minister of state. They . will get 1t some day-but never so long as the Sultan can find excuse for delay Only the other day, few miles off the coast of Morocco and almost within range of the guns of Gibraltar, Brit ish felucca was drifting placidly on the tide in a dead calm, when eight long boats, filled with swarthy Moors, pulled out from the shore with vigorous sweeps of their oars. It was Riff pirates again-descendants of that famous hand of water rats.- which swept hese seas in the Middle Ages and despoied every vessel they could put their claws on. A felucca is onlWa small craft whose full complement is : wine sailors Therefore resistance was useless, and the Riffs in the long boats were masters of the situation. They did not kill-as their ancestors would have done, merely for the fun of the piracy being too easy. In the twinkling of an eye they stripped the little ship, taking away the entire cargo, all the spare canvas, the cap tain's belongings and about thousand dollars in silver coins; then, turning their attention to the crew, they tore the clothing from their backs and even slipped off their shoes, while the vic |