The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-11-14

In May last some of the wild tribes
men of Morocco stole Spanish boy
and girl who were living with their
parents at enc of the Spanish settle
Ments on the north coast OF Africa.
The Spanish government, knowing
well that the children would be killed
II the ransom demanded by the ban
dts was MT paid. adylnced the money,
and the children were released. Then
Spain made claim fer the amount Of
Its disbursement, and also for dam
ages, upon the government of Moroc-
co. Recently the government paid to
Spain the sum of $4,000, and an adj
6.tional sum of $1,000 to be given to
the parents Of the stolen children.
Several incidents of the same sort
have occurred in the past +wo or three
years, and each time the sultan has
been compelled to take large sum OF
money from his treasury to meet the
claims Of Spain. He seems incapable
OF preventing these outrages. Probably
few persons have any idea how weak
the sultan of Morocco is in the large
country he assumes to govern The
fact is that his rule extends over only
about one-sixth of the territory desig-
mated on our maps by the name of
MOROCCO. 1t is easy to distinguish be-
tween the territories over which his
rule is well established and those in.
which his authority is not recognized,
end whose Inhabitants refuse 10 pay
TO- T.
ported by large force of soldiers. If
We look at the map showing the distri-
button of. the population of Morocco
we VIII observe two areas, -oughly
triangular in share, which are inhabit-
cd by Arabs. The most northern
area extends from the Strait of GibraI-
tar TO the coast town Of Rabat with
Fez, the largest city of the country,
near the apex of the triangle. The
base Of the southern triangle lies
along the coast between Mazagari and
Agacir and the city of Morocco in the
Interior is near its apex. Practically
all the Arab population live within
these two triangles. All the rest of
the country is inhabited by Berbers,
the aboriginal population. Within
these triangles white men may travel
In comparative safety without being
compelled to disguise their origin All
the chiefs are servants of the sultan.
and are held accountable for outrages
committed upon the whites. L is a
mistake to suppose that the sultan of
MOROCCO encourages outrages upon
white visitors to his country. They
are comparatively safe in all the re-
gions where mis- power is supreme; this
is not to say that the Arabs have a
very friendly feeling for whites, but as
rule they dare not attack them
Pierre Lott. in his vivid picture of
Morocco as he saw it twelve years ago,
tel OF woman beggar who, while ac-
cepting the aims given to her by mem
bers of the French embass- With APP
parent gratitude, was at the same time
repeating over and over agrin the
words: Curses upon you and YOUR re-
hgion," thinking that none of them
knew the meaning of what she said.
But in the vast territories inhabited by
Berbers not even the sultan ror his Of
fcials dare venture unless accompan-
led by regiments of troops No white
man would think of penetrating these
regions openly. No drawer exnlorers
ever lived than Foucauld, Harris and
LEM. who, with only handful of men
in their parties. passed through the
thick of the Berbers, traversing the
country in all directions These ex-
plorers were so we'll disguised that
they were never suspected OF being.
white men. If their identity had been
known they would have paid for
their temerity with their livas If we
examine map showing the routes of
explorers in Morocco we VII see that
they are very numerous il the tri-
angles occupied by the B'rbers. Thus
1t is the hostility evinced, not only
against white men, but also against
the sultan himself. that has kept five
sixth of Morocco from being well
known. and has limited satisfactory
explorations to the small triansles oc-
cupied by the Arabs.
Township Officers.