New-York tribune., 1903-06-10
AWAITING FIGUIa's SUBMISSION.
Twenty-four Hours to Make TermEThree
Hundred Killed.

,, Ou,if Algeria June o-Durfng the day
snvovs from seven villages around FigrIis cana
to make their submission. Offering to accept any
terms General O'Connor refused to receivs
them saying that he would only treat with ths
Ameer or with the head men of the villages per-
sonaIIy As FTguig was independent and tid
mot recognized the suzeraInty OF the Sultan %
Morocco General O'Connor would only see thoss
whose authority was recognized oy each tribe.
The general is sceptical regarding the promises
Of surrender owing the fanatfcisrn OF tbs
population The raising Of the standard ot .
holy war by any chief would lead to ths
promises being repudiated.
General O'Connor has decided to wait twenty
four hours. when. II the head men havs not
made their submission. he will resume opera
tions. The inhabitants Of Figuig are terrorizsd
by the power OF the French shells. which re-
duced the town to a mass OF ruins. and they ars
particularly impressed BY the fact that the
French did not havs q single man killed OF
wounded.
The natives report that three hundred were
killed and many wounded result OF ths
bornbardn1cnt yesterday of the zenaga village.
which was almost completely destroyed The
figures are official. and IL Is considered prob
able that there more dead under the ruins.
The Moorish city Of F1g1ng. which tbs French
have Just bombarded. is situated about thres hun
dred and fifty miles from the port OF Oran. and
from Morocco. 1t is built on a hill. nearly two
thousand feet ADORE the lsvel Of the sea, and Ia
the middle Of the oasis OF F1sgis the last cult
waited region by the traveller from the east be-
fore ne enters the arid desert OF sand and cooos-
stones. which he must cross before reaching Fes
and Tangfer. to the westward
The fortihcation OF Ffguig - al Irregular quad
rflateral about eleven miles In extent. consisting
Of a mud wall with battlements which is guarded
by trench The defence is not formidable against
the modern artillery such as General OConnor had
II IA strange that military history ot the north
western part Of Africa should have been made by
men of Irish deScent-O Donne, the spanish victor
OF Tetuan: MacMahon. and OConnor, tno 1ranco-
But after a breach has been made. there are tft-
culties I'm taking city In its fortincatons thsrs
distinct towns; every one surrounded with high
walls pierced with few gates, and containing mar
streets or alleys. These inner towns are also
divided in quarters. some OF wnicn are themselves
clio The inhabitants number between 1O,OD and
N 100 They are descended from the hery Beroer
race are OF high stature, and many OF them nave
people OF Africa; but it is known that, in almost
prehistorfc times there were frequent incursions
Of the Cets along the shores or Portugal spain
Each Of the above mentioned towns included IN
FigUC and even sometimes each quarter, has It's
mosque. That of FL MaiZ, which has been oioWn
nm bv the rneIinite shells Of the French. was tho
most famous and sacred. Each Of these towns ana
Quarters has also cloisters with arcades. form
usual fountain. Each has its zaonia. a kind or
male convent with it's rich poor marabouts. or
missionaries Inside Of the wall is great grove
of two hundred thousand palm ana date trees. uIl-
der whose shadow grow orange, lemon and nS
trees and vines. The natives OF Ffgug are good
artisans they weave burnooses. hatks. ETC. tne
nonnads Many of the natives ernfgrate 70 Alseriar
working there masons and miners