The southern sentinel., 1903-10-30
LAST STAND OF THE Mo0RS.
Troubses In Morocco Thst Aa
city an Unsafe stopping Face
for Foreigners.

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| Troubles of so serious q character -
10 engender the belief that European IN
| tervention may be neeessitated rage
around Tetuan. according to the Lon
don Express. A glimpse into TINS
troubled city and the country in wnicn
IL lies has special interest at this juno
ture. Morocco, in spite of its proximity
to Europe, is the most fanatical OF the
| Mohammedan countries. Christians
are hated by the natives throughout the
country. and it Is often dangerous y"
90 outside of the town of Tangier.
The business Of Morocco is entireiy
In the hands OF Moorish Jews. who
amass considerable wealth in the coast
ports. 1t Is not prudent for Chris
tian to stay anywhere but in the Jew
ish quarter. At the capital, MOROCCO
CITY. and Fee the natives expectqrate
and hurl stones at the foreign infldels.
as they cal. them, and no CHRISTIAN -
safe in the streets unless escorted ny
soldiers. Morocco is one OF the most
fertile countries in the world; the SOIL
| is very rich and has only TO De
scratched to produce luxuriant crops
The majority of the people live by ag-
riculture. There is very little machin-
cry of any kind; labor is cheap ana
everything is done by hand.
Tangier is the city best known 10
Englishmen. A number OF tourists
visit this ancient seaport every winter.
It is also much frequented by army Oh
ficers who cross from Gibraltar 10.
shooting and the pig-sticking. There
are no roads in Morocco except the car
avan tracks into the interior. In the
best Of times they can hardly be called
roads, but in the rainy season, when the
rivers are swollen and overflow, trav-
cling is both difYicult and dangerous.
Tetuan. the old Moorish city, and
the center of the present trouble, Is
about 40 miles from Tangier by road
and 48 miles by sea from Gibraltar.
Coming to it from the rock one gener-
ally lands at Ceuta and rides along the
coast ON muleback distance OF 80
miles.
Game and poultry of all kinds are to
be had in abundance; delicious par
tridges and pigeons can be had for one
penny each and there are quantities Of
wild pigs and antelope to be found By
the sportsman The ride ON horseback
to Tetuan from Tangier occupies about
nine hours. An escort Of two Moorish
cavalrymen is necessary. as numbers OF
wild tribesmen are continually NOV
ing about the country. and there Is nj
ways a certain amount of danger In
meeting them. Native runners do the
journey in eight hours for five shil-
lings.
One dollar q day is charged for each
soldier, and. in return, IL the tourist ie
robbed the governor of the district
sweeps down on the villages near the
scene of the robbery and makes them
pay 100 fold for the stolen goods
Whether the unlucky stranger gets any
part Of the fine is another question.
Tetuan IL surrounded by walls over
so feet high and six feet thick. sur
mounted by brass cannon at various
points. There are two enormous gates
the sea gate and the land gate-which
are opened at sunrise and closed at
sunset / arrived at Tetuan at nine
o'clock at night on my journey from
Fee one wet night in March and 1t was
nearly an hour before l could gain ad-
mission into the city. The fast Of the
Ramadan was on at the time and all
true Mohammedans refrained from eat
ing. drinking or smoking from sunrise
to sunset. The Tetuanites obeyed the
Koran implicitly and turned the night
into day. That is, they slept all day and
worked at night M
Many of the old families still have
the keys Of the lost mansions in Spain.
which have been handed down reli-
giously from father to SON with the
hope that one day the Moors may re-
turn to the land from which they were
banished. The Kabyles, who are caus-
ing the trouble. are q warlike tribe.
who are always fighting with some one,
and, in default Of foreign foes, they will
fight among themselves. In peaceful
moments they devote themselves TO
making terrible-looking daggers and
stealing Chickens.
The mission stations do very little
good in Morocco. The natives will not
take the medicine given them by the
mission doctors when they are sick be- |
cause Mohammed Il denounced "A =
false prophet on the lower part OF the |
label. Whenever Morocco is thrown
open to the world there will be plenty
OF fortunes to be made. as the mineral |
wealth Of the country is enormous:
the soil II most fertile and NO concee-
sions have been granted to anyone.
Railroads and machinery are practical |
" unknown and Morocco is q virgin
country as far as civilization is con.
cerned. The country is intersected bv
numerous rivers which flow down the
Atlas mountains. and the climate IN
most parts is healthy and can be im-
proved by sanitary measures, which ara
absent 1t present. Except In the towns
Morocco is very sparsely inhabited.
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