The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-06-11
THE M0STLMS
SCARED ARABS GO TO PLEAD
WITH RAISULI.

Land and Kill All Moslems or
Drive Them Out of Moroc-
co-Uncle Sam Will
Send Fleet to
Turkey.
Washington, June 2.-France
has made what Secretary Hay re-
CARDS master stroke of diplomacy
in seeking the release of Ion Perdi.
caris and his stepson.
Thirty Mahometan "holy men"
have been sent from Tangier to
urge Raisuli to set the eaptives free
without paying any ransom and
without any conditions except to,
escape the wrath of the "Roamis'' -
the Arabs name for Christians.
The "holy men" will tell Raisuli
that if the prisoners are not imme-
diately released the Christians will
lombard Tangier abd land troops
to exterminate the Mahometans OF
drive them out of Morocco, one of
their strongholds.
Rasuli is devoted follower of
Mahomet, and the arguments of the
["holy men" will carry great weight
with him.
Mr.. Hay hopes that they will get
the captives freed and take them
back to Tangier.
If this scheme works it will be
the easiest way out of the affair, as
it will antagonizs no one and will
go far toward preventing a repeti-
ton of the incident.
French officials convinced the
"holy men" that if the prisoners
are not Immediately released the
Tn: te st stes and Great will proceed
against Raisuli and his band in par
ticular and all Mahometans in gen
eral, and that France will not in
terfere. =
| The strenuous Roosevelt hand
will fall next upon Turkey. When
the sultan, Abdul Hamid, impa-
tiently asked that the American
warshirs be sent away from Beirut
last summer, following the Alexan-
Idretta incident, the president re-
Iluctantly consented to their recall,
serving notice on the sultan that
the feet would return in greater
force if certain long-standing Amer
ican claims were not settled. The
claims have not been paid, and
plans are on foot to carry out the
presidents threat.
| Mr.. Roosevelt believes the kid
mapping case soon will be ''closed
incident" and as soon as the com
bined squadrons can leave rangier
they Will join the battle-ship feet
and steam to Turkey. As there
may be a threat of bombardment,
the warships probably will go to
Beirut instead of to Smyrna, as was
at first tentatively decided on as
the objective point. An American
. naval commander threatened some
years ago to lombard Smyrna, and
the sultan smilingly told him to &c
ahead. Then it was discovered that
Smyrpa's population is largely
made up Of naturalized Americans
and Europeans. There was no bonn.
bardment.
Beirut is strictly Turkish city,
and a threat of bonn mbardment ther.
might carry more weight. On tn,
arrival of the American fleet, which
will be the most powerful that hal
ever been seen in European waterl
the sultan will be asked to pay up
and will be told that the warship'
will wait for the money.
Americas claims against Turkey
amountto more than 5000, 900. They
include more than $780, 900 in mis-
sionary claims and $4,000 indem
nifty for the murder some years ag'
of an American bicyclist namst
Lenz, who was slain by Bashi Ba
souks, whose excuse was that the,
thought he was the devil.
An American college at Marsou
va, burned BY Turks two or thre
years ago, has never been paid fol
The sultan will also be asked t
make restitution for the ransor
paid the Macedonian brigands VIII
kidnapped Miss Ellen NJ. Stone
, The Americans who contributed th
ransom fund are constantly appea'
ing to Mr.. Hay to insist that th
sultan reimburse them.
Niu Chwang, June 7.-Chines
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