The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-08
SON OF MOROCCO
RESIDES HERE
SAMUEL BONO is THE MAN.
TALKS OF HIS COUNTRY NOW
MENACED By FOREIGN WARsHIPS.

Sultan Is Popular with His People,
but Bandits Have 1t in for Him
Foreign NatiOns-WOuId Likely
Kill the Two Prisoners if HARD
Pushed-BOnO Proud of Being an
American Citizen.
Savannah has one citizen who is a
native of Morocco though just at pres
ent he is glad that he is not residing
where shells from American and Brit
ish warships are liable to light on his
native city of Tangier.
Mr.. Samuel Bono, of No. 2OS Ogle-
thorpe avenue, west, formerly owed al
legiance to the Sultan of Morocco, and
while he has become thoroughly Amer
icanized by his stay in Savannah, he
yet feels a great interest in the affairs
of the little state on the Mediterranean
which lies almost under the frowning
sides of Gibraltar, surmounted by Eng
lish guns. In fact Mr.. Bono is highly
pleased that he is living under the
Stars and Stripes, where life and prop
erty are not subject in any way to the
whims or cupidity of outlaws.
Since the capture of Mr. Ion Perdi-
carts, an American citizen. and of Mr.
Cromwell Marley, his stepson, and a
British subject. by the bandits of Mo-
rocco under Raisuli the attention of
the world has been directed to the lit
tie empire. Rear Admiral Chadwick
represents the dignity of the American
people and seven of Uncle Sans war
ships stand ready to back up any re-
quests which may come from Wash
ington. England, France, Germany
and Italy are also represented in the
squadron which has begun to look so
enormous to the Sultan and his people.
Getting sultan in Trouble.
Il guess my relatives have gone over
to Gibraltar by this time" said Mr.
Bono in speaking of the situation in
Morocco to a representative of the
Morning News last night 1T looks
IKE there is danger of Tangier being
shelled by the warships and am sure
they will take no chances
1t has been more than a month since
| heard from any of my relatives, and
at that time everything was quiet in
that quarter of the globe
| AS is evident to everybody, the
bandits are hoping to get the Sultan
into trouble with foreign powers. They
want to overthrow him and put some
body else in as ruler, though who they
favor l do not know
Inc bandits are strong in the in
terror of the country, which is noun
famous. The Sultan's law officers are
nearly all in the towns and cities and
When trouble occurs in the country
SOMEBODY sends to the municipalities
a n he
Offenders. Under this system, the ban
dts have exceptional facilities in es-
Gaping from the officers.
1t is probable that the bandits have
hidden the two men away, and even
II the Sultan's troops were unopnosad
II is likely they could not find where
the men are hidden.
Sultan Is Well Beloved.
Il do not think that the efforts M
the bandits to- overthrow the SnItan
VIII be successful, as he is well be-
loved by his people. Hence their NAV
IS to get the ruler entangled with for
elgn nations. If pushed it would not
surprise me If the bandits should XIII
the two men. This would more surely
get the Sultan in trouble, as well as
the bandits.
THE people of Morocco are general
ly quiet, law-abiding class. very
much like Americans. There are MANY
foreigners along the coast, especially
at Tangier, though few of them are
Americans. The Jewish population is
large AS an example of how thor
oughly Tangier is a foreign city I
never learned to speak the Morocco
tongue, Spanish being the only Ian
guage | knew before came to this
country.
AS for me, the United States is good
enough. l would like to help my for
mer fellow countrymen, but the longer
| live in this country the less impor-
tant appear their troubles to me. I
have married here and have taken out
naturalization papers, and here L ex-
pect to live and die. Some day I NAV
visit my old home, but not now. IT'S
too hot for me over there this sum-
mer."