Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-11

ture renders remote the possibility of q
conflict. Besides. 1t win be borne In mind
that England is bound to France by treaty
In this Morocco affair. and Italy. Spain and
the United States have adhered to the con-
vention OF 1880 at Madrid. Should N. Rou-
vier assent to enter the convention at Tan
gier proposed by the sultan at the sugges-
ton of Kaiser William. 1t would be with
the assurance In advance Of the friendly
cooperation OF the above-named powers, to
which the Count Tattenbach will be the
nrst. perhaps to attest the emperors adj
hesion- Thus the comedy Is finished.
Meanwhile things go on In Berlin with all
the gaiety of the conventional marriage
bell. Likewise in Fex. where NJ Saint
Rene-Tallandfer and the Count Tattenbach
are exchanging diplomatic dinners and five
ociocks" whilst waiting the arrival OF the
several representatives OF the powers al
ready named.
The kaiser. IT may be remarked just here,
finished his Mediterranean trip. commenced
at Tangier. by a journey to Alsace-Lorraine.
At Strasbourg he delivered military dis
sertation on the Russo-Japanese war. In
ciuoing some severe reflections on the bad
habits OF the Russian soldier. with special
reference to his insobriety. At Gravelotte
ne was Silent. At Metz the Prince Cardinal
kon presented the kaiser with the grand
cross OF ST. Sepulchre. This honor the
kaiser said. was a new tie that bound him
to Christianity in the Holy Land" This
honor. indeed, enables the kaiser to dispute
with France the Catholic protection of the
u,
France has ruthlessly cast aside its ancient
privilege, and persecutes rather than pro-
tects Its worthy missionaries in the east.
The Marquis de Segonzac, a distinguished
explorer, has been absent In the south of
Morocco. where II was re-
SeeonAacs ported ne was held for ran
Adventure. son. NJ de Segonzac, ac-
companied by escort and
mounted on a fine Arab charger, recently
rode into Tangier. where he was joyfully
welcomed by his many friends who had
concluded that he was in the situation of
Perdicaris. N. de Segonzac denied with in
dignation that he was a victim to either q
political conspiracy or q skiIlful maneuver.
as alleged. to extort a ransom He was
simply the victim of an accident to a cara
van, and nothing more
1t appears that a native had seen him at
Mogador and denounced him as a false
Mussulman. His captors were prepa ring 70
cut or his head, when one of the hand
more Intelligent than the rest, said: Exam
Inc him. but let us piliage first" Segonzac,
who had learned his lesson perfectly before
embarking in the undertaking, recited with
out break the Djehada and the Fatiha,
the Mussulman's confession of faith which
treasured them. Subsequently he was
again suspected of being Christian, but
in the interval he had created many friends
by playing medicine man.
M de Segonzac, for a fact, had read sew
eral books OF African and Asiatic travels.
and among these the writer's. He had re-
marked the suggestion made by the writer,
that a well-filled medicine chest was a
more potent element of success with the
savage than a Maxim gun or a mitrail-
leuse. Stanley had achieved his reputa-
ton In Africa chiefly by the needless mas
Sacre of some six or seven hundred miser-
able and defenseless savages. Segonzac was
happily well supplied with castor and GRO
ton oil. and thus he not only saved his
head. but was allowed to continue his ex-
plorations to Tablet and south to Sahara,
and his grateful and admiring captors sent
him back to Tangier In triumph. Residents
Of Tangier liable to be kidnapped by brig
ands should always go armed-with a medi-
cine chest.
A cable received on the Sth instant re-
ports the arrival in Tangier Of the British
minister, who In presenting his credentials
to the sultan assured him of king Ed
wards earnest wish for the maintenance Of
the power and authority of the Cherifan
ruler" Throughout the interview the sui
tan was impressive and almost Indifferent.
The Sultan Mulay Abd-el-Aziz is de-
seconded from the Mouley- Raschid, who led
the Arabs from Yambo, in
Morocco's the Hedjaz, to Morocco in
Ruler 1920. 1t was Mouley-Ismail,
who succeeded. who entered
into diplomatic relations with Louis XIV, to
whom he proposed marriage with the Prin-
cess Cont. Louis XIV" says the histo-
rian, thought that the savage Ismail es-
teemed the honor of an alliance with him.
While Ismail. on his part. believed that
this dog Louis sought humbly his friend
ship"
Mulay-Abd-el-Aziz succeeded to the
throne in 1894. He Is the son of Cir
cassian slave. and has received an excel
lent education. formidable instruction
among the Berber tribes broke out in
1902 under the leadership of Omar lara
buni, better known as "Bou Hamara or
'Son of She ASS" He proclaimed him.
finally succeeded IN defeating the royal
troops.
Accident has placed In the hands Of the
writer a book published In London. 1904, by
Spanish or Portuguese author, who af-
fects to tell the truth about Morocco" and
such is the title. His annotator Is
Englishman. who. 1t appears. was employed
by the sultan and lost his job through
change of policy of the British foreign
Office. which he arraigns severely. The
annotator reproduces a letter to the Times.
Nav 81 1891: Let the whole Morocco
question be opened. The expansive ambi-
ton of Germany would serve this purpose.
Did the kaiser receive from this source the
inspiration of his visit to Tangier?
In the Revue Comique, by Henriot, in
recent number Of ILLUSTRATION. a reader OF
a newspaper comments the news Of the
day to his companion thus: Morocco,
japan, earthquakes, gas explosions under
movements, railway accidents, ETC., surely
the earth has never before been SO agt
tated'' CHARLES CHAILLE-LONG.