The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-18
SECESSION FACES
MOROCCO SULTAN
HALF OF HIS ENTIRE DOMAIN is
READY TO TURN AGAINST
HIM WITH FORCE.
LED BY THE PRETENEERS
The Tribes of the South Are Massed
and in Waiting-Persecution Of
Jews Excludes All Actual
Europeans.

| Tangier. Dec. l7.--"Thcre II nd
| Sultan. and government there Is
none" Everywhere in the fertile
provinces of the south of Fee, which
constitute the heart of the Sultanate
| of Morocco. one hears this refrain.
II is the raa on given for every act Of
lawlessness, for every outbreak OF
tribal fighting,
II is no new thing that the tribes
Of the north should pay little atten
| ticn to The Sultan or his represents
| tives. but the same contempt for the
nominal government has now spread
over the whole country, and if the
| Sultan doe. not soon leave his north.
ern capital and give the discontented
ence of himself and his army he NAV
soon cease, both in name and reality,
to be Sultan. The Sultan has shown
| himself weak. and also friendly to
Europeans In consequence, in every
part of his empire. he would be hated
i,f he was not despised
In the Genital provinces there Is
not at the present moment single
governor or tribe whose loyalty Is
quite certain More than three years
| ago the tribes sent representatives 10
Msrak ssh the southern capital. to de-
eide on what should be done If the
/ Gtyft tan ~
seemed possible. to European influ-
ence There were vague sugges ions
of choosing another Sultan. hut moth
ing was done.
Face Fomine Besides.
Since then much has happened.
Last year saw complete failure Of
crop and that the famine which fol.
lowed was only partial YVES due to
the accident that the crops of the pre-
yious year had been extraordinarily
abundant. This year the cropA- haHa
in great measure failed, and, though
there is enough, or nearly enough
food to feed the people, the poor will
have no money with which to buy It.
II has at last been understood by
the most ignorant Arabs that the for
eigncr intend to take the country
They derive NO comfort from the idea
though they can comprehendit--of
pa.i ific penetration. They have ana
logous methods In their country. and
they jump, rightly or wrongly, to the
conclusion that the foreigners en-.
Uloy them with the same end in view.
They need none of the so called mara
bouts to explain matters to them
They know that when their own gov.
erument has decided ON taking the
goods or lands of some powerful sub
iect The land are measured and list
ance the many little surveys by sea
and land which have been made dur
ing the last year are merely Chris
tian forms of the same procedure and
the talk Of establishing police con
firms the view
For the last six months active
prcpa -ations have been made fJr car
rying out he old scheme Of electing
a rev Sultan There eeems little
doubt that a confederation of the gov
errors of provinces aud Of thos
tribes which having expelled or
killed their governors rule them
selves has been formed with this OBJ.
iect.
Ready For the Secession.
For a long time the largest tribe in
the south wh-h has for the last few
years governed itself. held aloof; but
about a month ago Il came to a deci-
. ion. and sent a message to the con
federates. which. roughly translated
meant. when you think the time has
come. we will be at your service"
One Kaid-perhaps the most pow.
erful of all the Kaids-has upheld the
authority aud remained APP
loyal Now. at last. he toe. !
ircd of Sultan who is alWay. de /
'eating the "rctender without weak /
'ninE thc Pretender's power. and is 4
ilways coming south. and does moi do
q. af aid # attack from the noighbor-
ug tribes and Of the revolt of his ovr
ribe-i Is believed TO be joining thc
rest Of the malc0ntents
The head Of the confederales Is
iaid to be Mulai 81 Hafeed the
,rother OF the Sultan aud Vicero7 at
da-akesh. Morocco is a country Of
he unexpected. where a man who has
led all his life tells the truth just
when lie would have seemed excus
bic. and where money caravans can
ravel safely without escort in places
where a man with a good "ialiab'aT
n his back would probably be robbed
f it, but there is no doubt that ihc
irovinces. which have hitherto been {
he most loyal are now ready a. any &
lOmCnt either TO rise against the r
'uiisu or 10 actively oppose foreign v
laueGle u