Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-07
Sends Note to Signers of
Agreement Made at
AIgeciras.
SAFEGUARD DTHEPEOPLE
Punishment of Authors of the
Present Massacre Also
Promised.

Paris, Aug. IA note communicated
by the French government to the sig
natories of the Algeciras convention IN
substance affirms the resolution of
France TO maintain and safeguard the
authority of the SULTAN of Morocco AMI
the Independence and integrity of his
empire. 1t announces the security of
inhabitants and freedom of commerce
at Casa Blanca will be guaranteed ami
that the authors of the recent massa-
ere will be punished.
300 Were Killed or Wounded.
Paris, Aug. 7-Official advices esti-
mate the number of Moors killed or
wounded during Sundays lombard
| ment of Casa Blanca at 300. Only one
French sailor was seriously wounded.
Fired 1000 Shells.
Paris, Aug. "A dispatch received
from Tangier says the fighting in and
| the bOmbardment of Casa Blanca, ac-
Cording to a refugee who arrived from
there on the steamer Anatole, contin-
ued throughout the day and was still
| in progress when the Anatole left on
| Sunday evening The French ships
fired about 1000 shells.
| The number of Moorish dead will run
into the hundreds. A single party of
marines killed $50. The French wound
ed number about H. No Frenchmen
were killed. The Marabout Sidi Ma
rouf was wounded.
Fire on Landing Party.
Saturday night the Moorish pasha at
Casa Blanca was advised that troops
would be landed the next day He
gave assurances that the city would
lremain calm. Sunday morning a de-
ltachment of 80 French marines in COM
mand Of an ensign, landed They were
hardly within the city before receiving
u yOlley at point blank range from a
detachment of Moorish regulars. Five
marines and the ensign were wounded
The ensign was shot through both
hands. In spite of his injuries, he Or
dered his men to fix bayonets and
lcharge. In the fighting $50 Moors were
killed.
Drive Enemy Back.
The marines continued on their wav,
Idriving the enemy as they went, until
they reached the French consulate,
where the French citizens in Casa
Blanca had taken refuge. Other Eu-
lropean residents had sought safety at
their respective consulates.
| In the meantime the French cruiser
IGalilee had commenced shelling the
native villages outside Casa Blanca to
prevent armed Arabs from entering the
lefty. According to the Anatole pas
lsenger. shells could be seen ploughing
up the earth and killing men and
; Ihorses.
| Sent Party Ashore.
At II o'clock in the morning the
French cruiser Du Chayle arrived. She
had been in wireless communication
with the Galilee, and as she steamed
in her gunners We're at their stations.
BroadSide on to the beach she opened
an enfilading fire with mellinite shells
on the horsemen and natives on foot
who were in the market place east of
, town. The horsemen were riding mad
ly in circles.
Il The Du Chayle also sent a party
ashore under Commandant Mangin- AS
they were landing the men were SUBJ
f jected to the fire from a Moorish force
T under the command of the Marabout
t Sidi Belout, but rapid fire guns in the
r bows of the French launches cleared
\ the ground for the sailors who made
= their landing expeditiously. They
scaled the walls of the Portuguese con.
: sulate and reached the French consu-
late under cover of the guns of the
marines already there.
A party of 80 men we're landed from
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