Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25


Ma-el-Ainin belongs to the distinguished
family Fadeiya- He is a doctor of letters
and the reputed author of
The New fifty books. one Of which
~... has not less than fifty vol
umes. 1t is certain that he
has caused a dozen or more of his works TO
be published by the photographic presses OF
Fee.
The Review Of the Mussulman World has
published notice Of the author with an
analysis OF his books. He treats all SUBJ
tects interesting Mussulmans ordinary and
scientifc-the law. theology. astronomy etc.
Add -el-Aziz. the sultan. venerates him and
received him in audience year ago. &C
cording him sort OF triumphal entry In
the palace The cities OF Morocco on the
occasion Of his visits render him tribute;
Mogador. for example. contributed $4,000,
besides furnishing food for his numer-
Gus escort. The sultan. it should be
added. is a member OF the confrerie which
rakech. The members Of the confrerie are
surnamed blue men, because they wear
q blue cottonade which. never washed.
To the prestige OF Marabout Ma-el-Ainn
joins the title OF magician, which gives
him additional influence over the super
stitious Moroccan. Wherever there is trou-
Bile there may be discovered the inevitable
footprints Of the Marabout in blue. 1t
Is perfectly understood that he was at
Casa Blanca on July 30 and the massacres
committed then were due to his inspiration
II Is absolutely true. therefore, that France
In addition to the obstacles already cited, Is
confronted by another and more formidable
one perhaps, in the person Of the Mara
bout-magician Ma-el-Ainn.
X
The attitude of the German press has so
far been very correct, and almost all re-
echo the sentiments quoted
European from the Berliner Tageblatt Z
The Gazette de Cologne pub
fishes, however, a dispatch
received from Berlin, which Is not reas-
surfing. 1t says: THE French government
will find that 1t has difficult task to &C
complish. and Germany, as well as other
countries not interested, will maintain the
reserve manifested until now. The note
presented by the French ambassador to
Berlin on the eth instant has received in
other capitals. no doubt, the same recep-
ton as at Berlin. That which the French
In concert with the Spanish propose to do
at Casa Blanca, in presence of the actual
situation, and having for basis the Alge-
ciras act. for the security Of threatened
Europeans and the protection Of their COM
mercial interests will be looked upon with
y.
In Italy political circles approve the ener-
getic attitude Of France at Casa Blanca,
and the Corriere d Italia writes: THE ener-
getic act accomplished by France will be
the subject of various commentaries, but
public opinion will be largely favorable to
the attitude Of the powers who have been
charged with guaranteeing order and Sc
curity to Europeans in Morocco. The act
at Casa Blanca was neither without re-
Election nor barbarous. 1t was necessary
to quickly face a violent attack and punish
It at any price in order to prevent further
The London Times expresses its astonish
ment that these measures were not taken
more promptly. ut may be asked. for ex-
ample" says the Times, why the Arabs, who
have treacherously shot down Frenchmen,
have not been summarily dealt with as soon
as captured" The press in England gen.
orally expresses satisfaction at the ap-
prevail of all parties in France Of the ener-
getic measures employed by government.
An article by M. Francis Charmes, direc-
tor of La. Revue des Deux Mondes, says:
Whatever may result from
French the situation In Morocco, the
u,. ports OF that country must
hereafter remain in the pos
session Of civilization
. The eminent author recommends that ex-
petitions into the interior of Morocco
should be avoided, and adds: III the other
governments are not more in haste than we
are, and they will only permit France and
Spain to direct affairs, the object Of the
Algeciras conference will not fail to be at
Gained"
NJ. Hanotaux. former minister Of foreign
affairs. who, when chief of cabinet of NJ.
Jules Ferry. opposed cooperation with
King John of Abyssiania (Which proposed
to place that country and Khartum under
the protectorate OF France and thus bar
the road from the cape to Cairo). writes In
the Revue Hebdomadaire of the 18th in
make comman cause with the sultan (the
makhzen), or, II not, ignore\the Algeciras
act, take the situation by the horns and
do whatever Is to be done to destroy an
The wise and prudent president Of the
council. NJ. Clemenceau. and M. Pichon,
minister Of foreign affairs. have doubtless
very grave reasons for not following the
singular suggestions OF the ex-minister of
foreign affairs. They might indeed inform
him that the sultan until now has been
and abettor of the German, emperor in his
successful efforts to make trouble for
France and Spain in Morocco. As for
viii do nothing Of that sort. and mainly
because she does not propose to deny her
obligations as one Of the signatories of
that act.
Gen. Drude. besides. has already warned
his government against the impolicy of
following the Moors into the
Will Not desert, not only because of
n the cost, but because the
game is not worth the can
die. The Franco-Spanish armies Of occu-
patton and fleets will occupy the ports of
Morocco leaving the sultan or makhzen.
Raisuli the pretender Bou Hamara and the
Marabout-magician Ma-el-Ainin to fight
out their family feuds after the manner of
the cats OF Kilkenny, France and Spain
meanwhile occupying the ports and send
ing the contestants occasional reminders
OF their occupation in the form Of bills of
expense. accompanied by shells OF melinite
as substantial souvenirs Of the atrocious
murders committed by Moroccans
The Algeciras act prescribes limit of
time In the establishment Of reforms In
Morocco 1t says. however. specifically in
the agreement ratified at Madrid December
81, 1906: There shall be organized Moor