The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-04
RAISULI CATCHES The KAlD
ENTRAPS SULTAN OF MOROCCO'S
ENGLISH GENERAL.

Sir Harry sIacIesn Was Negonating with
the BriEand for amnesty and Peace
Went Into Arab Camp Unxuarded
We'll Treated 10 Fsr-Heid as Hostage
Special Cable Despotchss % THE SUN.
TAN0IER, July 3.-Gen. Sir Harry Aubrey
de Maclean. ksld or chief in the service OF
the sultan Of Morocco and colonel OF his
~hodyguard, was captured by Raisuli. the
brigand, in the Djebil Benz Hassan. a range
Of mountains in neighborhood Of Tetuan.
Maclean has been negotiating with Rsisuli
with regard to a pardon for him and went
10 ri Hamaz. on behalf of the Sultan. TO
deliver TO Raisuli a letter and presents
which the Sultan was sending. n Of the
conditions Of Raisuli's pardon was to be
that he should live at Fee. the capital. in
the future. where the Sultan would be able
10 keep a closer eye upon him.
II appears that a meeting place was APP
pointed, but Raisuli was not there when the
Kaid arrived. The latter found instead a
messenger from the bandit, who said that
Raisuli requested Kaid Maclean to go to the
formers camp. He refused to accept the
Sultan's letter except from the Raids
hand, but a. the tribes feared treachery
on the part Of the s~ultan's troops the Kaid
must go alone.
The latter chose four men to
him and went with them only to Raisuli's
camp, which vas twenty miles further
AWAY. There he was made q prisoner.
Raisuli caused the Kaid's personal kit to
be brought from his camp to Rsisuli's.
The Kaid is being treated CONSIDERABLY
il is likely that Raisuli will hold him as q
hostage.
PARIS, July ga despatch to the Petit
Pdrisien from Tangier says that Raisuli's
terms for the ransom OF Kaid Maclean are
the payment Of 81. 500. 900. the nomination Of
Raisuli as Pasha Of Tangier and as Moroccan
chief OF the Franco-Spanish police. the re-
turn Of Guebbas to Fee and the rebuilding
Of the fortress at Zinat.
The Board Of Foreign Affairs maintains
that England is not qualified to take up the
affair. the Kaid being the Sultan's COM
missioned agent. but the British Legation
takes an opposite view and intends to act
e~nergetically. but calmly.
Mr.. Lowther. the British Minister. has
begged Sid Mohammed Guebbas. Minister
Of War. not to send troops any further
toward the Lakmes Mountains, fearing
reprisals.
II 10 DtucNcu tUaJ tuo hnOtTNentlOu OF
the Shereef Of 0uazzen. a protege If France,
will be sought. as when Ion Perdicaris
was captured by Raisuli.
Rsisuli became a world celebrity by kid
mapping Ion Perdicaris. a wealthy Amer
lean resident Of Morocco. in May. 1904.
This was by no means his first exploit in
kidnapping. He had previously taken to
bis camp for purposes Of revenue Mr.. Har-
ris. the Tangier correspondent Of the Lon
don Times. He detained MIR. Perdicaris
for about two months. by which time,
prodded by the United States. the Sultan
scraped together SIS. 600. which was Raj
suits price for Mr.. Perdicaris
In July. 1904. Raisuli rsided the town OF
Ghard and looted it. He then headed
a revolt against the Sultan. capturing
two caravans at the gates Of Tangier. The
Sultan in March, 1905, made him Governor
Of some OF the mountain tribes and the
German Legation at Tangier invited him to
meet the Kaiser there and promised him
protection. He did not go. Next the
Sultan gave him complete control of a
whole district. that of fash. Meanwhile
he had a hard tussle with the Angera tribe,
but finally defeated it in a battle near
Tangier.
Times were a little quiet for a while, but
Raisuli kept his hand in by kidnapping for
ransom a few Belgians and Frenchmen.
Then he ordered the murder OF the COM
mander Of 0udjda and mis- sons and SON.
in-law
Shortly after Raisuli established himself
In q sort of fortified post at Zinat, whence
he issued a manifesto announcing that no
land in Tangier could be sold without his
permission. Next he assumed the gov
ernorship Of Tangier and received the sane
ton Of the Sultan, whereupon he began TO
carry things with a high hand. He threat
ened TO drive all Christians into the sea,
proclaimed a holy war on December IL last,
demanded on December II the withdrawal
pf the foreign warships that were in the
harbor INT made his lieutenant in Tangier
Ben Mansur. who was even more overbear- !
ing than he.
Then the diplomatic corps aroused itself
and on December ~ the Sultan deposed
Raisuli, the Sultan's troops entered Tangier |
and Raisuli's men retired. His place at
Zinat was captured and destroyed and he
the Moroccan desert. After various narrow |
escapes, the Sultan having placed a price
on his head. Raisuli Joined forces with
Blu Hamara. the ~pretender to the Moroccan
throne. who has a force OF about 2 600
men in the field.
Sir Harry Maclean was born June is. 1913. |
He formerly served in the ~Sixty-ninth
British regiment Of infantry. In 1901 he
vas made a Knight Commander OF the
Order OF st. Michael and st. George for
ervices rendered to the British Govern
ment." He is married, his wife having been
Miss Catherine Coe. He has lived in Tangier
for a long time.