The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-08-10
CITYHLLEDWITHDEAD
Many Massacred in Street
Fighting in CasabIanca.
JEWISH QUARTER SACKED
During Bomhsrdrent Arabs Looted
the Town ana Beat and Shot Jews
and Rich moors European Shops
Pnisced.


Piiisced.
Tangier. Aug. 9-The French war
ships landed 1000 additional men at
Casablanca. where street lighting ap
parcntly continues. The jewish quar-
ter OF CasahlanCa has been sacked
Many persons were massacrcd in the
streets the city is said 20 be fun of
dead NoCrs. and the Moorish quarter
is in ruins. having been set on fire by
the shells from the big guns OF the
cruisers All the stores are closed and
much hunger and distress prevails
among the poor The foreign consuls
have ordered the stores 70 De re
opened and have established special
tarit fer foCistufs. designed 10 miti
gate the srGerinss 81 the poor.
The European shops were pillagcd
but no Europeans were killed.
The state bank agency ~ Casahlanca
has been robbed of about $4,000. but
no details of the robbery have been
made public.
An eyewitness tells OF tho lo1tine
OF CasablGnca- He SAYS, with the
hrins Of the first shot the authority
of Muley Amin and his organization
vanished. His soldiers hoifod with
their rifles leaving tho town exposed
20 raDine and pillaCe In which they
themselves participated. BY breakfast
umc We began to sec men STAGGERING
along the streets under hcavy bur
deus and fierce white-robo3 Arabs
carving guns and mounted ON fine
horses. began to ride about directing
the lcotinE operations Even women
were soon carrying loads and assist
ing I'm tho riliace Al frst rolls Of
cloth and other merchandise after
money. most coveted by the Arabs
were taken from the shops and then
quantities of miscellaneous household
articles Woe carried away After a
time We watchers could hear the sound
Of hammorinE on metal and We knew
The loo-ers were trying 90 iorce the
safe in the state bank Then from
afar We heard the shriekng aud vail
inC Of the Jews. and we knew they
were being beaten and murdered by
the Arabs. The increasing number Of
Arabs engaged in the work OF pllaCe
showed US that attracted by the sound
~ firing. the tribesmen were cal'oping
I'm 20 ulnu the dream Of the Arabs
life the lootne Of town
During the morning landing parties
from the French cruisers succeeded In
stemming tho looting in small por
ton Of the town
The wailing and tho shooting IN
tho Jewish quarter and the section in
habited by the rich Moors continued
and tho horrors that took place subso
quently In large sections Of the town
not covered by the French and Spanish
ride FIRE never viii he told From the
back of the consulate saw Jews be
Inc beaten and shot and their houses
being emrtiod by n rabble led by
Arabs saw Moorish women being
dragged sQucaling from their houses
People who know the local conditions
hest decline 20 speak OF the horrors 70
which the town Of Casablanca has
been subjected"
netachmcuts OF French and Spanish
troops we're told on to protect the He
hrews. Considerable street fighting oc-
Cured, the Moors firing from the roofs
Of thci- houses into the narrow thor
oughfares. The European bayonets,
however did heavy execution IN
storming the Moorish houses Between
100 and 200 Mocrs were killed. and the
corpscs are lying about the town. man
elod and decomposing. and awaiting
burial