The sun., 1907-04-07

came more numerous, moved in among
them, counting on protection.
When the trouble began razZ,as were
made at night into the French settlements
and the cattle were carried of.
At first single animals were taken. Then
ten OF a dozen would be taken. Finally
the robbers grew bold and whole fOcks
would disappear in night.
The method was simple, While the
Berber maTaudeTs lurked in the deep fields
of alta grass, their well trained dogs were
sent into the pasture. The dogs noisele,sly
drove the sheep or cows before them.
When all danger of an alarm was over,
the men came out ard FASTENED the speed
of the flight. BY morning they We're safe
out on the sand dunes or across the MOrOc-
can border
Even stone walls did not protect the
animals from the Berber raiders A stable
apparently robber proof was easy 10 them.
On a dark, stormy night half q dozen of
them would squat under the wall furt hest
from the farmhouse.
With hydrochloric acid they attacked
the mortar between the bricks or stones.
digging them out one 10y one with the aid
Of gazelles' horns. This delicate act Of
burglary might take hours, but il waS
patiently and nOiseleSsly continued until
a hole was made by which man could
creep into the stable.
The man went in naked an0inted with the
fat Of lion or a panther. This cowed the
dogs. IneY CTOuCled IN Il corner, not dhG-
ing even TO whine
Then the cattle were driven one by one
TO the hole in the wall, through which they
were forced 10 pass. The smallne~- Of the
apertures through which they were dragged
is described as all but incredible. Any
hole that the horns and head could be
navigated through was big enough for the
body TO follow.
The man outside grabbed the wretched
animal by its tongue and pulled. The
agony is 50 intense that it can neither cry
nor bite. The only thing IL can do Is strug-
gle. squirm, exert all it's strength 10 yield
to the agonizng traction Of the robber
who knows no pity.
The poor brute may leave hair and hide
adhering to the jagged edges of the stones,
but at last it emerges, and patiently allows
itself to he driven away, often leaving a
trail Of blood by which its indignant owner
could tell in the morning the direction in
which his property had vanished.
Sometimes even bolder outragcs were
committed Frenchman was attacked
and robbed near Tangier itself. Mogador
was invaded and the Jewish quarter pill
laged.
Europeans were robbed. insulted and
plundered IN all the frontier towns. Farm
houses were attacked by large parties of
Arabs in broad daylight and had to stand
regular sieges Then all of a sudden the
peaceful Arab tribes began 10 pull up stakes
and move away.
One caid. who folded w his tents and
mustered his wives and his camels for a
fitting was asked by a colonist why he
was going. In the barbaroUs linguafranca
Of the colony he urged the Frenchman to
90 too. Said he
-The French don't make war. The
MoroCcans are iackals. II the French
won't fight they'll get your cattle and your
women and your house. Noussi LOubetl
Moussi Falleres! Who -es Cor them
now? just stay and see how you'n have
your throat cut.
In fact, the Chorfa of Tafilet, the south
eastern province Of Morocco were preach
ing holy war AGAINST the French They
are sort ~ religious nobility, claiming
descent from the Prophet MOhammed and
their influence with the BPrbcr~ is enormous.
But the French had read the signs and Gen
Lyantey. who had already organized posts
and flying columns throughout the province