The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-14
GUNS TO BE
USED AGAINST
THE MOORS
French Government Acting
With Energy and Caution
in North African Middle.

PARIS, Aug. 14.-Competent govern
ment circles decline to discuss the pos
sibility of France eventually being
compelled to overstep the limits of the
terms of the Algeciras convention, but
the following statement was made on
the subject today from an authorita-
tive quarter:
Events may force our hands, but
until they do We shall try in good faith
to carry out the mandate which We
hold from the powers"
1t was officially explained today thai
the artillery being shipped to Casa
blanca from Oran is designed to re-
place the machine guns and other ar
tillery landed from the warships which
are not of sufficient range to each
the camps of the rebel Moors.
An official note issued this afternoon
says that Genera Drude, in command
OF the French expeditionary force at
Casablanca has not asked tor rein
forcements, and that therefore the
statement that the government has de-
clined to furnish him with any more
troops is incorrect.
A dispatch from Tangier to the Echo
De Paris says the French cruiser Cali
lee restored calm at Rabat by threat
ening to lombard the neighboring holy
city of Sail. Assurances were then
given the commander of the cruiser
that Europeans would be safe, n
subsequently the tribesmen who had
congregated around Rabat went off to
Join the besiegers at Casablanca.
The Arabs renewed their attacks, the
correspondent continues, upon n
camp Of the expeditionary force under
General Drude the night of August IL.
Two hundred horsemen made a fierce
onslaught in which they almost car
ried the advance posts. The hghting
lasted until morning. General Drude
purposes, on the arrival of reinforce
ments, to occupy successfully the
towns of Ben Rechid, casa Mediouna
and Settat, which are the centres Oh
the wild rebel tribes. The lombard
ment of Fort Fedala, where the Arabs
have a quantity of arms and
ton in reserve, is considered an i'm
mediate necessity.
The new from Morocco City is bad.
The tribes Ii that section have offered
the Sultanate to Touley Hafid, whom
they have invited to lead them to Fee.
1t is not thought that the loyalty OF
Touley Hafid can stand this tempta-
ton.
The apparent reluctance to send re-
Inducements to General Drude is con-
sidered here to be a mistake, for it is
declared that the slightest check to
the French operations will be followed
by q general rising in Morocco.
The Journal publishes a dispatch
from Tangier saying it is reported
that 200 horsemen have forced the
gates of Mazagan n are now plllag-
ing the European quarter.
The Matin publishes a dispatch from
C~asablanca saying the Arab chiefs
spent Sunday in consultation, and 1t
is believed they decided upon a course
of action which soon will become mani
fest. The Mediouna tribe, which got
most of the plumber at Casabianca,
was attacked by other tribes on It's
way home, and after a stiff fight de-
priyed of much of it's booty.
The Tangier correspondent OF the
Eclair cables that the situation at Fec
is critical. The population is threaten
ing to rise against the government
which is in no position to defend it
self. The European colony at Fee can
not leave the city.