The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-10-12
the MARION DAILY MlsnoK SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10 1907

force or fanatical horsemen estimated
at $4,000 at his back, while In the
western provinces still slumber the
never radically suppressed rebellions
Of the Rogui and Bou Hamara, the
benevolent Father of the Asses who,
with his claim to divine descent and
revelation and his wondrous gift of
eloquence. exercises remarkable In
fluence upon the mule drivers and all
the other nomadic folk of the empire.
Nations Have Hard Task.
Such in outline Is the situation by
which France and Spain find them
selves confronted because of the recog
milton of their special interests in the
/ disturbed country, and the police man.
date which they received at the con-
ference OF the powers at Algeciras. In
the light OF recent events it would
seem not at all unlikely that their
diplomatic victory at the conference
Will entail upon France and Spain the
loss of many thousands of men and
many millions OF francs, which neither
| can afford to throw away. The talk
| of an expedition To Fee. flying col
umn of 10000 men, in which the boue-
| ward sheets indulge. is the sheerest
nonsense, or the widest madness II
| wou' require 10000 men. all picked
troops. 10 capture Fez. and It would re-
! quire many thousands more, and re-
| quire them indefinitely, TO hold the
holy city and maintain something APP
preaching law aud order in the sur
| rounding country.
! Portugal WAS for several hundred
years in possession Of nearly all the
Mcorigh ports on the Atlantic coast.
| Including Casablanca; indeed the sec
ond title Of the ruler of Portugal to.
| day Is king of tho Algarvcs," which
| refc.s 10 the royal pretensions TO
| Moorish sovcrcienty. all substantial
basis to which tas ions since disap-
peared, together with the East Indian
dependencies
Fate Of Portuguese Army.
IL was In 1878 that Dom Sebastian,
and story. equipped AN army for the
purpose of oveirunning the whole
country. a duke Of Leinster and many
other gentlemanly advcnturers joined
Dom Sebastian's standards and began
the journey to the capital which 50
many conquerors have undertaken but
In which no single one has succeeded
green banners of the Prophet of Islam
we're first flung TO the breezes from
the battlements of FeZ.
Dom Sebastian and his army of 90,
900 men. together with the uncounted
adventurers who had come together
from all over Chrs.endom 10 follow
50 gallant and so generous a prince
met their fate in the valley by Alkesar
which is watered by a shallow river
generally identified by historians ant
geographers' as the LiXus OF Pliny
There 10000 men were cut to pieces
by the Moorish cavalry and those who
died here by the sword were the for
tunatc members of the army. Accord
ing to somc accounts. Dom Sebastian
aud the more notable of his followers
wounded or captives, were taken Il
Mckinez, whore. after they had grace,
the triumph of the terrible sultan, Alb
del-Melet, their conqperor, the create
number OF them were buried alive II
the city walls. In these same walls
/ are visible to-day many hundred brick
ed up cells in which on this occasion
a | and at other times OF fanatlcal fury
Christians were lmmured while livin;
;. as a punishment for refusing ID recit'
). the fatiha and so become renegade
, to their creed.
e The Battlefield of Long Ago.
1t Is a dreary scene, this long fol-
D gotten battlefield, hut one that the II
Z tme invaders of Morocco may remen
y Der with advantage. | came upon
on one Of my journeys in Morocco
y and made 1t an indelbls impression
;, 1t had been very hot day, and W
e were at first delighted to be wet to tn
@ skin as our horses waded, or rathe
h swan, the I.ixus. Then the col