Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-05

If1t WEOI ANU if1C DNSl
at home. 1 am told that Raisuli has dis
continued all such greetings. and that, for
fear he may be entertaining Judas whose
kiss may be accompanied by the heart
thrust of a dagger or the drawing or
knife about the throat.
Indeed the way Raisuli Is now handling
his callers is somewhat like that of Russell
Sage, after he was almost blown up with
dynamite. Mr.. Sage made his visitors talk
to him through little window like that
for general letter delivery In post office.
Raisuli makes all strangers stand at the
door while they talk and he remains at the
other end of the room.
A War of the Tribes.
He is now at war with the tribes the
other side of Tangier, and the fighting goes
on right in the city itself. These rival
Berbers sometimes pepper one another
across the market space, and at such times
foreigners are advised to keep out Of the
way. AS Rasuli now holds Tangier this
condition makes it difficult for the tribes of
the eastern mountains to do their buying
and selling here. which is their chief mar
keting place. They have been hard up for
supplies, and only yesterday they sent in
their women. knowing that Raisuli would
not attack them on account of their sex.
The women brought in their wares upon
donkeys. and expected to carry back food
Raisulfs gallantry, however, did not ex-
tend to the beasts of burden, so he cap
tured the donkeys. and sent the girls, old
and young. home weeping and wailing. The
result of this will be a truce sooner or later,
but there may be a pitched battle before
that occurs.
AS it is now every traveller carries gun,
and every native who goes about the coun-
try has his rifle and knife. l see armed
men everywhere both in town and OUT and
I am told that the natives themselves look
70 a of
always fighting with one another. Families
have feuds which last from generation to
generation and there are feuds between the
tribes, which lead to the burning of vii
lagos and wholesale slaughter. The only
rule Is that of the stronger. and the whole
country is fast approaching a state of an
l-archy.
Dangerous for Christians.
Indeed. the conditions here make me think
of what Col. Petit said to me during
with Spain, when L landed at Zambo-
anga in the Philippines, to see something
of the Moros there. 1 had called at the
military headquarters and had asked the
commander if it would be safe for me to
go through the Moro villages. Col. Petit
replied:
Il think so, my boy. but 1 would advise
you to first tie your head on with a
string"
1t is about the same here. One Is safe
enough if he does not get into the wrong
combination and there are plenty of wrong
ones. These Mohammedans more IA
natiCal than our Moros. They call all Chris
tians dogs, and the ordinary Moor does
not want that species of the human canine
in his church. his school or his home.
Foreigners dare not enter the mosques of
Morocco A Frenchman tried 1t at Fee not
long ago and was shot at the door.
1t is against the law of the Koran to
have ones picture taken. and 1 find it dan
Serous to use the camera. These Moham-
medans scowl whenever they see one point
ed at them, and many OF them would fight
rather than be photographed. Just yester-
day. for instance. my son Jack, a husky
young fellow of twentyOne. who is max
ing this trip with me- tried to enter a
fondak. or Mathematician hotel and stable
combined The place was near the market
and he had his camera open at the time
J There was a crowd of Mohammedans with
! in, largely made up of men from the in
terror, They caught sight of the camera
and thought he intended to take their pho
tographs They rose in body and jumped
| for him and our dragoman, Hadj Moham-
! med Both fought them back with their
/ sticks and after time we made our way
! off
| A Religious War.
! I expect to be travelling among the Mo-
hammedans for a number of months. After
, leaving here l shall be with them in Algeria
! and in Tunisia. There are only Moham-
medans in Tripoli. and in the British Sou
| dan l shall be in the land of the mahdi
| whose troops fought the English so bravely
| some years ago. l understand that there
is an unsettled feeling. just now. in the
| whole Mohammedan world: and that many
| of their saints are advocating the naugu-
| ration of a holy war. This is so not only
| in Morocco. but also in Egypt and in Ara
| bia. and. if ii occurs. it will MAKE the lives
| OF Christians everywhere unsafe. At the
| present time. of all the people in the world,
| more than IL per cent are Mohammedans,
| and there are just about one-third as many
| Mohammedans all told as there are Chris
| tians. Christians number little over five
| hundred millions, and the Mohammedans
| more than one hundred and seventy-five
| millions. In such war the Mohammedans
| would fight to the death, and they would
| rather welcome martyrdom, as to be killed
! killing Christians would give them top
1 seats in the gallery of heaven and a choice
| pick of the beautiful maidens who are sup
! piled for every one of the faithful upon his
entrance Unto paradise
| Not Safe to Kick.
| These Moors are like Mohammedans
| have yet met. They know but little of the
| Christian world, and they think themselves
f, far superior to u.s. In many other Moslem
| countries the people are servile and they
| bow down to the Christian. An English
| man thinks nothing Of kicking Moham-