New-York tribune., 1907-08-02
PACHA'S HEAD AT STAKE
MUST 4NSWER TO FRANCE.
No Other fiction NO7c Lesson to
Morocco Demanded.

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Paris, Aug The Pacha of Casablanca VIII
answer with his head 10 the French government
for the general security Of the city. This is the
ul1irnaIum which The French cruiser Galiee
which II Is supposed. reached CasablanCa 20
day conveyed. The French cruiser Forbin, now
at the Azores also has been ordered to proceed
TO Casablanca Immediately. Action by the
French government viii not. for the moment
GO any further than this. The Galilee has teen
Ordered fo take on board "A II Europeans desiring
refuge
vel known diplomat in interview to-
night stated that Italy well Spain would
send 2 warshiD L" Morocco and that COM
posite force of French, Italian and Spanish
troops would be landed AT Casablanca IA restore
order in cooperation with the Sutan's forces
Ali the sicnatores Of the AlEeCiras convention
. Viii be informed Ia the steps which II is
deemed necessary 10 take TO exact satisfaction
The French newspapers generally demand
that the government administer lesson To the
Sultan They declare that the Maghzen
governing board. js directly responsible for
Ihe occurrences at CasablanCa, as it persisted
ia maintaining the present PaCha there in spite
Of the protests of the diplomatic corps al Tan
gier.
The TEMPS attributes the outbreak largely
70 q lack of decisive French action in Morocco 1t
calls attention the fact that the real asaSsins
Of Or Mauchamp. the FrenChman who was killed
lshed and that the Governor Of Morocco City
has been neither imprisoned nor discharged II
contrasts this course of action with Germany :
o1llck vengeance in 1879 when q German sub
1ect was killed and insists that energetic action
IS national duty well as a duty 10 the
powers
Th. "TcIair- says Il considers that France has
been caught in trap, and that the occupation
Of Gudja has only served 10 fan Mussulman
faratitisTn without demonstrating the powe- ~
the government
Advices 10 the Foreign Office say that five
Treachrnen, two Spaniards ana one Italian were
killed and their bodies thrown into the sea
TIE Office has beer informed that the Arab
chiefs At CasabIanca have demanded that the
Pacha destroy the railroad there and put an
end 70 all work on the harbor improvements
NJ. Pichon The Foreign Minister, who IS at
present on a vacation. will return 10 Paris at
once.
In connection with the Moroccan situation
some newspapers declare to-day that during
the recent nlanOalvres of French warships in the
RIedite~ra mean the shells for the heavy guns
We're found 10 he defective some Of them ex-
ploding prematurely fifty feet from the muzzles
of the pieces
Tou1o2. Aug The French cruisers Conde
and Du Chayla are ready 70 sail for Tangier
Madrid. Aug The Spanish government is
drawing up plan for concerted action with
France 10 obtain reparation for the murders in
4 4
has been ordered 10 proceed Immediately 10
. Morocco.
The impartial insists that the murder of
Spanish subjects al Casablanca must be pun
1shad- This paper believes that European rlNal-
ries as well as The feroCiTy Of the natives are
responsible for the bloodshed, and Il advocates
either the denunciation of the Algeciras agree
1nent or the Convocation Of new conference
Tansier .ug. 1-Dr Merle who arrived here
last night on the German ship which brought
refugees from aseblanca- brought a report 10
7he French charge here. showing that the out
break was the outcome of holy war preached
bv the Arabs for the determination Of Euro
peans
Several Arab chiefs entered Casablanca On
Monday and demanded that the harnor I'M
movement works cease. The Pacha OF taSa-
f3anca pointed out that this work was being
done with the sanction Of the Sultan. whereupoh
.be chiefs -erlie6 that the Sultan was no longer
their ruler as he obeyed the Christians Ihey
than began to incte the natives TO eNterfnliia'e
all Jews and Europeans in the town
On Tuesday morning the natives began 1heir
attack by stoning European and when ne
,ria-4 n ezcape ne was surrounded and hacked
10 pieces. This was the signal for a genera
attack As soon as the danger became KNOW
the French and Spanish residents rushed TO 'heir
t-onrulates for protection. during 'i'9 Hi3ii' at
least eight were murdered
NJ d'Euyine the French Consul. deInahdeo
that the Packa provide an escort ior tie re-
coyerv of the bodies The Pacha PLEADED az iiS'
that he had no cartridges, but upon furlher
,arrera,7tations h. finally supplied an escort
When this rescue party. however reachth VIC
scene of the attacks il WAS charged 10y a mum
her OF Arab cavalrymen and put TO might
In The mean time. while the Jews alo i-u''-
,-aa,,e we're taking refuge on board the German
shin the Nussulrnans began to attack lhe lapo
.re a,,,n1ovpd on the harbor works They fTed
on the shore boats and killed several me' " nose
.,oaSes were subsequently burned oA. "o.
,7,ar who tried TO swim off 20 a ship was sho'
IN The water. -,
There were one German and one freh,h
steamer in the harbor at casablanca "heh 'ie
German steamer pulled out
= IS feared that Casablanca VIII De 4hFan"u
7,r twenty thousand Arabs to-day
The steamer Gih-lnusa, which left Casablahoa
yesterday at noon, arrived here with 1orIy
Jewish refugees board. They embarked our
,rp TIE night: III spite of the closing OF tle CITY
,,ates l,.- orders OF the Ftacha- These refugees
cav ne situation at Casablanca Is grave put
that there have boen no further attacks on
foreigner