Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-08-07
WA2SHIP OPEN,@s RE
French Cruiser Bombards + \
Quarter of Casablanca.
KABYLES ATTACK THE CITY
Small Parties of French and Spanish
Marines Landed.
REBEL FORCES ATTACK THEM
Streets Cleared of Hostiles and Guards
Placed at Consulates.
MANY TRIBESMEN ARE KILLED
Pardon Requested of French COM
mnnder which Was ImmedI-
ateIy Refused - More
Troops on way.
Streets Cleared of Hostiles and Guards
Placed at Consulates.
MANY rR1BEsMEN ARE KILLED

TANGIER, Aug S-The French cruiser
Galilee was bombarding the Moorish
quarter OF Casablanca and the neighbor-
hood of the city when the last steamer.
which has just arrived here, left that port.
The Kabyles attacked Casablanca and the
Moorish authorities applied to the com
mAnder the Galilee for assistance. He
thereupon landed sixty men and a Spanish
cruiser landed forty. This landing party
was fred on by the Kabyles and seven
Frenchmen including an officer were
wounded. The combined Franco-Spanish
force thereupon cleared the city of hostile
tribesmen. guards were placed about the
foreign consulates and then the Galiee
opened fire with its big guns on the rebels.
column Of troops from Alcazar is
marching in the direction of Fahs. to CO.
operate with the forces Of Caid Bagdani.
who Is seeking to capture Raisul the
captor of General Sir Harry MacLean.
More Troops On the Way.
ORAN Algeria, Aug. 6-The French
armored cruisers Goire, Jeanne dare,
Conde and Gueybon today embarked de-
taohments Of artillery, the foreign legion
and a battalion OF sharp shooters and
sailed for Morocco.
ALGECIRAS. Aug. 6-The French irons
port Nive sailed today for Morocco with de-
tachments OF sharp shooters, light cavalry
and Spahis on board
BERLIN, Aug ga dispatch from
Tangier today says that the German
charge d'affaires at Tangier called the at
tention of the French charge d'affaires to
the dangerous position OF foreigners at
Mszagan, on the west coast Of Morocco
and that the French official directed a
mt
many Germans at Mazagan. most Of whom
live outside the citt. will be protected by
the French cruiser.
Pardon Refused Moors.
LONDON, Aug. "a special dispatch
from Tangier today describing the bonn
bardment OF Casablanca says that tho
French cruiser Du Cahyla and the ~~anish
gunboat Don Alvaor de Bazan par ,ated
with the Galnee in tho bombar icnt OF
the villages surrounding Cosablanca, which
were destroyed by the fire OF the war
ships, During the bombardmcnt large re.
inforcements OF triI .esmen car1e up and
many of them were rilled or wnunde
The Casabalanca battery Joined in the frs-
ing the foreign warshps. whcreupnu
the guns OF the French and Spanish cruis>
ers were turned on tho battery which soon
caused the Moorish commander to send "A
ing his pardon This was refused and tho
admiral sent a peremptory order to the
Moorish commander to surrender himself
to the French consul.
PARIS. Aug. 6.-Forelgn Minister ! IL
chon and the Spanish Ambassador here.
5enor Leon Castillo, have agreed TO the
Franco-Spanish note informing the powers
Hignatory of the Algeciras convention, in
cluding the United States, of the intention
OF France and Spain to keep within the
terms OF the convention. The situation
after the landing OF troops at Casablanca
will largely determine the subsequent meas
ures to be taken by France and Spain. No
outside power Is expected to cooperate
with the two powers mentioned. The
French government has no confirmation
of the report that British or German war
ships are their way to Morocco.
According to another special dis -atch
from Tangier about $50 Moors are rel or ed
TO have been killed in the town, battery and
villages around Casablanca during the bonn
bardment of the foreign warshps. The
Casablanca battery was reduced to ruins by
the warships' shells
TRIESTE, Aug. G. - The garrison OF
Algeciras has been ordered to be placed OF
war footing, with the view of sen.ime
sending troops from there to Morocco.