The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-09-12
RIVAL CLAIMANTS TO MONARCHY
TO SETTLE DISPUTE BY
ARMED FORCE.
BOTH ARE SONS
OF SAME FATHER
Decision Of Powers to Seize Moroccan
Ports Causes CONSERVATION -
France May Be Forced to Send Elk
peditionary Army Into Interior.

ported to be leaving the rival capitals,
Fee and Morocco City, at the head Of
armies which had been levied in hot
haste and which may decide within a
fortnight the destiny Of Morocco'sl
monarchy. The immediate objective
of these forces is the ancient city Of
Rabat, on the Atlantic seaboard, the
prior possession Of which great cen
ter Of Western Islams National Life
probably would have an important if
not a decisive bearing upon the strug-
gle for supremacy. Halfway between
Fee and Morocco City, Rabat is the
natural frontier port, dividing north
ern and southern Morocco, and there
the dramatic interest of the situation
for the moment eliminates.
Both sultans are sons of the same
father and they are daily issuing pas
sionate appeals to the patriotism and
religious enthusiasm of the nation
each ~denouncing his rival as being
worse than an infdel, a traitor to
Islam.
In the meanwhile the powers have
not yet decided whether to recognize
Mulai Hafg, as sultan of the south,
seemingly awaiting result of the ap-
peal to the arbitrament of civil war.
Powers Action Causes CONSERVATION.
The fact that France and Spain
have resolved upon the immediate oc-
cupation of all the Moroccan seaports,
has caused universal CONSERVATION,
for it is feared by those who best
know the character of the Moors that
any extension of the Intervention of
France and Spain will infallibly pro-
woke further massacres of Christians
and Jews in the various towns on the
coast. In other words, a situation has
developed which never was contem-
plated at the time of the Algeciras
convention, and it appears that seri-
Gus events will follow.
France May Dispatch Big Army.
Paris, Sept. 9.-The French nation
has suddenly come to the realization
that the Moroccan question looms up
bigger every day. The real question
is: Will France be compelled, in or
der to crush the hostile Moorish
tribes and insure the safety of Casa
blanca, to dispatch an imposing TX
~pedittonary army into the interior?
For, it is generally accepted that Gen.
Drude with his 1000 men is powerless
to make a punitive trip into an I'M
known country and against the enemy
which number 10Y over 10000 men,
and whose forces are reported to be
constantly growing. Moreover, even
If the French army moved against
the Moors Casablanca could not be
left without a strong garrison, as
otherwise it would be seized by the
Moors.
Storms May Hinder Vessels.
Another serious feature of the stu
alton Is that the time is approaching
when the warships will be unable to
safely land troops on the Moroccan
coast, owing to the severe gales and
heavy seas which prevail in the au-
tumn, which will also render difficult
the movements of the w%arships up and
down the coast in support of the
troops.
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Casablanoa, Sept. 9.-Although the
Arabs suffered severely in the en-
gagement Of Tuesday, one tribe, the
Medakras, losing so men killed out
of $500 engaged, they are in no wise
discouraged and already are planning
for a fresh attack on the French.
Maelalnin, the fanatical priest, has
sent a messenger to the Arab camp at
Taddat announcing his early arrival,
and this has produced a deep impress
sion on the tribesmen.
French lombard Port of Pedals.
Tangier, Sept. "a French warship
bombarded the small port of Pedals,
As miles northeast Of Casablanca, but
the b~ombardment did not prevent the
Portuguese ship from landing arms
there for the Chaouias tribe.
Raisuli Capture IIl-Treated.
Tangier, Sept. 9.-Some of the de.
tails contained in the recent letters
received here from Kaid Sir Harry
MacLean, who was captured early in
July by the bandit Raisuli and has
since been held a prisoner, have been
divulged and 1t is seen that RaisulI
has not been treating his captive we'll
The kaid complains that he is suffer
ing from chills as a result of sleeping
on the. floor with only a carpet for q
covering.
America to Take No Part.
Washington, Sept. 9.-This govern
ment does not feel called upon to in
t%ervene in any manner in the Moroc
can situation, according to the off
Gals Of the state department. The
department has been notified formally
that France and Spain were taking
steps to police" Morocco, but it's con
sent to that or any other step relatine
to the suppression of the existine
disorders was not sought, nor was II
necessary, for the reason that America
explicitly stated in the reservations &C
~companying the algeciras agree
rnent, to which America was a party
that 1t would not take any part IL
the maintenance of police or militar,
forces. !.
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