Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-12

~, landing arrangements ana each an
,maI Is pried out by a long beam which
Is thrust under Its belly, while 1t is
held fast by two sailors head and tail
stretched taunt, At just the right mo-
nent forlr other Moors standing out
slde the boat in the water press down
nm the opposite end of the beam. rails
ING the steer into the air and letting
IL slide down into the sea. III goes IN
with u splash. comes up gasping ana
IS led out to the shore by rope f'ad
to It's horns
The sheen here are as fine as any in
snain. and this might be one of the
great wool producing countries of the
world. am told that the land is rich
I'm minerals and that II has gold, silver
copper and coal Geologically It is
mart of the Spanish peninsula which has
long been furnishing minerals ~ great
quantities. Morocco has, however
never been prospected and no one
knows what 1t contains.
Think of a country six times as big
as Ohio which has not one road Mt for
n wagon or any wheeled vehicle, TO say
nothing of railroads or other means or
communication. Let II have not one
thrashing machine, reaper or mower,
and no farming implements but those
which scratch the soil. let 1t have no
markets worthy of mention in our sense
of the word: and let it's people be rob
bed and oppressed by their officials, so
that there is almost no incentive to la
Dor. and you have some idea of the CON
ditions In Morocco.
AMONG THE WHITE AFRICANS.
You can know nothing. however
about the situation until you consider
The people These Moors are not like
our negroes. whose ancestors came
from below here across the Sahara In
the lands bordering the Gulf of Guinea.
Those people are black as your boots,
and as -barbarous as any tribes ON the
face of the earth They are low in in
telligence and arc terribly debased.
These have brains which will compare
with our own. They are Mohammed-
ans who believe in Allah and the proph-
ct. They are white and they wear
clothes. Some of them are as we'll
dressed as amy Christian gentleman,
and their clothes cost more than ours.
They have gowns Of the finest wool
undergarments of beautiful cloth, sash
es of silk, and shoes of fine yellow
leather. Their hands are soft and
their faces often handsome. There arc
many red-haired and red bearded men
among them. Their features sparkle
with intelligence and they have most
of the characteristics of the Caucasian
race. About the only black Africans
here are those who have been brought
across the desert from the Soudan to be
sold as slaves There are. however
many mulattos. the offspring of these
negroes and the Mocrs.
THE BERBERS.
The population of Morocco all told is
about 10,000,000 a census has never
been taken. and by some the number
is estimated much higher. The major
ity of the people arc Berbers or Kaby-
les, and after them come the Arabs and
Jews.
The Berbers are one of the most indie
pendent races on earth. Some people
suppose them to have emigrated from
southern Europe ages ago. 1t is known
that they were here IN the days of the
Phoenecians; and they fought again
and again with the Carthagenians and
Romans. They have been frequently
conquered In battle. but it is claimed
that they have never been really sub
dued. They are somewhat like the
Swiss in that they have villages in the
mountains. and 1t would be almost inn
possible to reach them in time of war.
Most of the mountain tribes today are
of this old Berber race and the same
is true of the Tuaregs or the Sahara
brigands.
These Berber people have language
of their own, and they once had their
own religion. Today they are about