Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-30
MOROCCO UNDER MULAY-HAFID.

The recent disaster and dispersion Of
the forces of MulayAziz. followed by
| the declarations of the
contest cities Of Tangier, Tetu-
Ended an. Larache, Salee, RAJ
bat, Casa Blanca and
Morocco, in favor of Mulay-Hafid. are
| events which appear to have finally
closed the contest for the throne. The
| game has been long drawn out-a game
of hide and seek. indeed. which may be
excused because of the ties of the con-
| testants. There is another reason for
| the tortoise movements of the rival
brothers: neither has had sufficient treas
| ure to wage war. The lack of money
| may count much in the final settlement
OF the Moroccan question.
The dispatches do not clearly define the
intentions of Mulay-Aziz. the conquered
to Damascus. A mere ironical express
sion. mayhap, of the telegraphist. who
had In mind the familiar metaphor of
| the vision of Paul on the road to Da-
mascus, Until we shall learn absolutely
| OF the Intentions or whereabouts Of Mu-
| lay-Aziz 1t may be premature to accept
even the proclamations of the cities as
fnal. What. for example. If the defeated
sultan, instead Of fleeing to Damascus
or abandoning the contest. entirely.
| should take the road to the camp of
Gen. d'Amade. the commander-in-chief
of the French and Spanish forces. and.
| invoking the authority of the Algeciras
| act of which he is the recognized sigma
tory, demand the aid and support of the
| French and Spanish? This would be a
| master stroke on the part of MuayAziz
| and would insure the reassembling of
| the Algeciras conference, which could
| whose misfortunes he might justly claim
| were due to the Algeciras act. In this
emergency what has become of Caid
| Mclean. whose counsel in this sense
would be invaluable?
| Mulay-Aziz, it appears. was attacked
in the night while en- route to Maria
kech. 1t is said that al
Night ready the Cheriflan army
A++.,L had been demoralized by
the secret agents of the
willy and more energetic Hafid. The I'M
faithful Artists at the critical moment
| stampeded the 1900. less the group of
800. who remained faithful and who rail-
| lied to the support Of Mulay-Aziz. If it
| should prove true that Aziz has taken
the route to Settat it may be that he
has done so with the object Of invoking
the aid of Gen. d'Amade, the only thing
| in fact, which may possibly save him his
throne, now occupied by his successful
rival
Mulay-Hafid has given evidence of
much more energy and intelligence than
his unfortunate brother. When the Tan
gier proclamation was about to be issued
Ell Menebbhi, who is the accredited min
lister OF foreign affairs of Mulay-Hand.
adroitly solicited the appreciation Of NJ.
Regnault, the French minister at Tangier.
Now Ell Menebbhi's act has double sig
| nif1cance from the fact that he is an
English protege. At least it is so re-
| ported. although it seems improbable I'M
| less Hafd has appointed him for the oc-
casion. The situation. already embarrass-
Ing for France and SPAIN was rendered
| more perplexing by the apparent over
lures of Mulay Hafid. and this may have
decided the government at Paris to sum-
| mon both M. Revolt. ambassador to
Madrid, and M. Regnault to go to Paris
to take part in the cabinet discussion of
the Moroccan question on the Goth in
slant.
The Daily News sees in the victory of
Mulay-Hafid a renaissance Of the reign
| OF Islam. and asks in alarm II the phe-
| nOmenon may not be significant in view
OF the revolutions In India, in Persia and
in Turkey.
The manifestations of the young Turks
| recent revolution in Turkey, in which
Christian and Moslem
| 6el1g1ous were associated, mark an
Amitv era in religious strife in
the orient which cannot
| fail to exercise a beneficial influence
| through education over the uneducated
masses in Morocco. and where even there
| the word "djehad,'' or holy war, may be
forever erased from the Moslem lexicon.
MulayHafid, it is true. proclaimed the
djehad, but it is confessed by dis intelli-
gent partisans that he did so in a half
| hearted way. and only for political rea-
sons that he might stir the religious
fanaticism of his people to further his
personal ambitions The sheik-ul-Islam of
| the new liberal ministry in Turkey will
| exercise control over religion in Morocco
under whatever ruler. whether that of
Mulay-Haf1d or another
The danger in the Moroccan situation
I does not exist in Morocco itself, but in
the animosities 1t has excited among
| the powers Of Europe. The Revue Poll
| t1que ct Parlementaire of the 10th in
slant In commenting upon the situation in
Morocco, complains bitterly of the redou-
bled violence of the press in Germany
and declares that whenever Germany is in
bad humOr her press vents its spleen
upon France Now Germany" says the
Revue. has many reasons to be in a
bad humor: her national finances are in
| difficult crisis; capital is lacking in her
industries; the operations Of the bourse
are bad: the colossal navigation COM
panies like the North German Lloyd have
scarcely enough to pay their stockholders
a very modest dividend, and If the in
terror situation Is bad there are many
Germans who think that the exterior
situation Is worse"
And the Revue concludes that the at
Tempt on the part of Germany to main
| tain the policy of Bismarck was finished
a long time ago. Prince Won Buelow has
followed another policy recently. The
Franco-Russian alliance, the Franco-Brit-
| ish and Anglo-Russian agreements were
points of departure from Bismarckian pol
| icies. The fll-humor recently manifested
| against France was not due to such a
| trifle as Morocco, but for a reason far
more serious. the present lack Of money
and the consequent trouble in commercial
centers.
| Mr.. Dicey. the distinguished English
publicist and ultra-Germanophilist,i in his
| sketch of foreign affairs in the Empire
Review for August, writes:
Nobody is more convinced than Will
liam II that Germany is in urgent need
Of a prolonged period of peace in order
| to develop her industrial resources, to Gre
ate a maritime power sufficient to pro-
tect her increasing commerce and to con-
| solidate the confederation of states which
forms the united fatherland.
Mr.. Dicey blames the bombardment OF
Casa Blanca without due consideration
| of the cruelty inflicted upon the European
community" "If / should be told" says
Mr. Dicey, that we did much the same
thing at Alexandria, ! should say that
| the circumstances Of the two lombard
ments were very different, and that l am