Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-06-26
MOROCCO EDITOR FRANK
BLUE PENCILED REMARKS OF JOUR-
NALIST ARE vITUPERATIVE.
No Libel Law Known at Fez, but Poll
ties Make Newspaper Work
Uncertain.

Some interesting facts about the news
papers of Morocco have just been print
ed in the Revue du Monde Musulman.
These journals originally owed their ex-
istenee to European Initiative. The for
eign representatives at Fec and Tanger
thought il necessary 10 reach the better
class OF the people through newspapers.
L hey therefore engaged some newspaper
men from Syria, and two papers printed
IN Arabic were started in Tangier. lei
| Saada in 1904 and I'll Ahah in 1906
| Both, being under European influ-
ences, have supported the Sultan Add el
Aziz during the pending unpleasantness
IN Morocco Their articles against the
attempted usnrpation of the Sultan's
brother Muley Hatid, stirred To tower
| ing rage many of the leading men of
| hez, who had turned Add Il Aziz out of
his capital.
They decided that the great party that
was supporting the claims TO the throne
of Muley Hatid must have newspaper
organ of its own. Type aud printing
paper We're hard to get at Fec. bur Il
quantity of material was at last pro-
cured and lei TIA 'oun began TO appear. a
most astonishing newspaper which made
up for Its meager size with heated and
virulent language. The way that edi-
tor has iambasted the odious reptile who
edits one Of the rival sheets entities him
70 place IN the front rank of vitupera-
tive Journalism.
Below are some extracts from re-
cent article in Ell Ta'oun. Part of it
has been blue penciled as not being APP
| propriate for publication in any Lam
guage:
"Fez-May God preserve her from all
evil and all evildocrs! The policy of her
| enemies is taking the shape of powder
| and Dul nn1pg tho IngiNa,vnnr,@ .4c IL
| editor of miserable newspaper. Who
| does not know this man to be yelping
| dog, Il reprobate, a lost creature Il trai-
tor to his people and his religioug God
and the Faithful have branded such men
and he can deceive no one except him
| self
Curses on you, you traitor and liar,
De you think that Moroccans believe II
word that you say2 Have you ever in
| your life said anything that is true 7
What you have written, You little cur
| of a dog, on the subject of the Caid of
Fee is absolutely false. Have you seen,
| you hog, with what respect and admira-
tlon the English newspapers speak OF
him?
IF you were capable of being fair and
| impartial or of telling the truth | would
recount to you the great things that the
| Caid has accomplished on this very day.
But 1t would be paying you too much
| honor, you little carcass of q Pig
THE noble mehalla of OUR Sultan has
| just triumphed over our enemies. the in
| fidels, and puf them to rout May God
destroy you You will be very careful
not to print the news you will receive.
You say. . ass of asses, that the
| Emir should unite in his person four
fundamental things-justness statesman.
| ship, courage and descent from the
GoreiehiteS Which of these things dc
you find in Add ell Azizf Is 1t in the
name of justice that he has made gift
to the Europeans of two cities in the
land of the Mahommedans? And as
/ though this were not enough, II he moi
seeking to impose over Us the authority
of infidelsg''
A the star Of Add ell Aziz IL again III
the ascendent. it is likely that this edi-
| tor will lose his job unless lie Restraints
his ideas and their literary expression