Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24
FANATIC NOORS IN MISERY
Beauty and squalOr Of the Old Part
Of Lavaiche.
TRIP ALONG COAST OF MOROCCO
Iaratohe and Its People In Many
CoIor-wreteheansss seen IN
the Street, Funeral
and a weddtnE.

LAHA1CHE Morocco. Oct Ain trav-
cling in Morocco yen are often required
% visit places not originally on your tim
erarT. II was br no design q ours thai
We came 10 see Laraiche. the first port
down the Atlantic below the strait Of
Gihraitar, but We o. not regret our IN
Intended so5ourn here.
A young Harvard nan and I took pas
sage On a little spanish steamer whose
captain promised 10 stop a. saIi weather
permitting for Il was that ancient strong
hold Of the C0rsalrs that we intended 70
explore We left Tsnrier in the evening
and before uirhtfau rounded Cape spar
tel. where the European government main
tain The only lighthouse upon the Moor
ish coast There was hardly a breath OF
air. the sea was like q painted ocean. and
know ing that one cannot cross the bar q
the river at sail except IL the snoothesa
weather. we urged our captain to make
haste. For his own sake we pleaded as
well as for ours.
But the tswuy s~coundrel Rugged the
coast with a purpose and kept the engines
q the ship At half speed tin we reached
LarEiche AZ midnight and there anchored.
And in the morning he found that his agent
had collected q shipment o. grain and eggs
- AAHNH - - hAA aA4AAn MT kAAAA
be put aboard a ship in New York harbor
In forty minutes hut would require Us 10
stop here The best part Of three days.
CaPtafa KnSws His Business.
We argued with The captain that he
could put ia at LHrsiche again on his way
north and that II vas stupid to trans
port this cargo Gown 70 the last q the
Moorish ports and then back I'D again
20 GibTaltar. But The fellow only smiled
putting q Etubby finger 10 his twisted nose
ana explained that In Morocco you must
take your shipments when and where the
weather VIII permit
At war once the business OF the Moors
q build fine harbors and raise SIGNAL
EEhtE along The coast in order TO make
access easy TO their ports. This was in the
day when the Barhary pirates swept the
sea in search q Christian ships. But more
than two centuries have passed since the
Moorish roverE practised this nefarious
traffic, and there il no need in this day
for certain lsEE0es left BY pious Christians.
which lie accommodating in the Bank Of
England. because there are no longer
British slaves 10 ransom
The bards and the story teIlsrs on The
market places Of Moorish towns stu re-
count the exploits Of the daring buccaneers
who naunted the crimson faE upon the
high seas, and praised God. as their Prophet
commanded. five times daily. sons Of the
Arabs sometimes utter demonstrations when
listening 10 the tales Of glory that is past.
but age and wisdom on these Moslsm shores
content themselves today with Allah's VIII.
which calls the wild Atlantic 10 beat un-
ceaEingly against TIE cliffs and close the
hArbors almost every das, preventing al
but the most persistent Christians from en-
tering- Recently the Moorish tribes de-
posed a sultan partly because he gave mis-
approval 10 a French project for building
q quay at the port Of Cassblancs, and GER
tain of them are today opposing the agEres-
sion Of Spalk round The hsrbor Of Melula-
Differenee Betseen Arab and Turk.
In hf character OF the Arab and the
Turk. Eho set ont fram Asia Minor sboBa
the same tine 70 conqper the world for
M0hAmmsd, there is q striking difference
which may make possible To-Day the re-
form o. one, while TIE other stands hope
lessly defying the progress Of the world
in human justice as well as in invention
When the Arab made his way L0N years
age alenE the southern shores Of the Msdf-
Serransan he permitted DO creature 70 1--we
who would NOT accept nus faith But whea
the Turk invaded The northern shore as far
as the gates q vienna he was content with
sub9seting the conquered races, making use
Of them As cattle Crayahs1, and massaering
them only when thsy seemed inclined TO
rise in rebellion
50 II is thai in Morocco there have been
ne Chrisuans 10 lift the Arabs 10 better
things even IN spite Of themselves, as has
been the case win the Turks. The only
subject race. apan from negro slaves. il
that u the JeNs. whose ancestors ned from
Spain IN the days Of the lnquisiu0n prefer
ring then 10 become dog OF the Arabs
hzn to cease to exist under Ferdinand and
&AGbsla
70 the Moors. the Jews are q source Of
revenue a thrifty people in contrast e
NOhAmmsdans. viii Go not believe thai
thsy should depend entirely upon Allah, and
WHO therefore work ana gain ana save IA
Uae ruling basha or his soldiers see fit L.
plumber them. In consequence there are
feW passports granted by the M0orisa
uaghzen or government 70 the segregated
fok among them who dwell in melAs o.
sailed places
PAtienee In EatertRE Pert
Because OF their forhidding harborS. ono
mus have p1aenoe TO enter from the sea
amp Moonsh coast town other than Tan
ser, which elty is fairly wen subjected u
The oourrol Of European eonsulE Though q
IL possible 10 cross the country from Tan.
Eier 10 any other port il IL not advisabl'
- do 80 Al times Ike these when me PEG,
pie are aroused against the lnndels. IL
whom there Is recognized Hrue difference
spaniard and American are ankle deemed
unbelisEerE hostile 10 Islam
But whether one sets 10 saIi or is OBJ
Eged 70 remain AZ Laraiche unul the sea
rises high enough to permit q passasi