The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-10

him 10 had ssorssly paved N. u.v ..
his trouble making BY his ssaI IN pr.,, -
lns tho Moslszn faith. He began -.
b. own tribe and then reached m =
neiGhboginG tTi0oa. He va only 90
In lSassr religious chisfs 81 The c.,,,,,.s
baIl 10 augmented hts inGns0os or ma.
. gNHrimaGe 20 Mecca.
with the incEeAso of hts poweY La -.
Rnm q crusade which with tho hsI, =,
dsFviahas oxognded over tho ~hos =,
9omaliland- He preaohsd var Kslrs a.,
Islam and advocated the sHserm,ns,io,
q The whites.
10 soon became evidant that he "a.
religious fanatic % psrsua@iya uualit..
and his early sncc@s1sa bad a tansi-n-.
20 mako him oonVort1 and 20 OF,
around him . following iTnbusd with NJ.
0un rabtd toeaa- he van. however. nrl,
Gro q DOsnnlilAnd, and many II thass "a.
sworn fsAlsy % the British ami ~urs M.
% bO won over by his teaching,
Te wa fortunate Cor the hr.ush IT,,
this vna th9 cAao. Tor otherw - u wo7d
have been harder Zoe than 90 send troous
into thu lnn0gsor. Tbs friendly she,ss
The Mad MulIah's wrath, their 4 - a. az
t0wns were destroyed. thsiT families and
tFibosmem murdered and bsforn .hsT
could o1Ior reaintAnco their foe would 4,
far away aoruaa the desert They TIM.
undertook gladly 20 guide thu -oldisr,
aoroaa the unknown lands and ~ locate
wolis for them and IN some case- 10 rvmAn
guardians Of supplies that were PLACED
Another circumstances that materially
helped the Britiah was . letter from Mo-
lem church authorities &C Mecca uh,
severely Condemned the Mad Mullahs
In undertaking upon he
own accord nuch q crusade. The lanaii-
ctsm that had helped him In the CARRIER
years warfare was thus diminished
An agreement wns finally reached In 1875
whereby he formally. pfomised a repre-
sentative Of Italy TO abstain from raldlns
In both British and Italian territory
He only partly observed this truce
FOR the interior Of the country has hem
almost constantly In q state Of strife ever
since and raids have been OF trequet,
When he was taxed vi'h
had faith he replied that he was unAhl.
10 restrain his followers. Within the last
Two years conditions have been ~ IN.
satisfactory that esveral punitive expedi.
lions have been planned against him
Dut none Of them seems tO have accom-
plished much.
The matter Of another expedition came
lp last month in the British PAriameut
md the whole subject was gone over
One Of the methods suggested for getting
q the Mnllah was to build a railroad into
he interior. but the scheme was laughed
Town when q member asked " u was es-
Doct2d that the Mullah would ha ~ the
nd OF 10 90 give himself up. II was also
proposed that he be- subsidized 10 refrain
rom raids upon British territory. a policy
hat has been adoptsd In India in dealing
With como Of the tribes on the northwest
I'm frontier.
soon after this debate the representa-
lives that bad been ssnt by the Govern
ment TO investigate tho conditions re-
ported and 10 was decided 90 Withdraw
rom tho country. An Interesting ques-
lion that has always arisen IN the die
ctission Of this measure has hseen What
shAll be done with the tribes that have
uniformly remained friendly Ia the
British7
The sixth Kins's African Rif'es, which
was largely composed Of Somalis -
10 be disbAnded. bur the men are ~ ID.
permitted 20 retain their ponies and arm
FOR their own defence. The -friendles
IN the interior are. an far IN can he d.
TO be left TO shift for theFnzelys.
The obj@ction AGAINST arming 'hso.
appears TO be that under pressure brought
10 bear by the Mullah they might JOIN -
iOrcea aud the munitions % war nigh
lhSla be turned ARinst any EurOis~s"
Power that might in the future undo
lake 90 suppress them.
The recent raids OF the Mad Aullahs
Forcea in the lands Of the chid1s who were
under British protection and the slaugi
Ter Of so Of the tribesmen indicate tlyt
he friendly tribes are likely to sufe-
and that the Mad Mullah is sufficient
powerful 90 bsfa serious menace Ia EuTO-
Dean interests in northeastern Africn.