El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-25
FRANCE FACES
PROBLEM IN
MOROCCO
Must Make the Wild Moor
ish Tribesmen Over Into
Peaceful Citizens.
OF FEz
WAS AN EYE-OPENER

Paris. France. May 2s.-Morocco
/ looms up as Frances most difficult
! colonial problem. That is saying much,
/ for Frances experience is perhaps only
J second to that Of Great Britain.
The recent savage massacre Of
( French military officials at Fee at
! the very moment when France was
/ establishing a protectOrate was a pow
erfuI indication TO the French Of the
difficulties 10 be met and conquered
before the wild Moorish tribesmen to
whom war is a diversion can be made
over into peaceful and successful
children of France. At once was seen
the need Of appointing an experienced
and capable hand to take the helm
Of the tremendous work OF protecto-
rate Organization.
This man, France believes, has been
found in general Hubert Lyautey, who
has achieved a reputation as a skill
ful, untiring officer and an adroit or
ganiZer and leader Of men. General
Lyautey was born at Nancy in 1854.
iOus grades Of military education and
became a captain in 1882. Later he
went to IndO-China as chief. Of bu-
reau Of the resident general and
lieni who later took him TO NADIA
gascar General Lyautey did some
fine work in pacifying and Organiz-
ing the districts in the south OF that
island Later service in Tunis and
Algeria was followed by the appoint
ment as commander OF the 10th army
corps Of France. He has written
much, both on the colonial service OF
the and the EorfQT Tava10rf-
nent Of the military officer. y re-
cent study Of the latter question
created great interest in military and
lay circles. Emperor William OF Ger
many was so struck by the tone of
the article that he wrote to the aU-
thor to congratulate him and at the
same time TO take issue with him on
several points.
Must Not Be Influenced.
Once the picturesque Arabs become
devoted to France, il is believed that
France viii find in them a superb ad-
dition to her colonial army. 1IOuIay
Hafid, the sultan thinks this is true,
but he warns France that the pro-
cess OF cOurtship must be slow and
cautious. Above all, the Mussulmans
in Morocco must be left unhindered
and uninfluenced in their religious be-
hefs and practices. Any encroach- !
he thinks, be disastrous TO French
interests.
The attitude Of Moulay Hafid him
self is a puzzle. He declares himself
he wishes to travel and TO give up
all authority which, after all, he says,
ne does not possess. since the French ]
have taken il all from him. but the F.
French insist on the sultan remain /
ing in nominal power. They realize Z
that the MOOrs without a ruler would 4
be sheep without a shepherd Gen I
eral Lyautey who becomes governor
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Morocco, is above all a tactful man.
He is certain TO 90 all things to keep 4
the sultans good will and not to Of 7
fend the MOOrs by thrusting upon f.
them the customs OF civilized Europe. /
superstitiOns.
An extraordinary case Of supersti-
ton which recalls the days Of Salem 4
witchcraft is reported from Alpine {
village Of NOirmOnt in the Canton OF .
Berne, Switzerland The peasants
there accused an old woman who was I
living alone Of possessing the evil eye,
and o. making their cattle ILL., They 4
blamed her also for various other 10
cal misfOrtunes. In vain the aged (
peasants chose a delegate" who was
instructed 10 cast out the devil"
from her. The man, on meeting the
aged woman on the roadway, beat her I
severely Later he was arrested and
sentenced to two months imprisOn-
ment
Worlds Craze For Postcards.
Some conception Of the world craze
for picture postcards may be had from
figures which come from Switzerland. I
In the year 1911 in Switzerland there
passed through the pOstOffices no.
100000 cards OF every kind though
chiefly illustrated. This was an in
crease Of 100000 over the preced-
Ing year.
Dumb Man May Talk.
Don jaime, the four year old son
II the king and queen OF Spain. who
was born deaf and dumb. is progress
ing satisfactory at FribOurg, Swift
7rland, where for some time he has
been under the treatment of Professor
Henri Raymond. The boy prince IS
low, as the result OF an operation, {
commencing to articulate some words
Ind hear some sounds. The Swiss :
treatment viii be continued indefi- I
litely until the boys senses are com
'letely normal
Sculpture Exhibit.
Among the many exhibits Of sculp-
ure 1t the salon OF the society Of
french artists is one that possesses
special interest 1t is the statute of
he Canadian historian Francois Xa-
Ter Garneau' and is the work OF
'aul Chevre, one Of the passengers
Who was saved from the wreck Of the
titanic. The work was completed and
ent to the salon the day before Chevre :
alled on the lIl-Iated steamer to at
end the Inauguration OF his bust OF
ir Wilfrid Laurier at Ottawa
The enormous picture which the
eteran artist, Jean Paul Laurens, ex-
tbits at the same salon is probably
he largest ever painted since Vero-
ese's wedding feast of Cana" The
overnment allotted to him an immense I
he'd In the state stone yard which
al formerly been used by Bartholdf =
nd his assistants TO execute certain Z :
ieces Of the statue Of liberty now
D New York harbor G
The picture represents the court Of 7
)ve held by the II Aubadours at ;
oulouse May s. 1924 d is intended J 9
DIT the capital at T. Sc