Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-06-27

try-Algeria on the east and Casa
blanca on the West-France mas
watched proceedings and played the
game. adding'a point from time 10
time to her score Her great coup
tsince tae occupation OF Casablanca'
occurred last winter, when disturbed
conditions at Fee offered pretext 10
send a military expedition against the
capital and occupy 1t This. OF course,
VAS directly responsible Tor rous'hK
Germany again and the dispatch ny
the latter OF a gunboat to Agadir. me
ugly situation thus arising has no"
been settled by Germany's consent 10
French protectoIate, which means
Morocco's virtual end as an inde-
pendent state and her assumption az
part OF Frances North African pos
sessions
AS suggested at the outset. Frances
first work will be means OF communi-
cation So far there is not railroad
in all Morocco There Is not even
wagon road outside OF the cities.
much less any vehicles to travel one
Transportation in the land OF the
Moors is ~on the backs OF cameis.
mules. donkeys and women For long Z
distances camels AMI mules predomi-
nate For shorter distances and light
er loads donkeys and women are the
cheapest and most convenient.
Women Carry Flrewood.
Women, bring all the tirewood into
Tangier, packing 1t In bundles on
their backs. often from a distance OF
eight or ten miles The only thanks
they get tor their labors Is to be
looked down upon by the men, among
whom there Is an ancient and honor
able proverb which says: "A man
wishing advice upon any undertaking
should consult his best ten friends
II he has not ten friends. let him
consult each OF his best five friends :
twice. II he has not five friends. let
him consult his one best friend ten
times. If he has not one best friend
let him consult his wife. and then do
exactly contrary to what she ad-
vises" With French occupation 1t
may be assumed that women as means
OF transportation will gradually be
superseded by better and more hu'
name means Indeed. one OF the first
acts OF the French in Casa blanca was
to introduce the twowheeled cart and
begin an Improvement OF roads IN
and about the city making possible
It's use
An east and west railroad through
Morocco between Algeria and the At
lantic ocean Is one OF the cherished
French designs and preliminary sur
veys for this have already been made.
II will go either by way OF Fee or
have a spur connecting with that city.
Its ,seaboard terminus depends on the
site which is chosen for the creation
OF new Atlantic port
Such a port 10 one OF the immedi-
ate necessities for the development
of the country Not only Is Ell Mogreb
deficient in means OF communication
within her borders. but she Is most
awkwardly situated in respect to get
ting goods to or out from the coast
One hears much about the ports OF
Morocco and the value OF this and
that one but the truth Is that on her
one thousand, miles OF coast Mediter-
ranean or Atlantic. the country has
not single tirst,class port Even
Tangier is indifferent
But It is the western seaboard that
Is particularly unfortunate. II Is
thanked most OF the way by q bar
extending outa mile or 80 from shore.
and making It necessary for steam
ships to lie off at that distance, dis.
charging passengers and cargo by
means OF barges In some weather II
is impossible to do this at all. and
after lying of a town for perhaps q
week. waiting for suitable conditions.
the little coasting vessels that ply
these trade routes frequently give II
I'D and 60 on. III you want to spend
two days In Rabat." 1t is said. you
want to allow two months for the
visit For II may take you a month
to get there and another to get away"
Ca.ablanca is not SO bad, but It Is
far from satisfactory. Jetties already
have been constructed on the water.
'ront, which protect the landing OF
small boats, but the steamships which
they discharge must lie mile or
more away, beyond the bar. and must
up anchor and be on in case OF storm.