The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-12-02
,ccept II without resistance

accept II without resistance.
The measures taken at that time
had double effect; they not only re-
pressed natives rebelliously inclined,
but rejoiced greater number OF
Moors who mad suffered from the ar
rogancc Of their brethren who had
presumed upon the protection of the
German empire. which they consider.
ed all powerful. to indulge In al sorts
Of deprcdations on the rights and be-
longings Of their nCignbors. \ great
many rebels decided to go the whole !
way and enlist i'm the French army.
The Moor never does things by !
halves when It comes 10 war. An
old North African saying is that, The
Tunisians are feminine, the Algeri.
ans are men, but the Moors are war.
riurs." It Is not allowed by the cen.
sor to say how many Moors have
gone north to fight for France. Ev.
cry month new contingents that have
completed their training in the coun-
try are then sent on to join Colonial
troops in France and Belgium.
Will Withdraw Forces
At the beginning of the war, In an
ticipation Of possible uprisings in
the interior, Governor General Lyau-
tey was authorized by the French
government to withdraw all forces
and hold on'y the coast town, thus
releasing the active army on service
there for use in France. The resu {
ing danger to French prestige decid.
ed him to maintain all the posts then
held. replacing the active men by
4. reservists, territorials and Senega.
T. lese rihemen. He succeeded in main.
i tanning perfect order everywhere and
I nowhere did French influence suffer
b from the withdrawal of the regular
u troops, while it profted immensel,
Z from the expulsion of the Germans
y Not even the profusion of false news
u story. all Europeans were to be mas
II sacred at the end of the feast of Ra
Z MADAM, according to others the Hol!
o. War had been declared a number o
" bat, revolution had broken out in Fe
u and twenty thousand Berberes wer
besieging the town. So many of tnes
D. fantastic reports were circulated an
4; Pa,
u key had gone to war with the allies
10 the Mussulman popu'ation refused t
'e believe it.; the danger there Nigh
~ have been in Il under other circun
81 stances was thus neutralized an
IL wnen the truth Of Il became know
y officially it's effect was quite contrar
" to what had been anticipated In som
e quarters. The cadi of Casa Blanci
'r taking that circumstance as his tex
- proclaimed in the mosque in the pre-
IL ence of Moulay Youssef that the Su
tan of Morocco was the one and onl
real prince Of Mecca descendant an
~ soc heir Of the prophet.
- A thing that worked most effective
y ly against German propaganda In NJ
- rocco was prosperity. While tn
~ Germans had taken a preponderatin
~ place in commerce with their bead
'e glassware, silks, and domestic art
e" cles, they alienated the native mercl
= ants who were ruined by their con
81 petition. At the same time the b
u douins Of the plains, mostly stoc
Nv raisers became definitely attached
!" France through the security give
them from the perpetual raids
~ which they were victims before III
:" French occupation. The number thu
W learned to appreciate civilization b
w cause they found their profit in
constantly grew and from the chit
Nv down to the humblest tribesman wi
~ knows now he can drive his lit
Us flock to pasture and cultivate his II
~ tie crop without fear of having 1t Ia
&c en- from him, turn a deaf ear to /
" stigators of disorder.
w The Arabs of all classes nave take
" to the use of the telephone the tel
graph and even motor cars and OF
~ err vehicles of civilization and a
~ arts of peace with such facility {
- to make Morocco today begin to loo
like country of nature and ha