New Britain herald., 1915-12-03

the pretendant, Ell TIiba, reading as 1 follows:
 1 'As was agreed with you, we are l ready to march against the French;
 we are awaiting only for you to com l plete the delivery of the arms as you l promised.
 Natives Closely Watched.
 From that day the natives, who 1 had previously been under German protection under the treaty concern ing the Moroccan protectorate, were closely watched. All the chiefs were 1 called in by the heads of municipali- ties and given to understand that they were henceforth to enjoy on other protection than that of the French government, and that it would be so vigilant that they would better accept it without resistance.
 The measures taken at that time had double effect, they not only re- pressed natives rebelliously inclined but reJolced greater number of Moors who had suffered from the ar rogance of their brethern who had presumed upon the protection of the German empire, which they consid- cred all-powerful, to indulge in all sorts of depredations on the rights and belongings of their neighbors. A great many rebels decided to go the whole way and enlist in the French army.
 Moors Are Warriors. The Moor never does things by halves when it comes to war An old North African saying is that "The Tu- nisians are feminine, the Algerians are men but the Moors are warriors" It is not allowed by the censor to say how many Moors have gone north to fight for France. Every month new contingents that have completed their training in the country are sent on to join colonial troops in France and Belgium
 At the beginning of the war, in an- tlclpat1on of possible uprisings in the interior, Governor-General Lyautey was authorized by the French gov ernment to withdraw all forces and l hold only the coast town, thus re- leasing the active army on service there for use of France. The re- sultlng danger to French prestige de- c1ded him to maintain all the hosts then held replacing the active men oy reservlsts, territorials and Senega- lese rlHemen. He succeeded in 1 fnalntalnlng perfect order evervwbere ana nowhere did French rinhuence i su1er from the withdrawal of the l regular troops, while it orofited inn ] mensely from the expulsion of tho | Germans. Not even the profusion of 1 Ialse news had any effect: According l 10 one story, all Europeans were to l De hhassacred at the end of the feast l oI ha1nadan, according to others. the
 Holy War had been declared a. num- 1 per or times, the French had evac-
 uateo Raoat, revolution had broken
 out Ill fez and twenty thousand Rer- 1 oeres We're besieging the town. So
 many or these fantastic reports were
 circulated and disproven that when hews came turkey had gone to war
 ~ it 'he Allies the Mussulman popu- i"'ioi reIused to believe it; the dan l ger there might have been in it un "ei o'iier circumstances was thus
 u'iailzed and when the truth of if
 became known officially it's effect wac
 ioite contrary to what had been antic | lpated Tn some quarters. The cad; op
 o'aa blanca' taking that circumstance
 "' HIS 'eAt' proclaimed in the mosque
 M e pi esence or Moulay Youssef
 that the sultan of Morocco was the
 one and only real prince of Mecca
 uescenaant and sole heir of the 1 prophet
 Defeated German Propaganda.
 A thing that worked most effective
 ly against German propaganda in
 Morocco was prosperity. While the l Germans had taken a preponderating 1 place, in commerce with their beads,
 glassware, silks and domestic articles,
 they alienated the native merchants
 who were ruined by their competition.
 At the same time the Bedouns of the | plains most stock raisers, became de-