New Britain herald., 1915-12-03
MOORS to NORTH TO
 FIGHT FOR FRANCE
New ContingentS Sent Every Month to Join Colonial Troops

Correspondence of the Asso. Press.)
 Fez, Morocco, Nov. 30.-The trip from the Atlantic coast to Fez, that people talked of ten years ago with about the same apprehension as of an Arctic expedition, is today Il agreeable and restful excursion, ac- oording to members of a French del- egation who came here from Rabat on an official mission to the court of Sultan Moulay Youssef. Even tie Berberes who revolted last Mo- vember and were taught a severe les- son by the French troops at Kheni- ia, come down from their mountain retreats now only to sell their nut ton and are as gentle as their beasts. They saluted the delegation with great respect. The street Arabs of Fez who in other days amused themselves by splitting at visiting for eigners, hastened up to carry the luggage of the delegation and show the way into the town
 Fez, in these wartimes, is town of majestic tranquility; the surround ing region is as calm as the New England hills; the war seems hope lessly distant to the Moors, though Tt Ethe palace it's developments are fol- lowed with almost as much interest as in the capitals of Europe.
 Sympathy With French.
 The Sultan, after his daily siesta, has the western despatches brought in and listens with sustained inter- est to explanations of any modifica- ! tions in the situation, though with less .interest perhaps than that with which Si Guebbas, the GrandVizier. who was educated in England follows the progress of events by the aid of large maps of the theaters of opera tions suspended on the mosaic walls of his reception salone. He dis cusses the progress of the campaigns lin the different scenes with surpris- ing comprehension of military strat- egy and without once betraying con- scTenceness that Tangiers was the first step, with Casa Blanca and Ag- adir as the first relay posts, in the European conf1agration. His sym pathies are openly with the French; and for the moment at least are those of most of the influential chiefs. The basis of that loyalty is found in the reasoning of Si Mohamed a notability of FeZ, who took active part in the revolution that cost Abdel AriZ his throne and nearly cost Si Mohamed his own head.
 "When I was young," said Si Mo- named, 1T was of a most ardent na- ture, and- what I could not accom- plish through politics I was apt to try with gunpowder. Years have calmed me and though I, like my comgatriots was much melted against the French when they installed them selves in the country, I said to my self: What folly to enter into con- hict with so strong a people. We shall certainly be vanquished. Bet ter be their friends than their en- mies" Si Mohamed's reasoning was the Moroccan situation in nut she'll
 Message to German Consul.
 Such lingering tendencies to re- volt as existed at the beginning of the war were quickly suppressed Very shortly after hostilities began a Moor arrived at Mogador and asked For the German consul. He was in- formed that all the German officials hnd German colonists had been ex- pelled from Morocco. He seemed
 10 strongly put out at this informs
 ion that the French. authorities ar-
 ested him. They found on him a message to the German consul from