The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-03-09

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General layauiey governor general OF
Morocco 10 correspond oi rhc
Associated Press explaining hov 81
der has been maintained n the pro
tccioratD since the beginning 81 thc
var while. a, the same time. the ros.
rnor general has sent $4,000 troops
nom the Moroccan forces. ncludug
l5.00o natives, 70 tight in France
az thc beginning" said General
l.ayauiey. I'VE had 10 consider two
questions to maintain French su.
premacy in the prolcclorate and 10
furnish France with the maximum of
military aid The Two considerations
appeared 10 be contradictory because
OF ne agitation SIM rife among GER
tain tribes, but The dimiuution OF The
occupation force was offset in part
by the terriiorlals brought from
France who, thoueh not so APT as
seasoned troops for colonial service
have acquitted themselves admirably
"A further and even more effective
compensation for the reduction OF our
forces was the development OF public
works. me- construction of railroads
and the completion of hIghroads al
ready planned with native labor
When the Moor is occupied earning
money, he does not think OF his gun a
job Of public work is worth a battalion
of troops, but TO further develop those
public works money is necessary that
is why am now in France 20 ask
parliament to authorize an addition Of
T., 100000 francs TO the loan Of 1914
The proceeds are to be applied TO dif
ferent public enterprises. such as irri-
CATION. sewers hospitals. schools, and
telegraph and telephone lines
Morocco has not only furnished AN
army corps 10 the field forces in
France, bat has supplied several hun
dred thousand bushels Of barley. oats.
and wheat TO the French army and
for the relief of Montenegro; aftaf the
war the country win become one uf
the great gralnaries Of Europe u now
raises only sufficient live stock for the
provisioning Of the country in fresh
meat but il exports wool and hides,
and eggs also in great quantities
"rherc have been many 50 cula
tions on The mineral resources OF
Morocco. but no one knows what they
are It is possible there are eonsid
erablc deposits Of phosphate and some
valuable minerals which await only
hte proper time for their exploitalion
General Layautey was chosen TO
govern Morocco because OF the val
uable services he had rendered IN
colonization in collaboration with the
present minister Of war Gencral
Gallienl. in he colonies OF Tonkin and
Madagascar. and more particularly IN
his administration Of TIE district Of
South Oran in Algeria His policy Is
close confidential. loyal collaboration
with the natives from a political, as
wen as from material and admins
irative point OF view. involving abso
lutte respect for the religious conyie.
tions and social customs Of the na
tives
During the twelve months OF 1914
comprising seven months Of peace
! .be commerce Of the French zone IN
Morocco amounted to l26,00O,O09
francs; in 1915. comprising twelve
months Of war, It increased 70 lsS.
0oo 600 francs an addition Of $1,000.
l0a0 francs from which France and L.
allies benefited to an appreciable *
tent
"The proteciorate is nov selfsus
taining said General Layautey Tia
lis to say the receipts Of the govern
ment are equal TO ths appropriation
for current expenses which for the en
suing fiscal year will amount 10 tn
equivalent OF 100000 dollars ap
proximately.
. "Thc loan We arr asking for Is 10
-lex,raordinsry expenditures for pc
! maneht public works that the iutuH
prosperity Of Morocco should pay ioi
such as the development Of the PoF
81 Casablanca. already well advanced
and the extension Of interior hig
roads indispensable 70 the deyeloI
meni Of the agricultural resources Q
the country
ror ravnla~ action OF the soHass