Bisbee daily review., 1922-02-12
MOOR BANDIT
AGAIN OFFERS
To SURRENDER
Man Who Caused u. S.-Mor-
Deco Trouble in 1904 Says
He Is Too Fat to Fight

tho Moorish bandit who has just
a~ain offered to surrender to thu
S-arish military forces which are
Kim IN Morocco. is the man who once
dow 10 United rtotes iato action in
'N,- -7ve1 corner OF tho world.
ua -ig-,rod 81 hat celeNr-rtel inri
don't when Secretary OF State John
Hav demHnded "Perdicaris alive or
Ra'sula dead"
That was IL wears ago. in 1904. Raj
suli he'd captured Ion Perdicaris, a
naturalized American citizen and kent
him prisoner. President Roosevelt
vessels stripped for action into Tan
gier Harbor while John Hav sent his
famous message to the feeble Sultan
in nominal command there.
Raisuli. VINO now saws he is too rat
to fight" had 4ong been a leader Of
the wild tribesmen who have frequent
" swamped the trained battalions of
civilized power.
Tries To Collect Ransom
Perdicaris, a wealthy man, was
president of the Euronean Commits
sion administering affairs in Tangier
his capture and it was recounted
some time EGO in a National Geo~r"
nhic Society," bulletin. He was snatch.
ed out of his summer home by Raisu-
lis raiders. and borne off to a noun
tain stronghold.
From there, the chieftain nroceed
ed to omen UP negotiations with the
Sultan of Morocco, Perdicaris' family,
and eventually in indirect fashion
with the American government, con
corning the price to be paid for his
cautive The United States cut short
the chaffering in the fashion descrih
ed. The Sultan, panic-stricken, sent
$4,000 in silver to Raisuli. appointed
him governor of a district. turned
loose some of his friends from Tan
gfer tails. and incarcerated some OF
Raisu1i's enemies in their place. Per-
dicaris later returned to the. United
States to express his thanks.
Trouble With Europe
Prosperity, however, came close to
running his erstwhile cantor, Raisuli
He got into a quarrel with the Sultan
about his governorship. was thrown
out, and promptly retaliated by bear
ing off for ransom Kaid Sir Henry
Mclean. British commander OF the
Mdroccoan army. He arrayed his
tribesmen for battle, and descended
upon the coast, doing much damage
to European interests and in 1907
succeeded in setting all the hair
triggers in European diplomacy.
The French navy .bombarded one
of his captive towns. Casablanca, the
now practically extinct Kaiser VIII
helm came to bat shifting undue
French expansion in prospect, but the
matter was straightened out in a.
council chamber instead of on bat
tlefield. Raisuli was chased back to
his mountain Businesses, but news dis
patches everv few years record anoth-
er Of his eruptions.
"In MANY resnects the man inte--
ested and attracted me in spite of all
my natural motives for dislike" Per-
dicaris saws of Raisuli in the Geogra-
phic Societv's report. "Raisuli was
gracious and dignified, not to us onlv
but to his own wild adherents. who
evidently idolized their chieftain.
whose position amone them seemed
that of head of a highland clan in
olden times He WIS quick to see
the humorous asnect of a situation
while his renartee was as immediate
and to the poiat as though he had
been born in tho County Galway.
No Mere Rriu7nd
'T found mvself unconsciouslv ac-
centinr his contention that he was
not a mere hrisa,d or cattle-lifter.
but a nat-iot struggling to lift his Ber
Der followers from the tyranny OF cor
rupt officisls. His charm of voice,
the natural poise and dienitv of his
manner, his self-controf under nrovo-
cation, all betrayed superior chsrac-
ter"
Perdiearis remarks that "Raisul'
could not bear TO hear a chud CIV"
but there was a fiercer BACKGROUND
for the tribesman's motivation. Crom-
well Varlev, stepson to Perdicsris
was cracked over the head in the raid
on the Americans summer home. and
both men were forced to ride many
miles in tight bonds.
1T was in connection with the fran
ing of the ultimatum, 'Perdicaris alive
or Raisuli dead that a, trusted cor
respondent of The Associated Press