Evening star., 1922-09-04
MOROCCANS OBJECT
TO CHRISTIAN RULE
Efforts of Allies to Form
Stable Government Are
Discounted.

'TANGIER. Morocco, September :.
~zSpain is torn with emotion be-
cause France and England are about
to discuss Tangier and Moroccan al
fairs generally without inviting Cas-
lillian diplomats to participate In the
deliberations.
British and French statesmen are
agitated about the conference, as are
also French and British commercial
concerns with a desire to engage in
deyelopment work in backward
countries.
But with the true fatallsm OF
Islam, Tangier rests peaceiuils IN
it's walled gardens and laughs at the
chickering's of the Christians VINO
have been fighting about Morocco ioI 20,
more than three centuries anu st.''
find themselves in hot water III SPY
of the agreements made IN the A.
geciras conference which sdNI
France a protectorate over cent?
and southern and eastern Morocco
established Spanish zone OF III
fiuence in the north ana createu ai.
international zone whlch coHipi ises
Tanyier and it's immediate enVlrons.
This international zone has not
bheu a great success. 1t has enSen-
dered as much i'll feeling as nave III
ternationai settlements in Chiha anu
other backward countries. CoHlihet
cial and political jealousles nave
f1ourished, while the Arabs sat caliii-
jN by and watched Europeans squao-
BILE.
Hostile to Europe.
Spains efforts to MAINTAIN hersti.
In her zone of influence prousn'
about such disastrous military op
erations against the Moroccah1 fai1.n ,''a at
Spanish governments nave latltn d.
short intervals for the last elShteeh
.-y,,ths and British and French pom
t;c,Sns have let it be known that
spain's inability to keep her zone
quiet makes it imperative thal so'iie
stems be taken to protect tht rest ol
Morocco against the spread OF the
hostile spirit which prevails against
European domination In horthein
Morocco. ,;
When the British gave up Tangier
,ate in the seventeenth century they
DESTROYED the mole which protected
sfipping. Since htat date international
uuarrels have always prevented an
gier from having satisfactory mar
Dor Ships are forced TO loau anu
unload in the open and wholly uh-
protected sea Consequently. Tan
eier has lost it's ancient Importance
as a commercial center and serves
only as the port for the territory I'M
mediately behind it. Casablanca' In
Thngier, has been extensively deVei-
oped by the French and has become
Morocco's greatest port.
Sultan Mulai YuSf is still nomi-
nally ruler of Morocco and maintains
his court at Fez with all the pomp
of the ancient Saracens. over year
ago he granted a foreign company
dominated by French interests con-
cession to construct for ranger lne
harbor she has needed Tor nearly
a H.
jected to this concession on the
gfound that the sultan exceeded his
power But the French government
Insisted that Mulai Gusef is ruler OF
the Moroccan empire. and can make
such concessions legally II the rights
OF interested powers are protected by
proper guarantees.
Tangier is less than forty miles
form Gibraltar and controls the en-
trance to the Mediterranean in such
threatening way that England is
not inclined to view the proposed
improvements with calmnesS. and out
of this concession has grown gen
eral rumble from European powers
which made ii necessary for Mr..
Lloyd George, the British premier. to
call a meeting between the French
and the British to consider the Mo-
rpccan situation. Spain feels her
prestige is threatened by the failure
to- invite her to participate in the
= full military activities in Morocco. and
the greatly divided opinion in Spain
as to whether King Alfonso should
continue Spanish efforts to subjugate
the Spanish zone by force, have weak
ened Spanish protests to Great Bri-
tain and France.
Seek United States Aid.
With Afghanistan. Turkey. India
Arabia and other Mohammedan coun-
tries in ferment. and bolshevik
threats that all Islamic countries
will unite in opposing European con-
troll and encircle. the Mediterranean
with revolt, which will finally be eX-
tended to the far east. unrest in
Morocco has demanded careful atten-
ton from European chancelleries
Every effort has been made to get
the United States interested in the
movement to quiet European differ
ences as to how affairs should be
handled in northern Africa.
The Arabs hail the European dis
sension with great joy. and boast
that Christian influence will soon end
in north Africa. They even predict
the return of the Moors TO south
Europe.
Foreign occupation has made but
slight Impression on Tangier. 1t is
more oriental than many cities thou
sands of miles to the eastward. Nor
have centuries of international in
trigue and jealousy greatly changed
the life of this ancient city, which, in
the middle ages, was one of the great
est Mohammedan centers of learning
It's dominant architectural feature to-
day Is the mosques, with their numer-
ous white minarets. scattered over
the hills, covered with walled gardens
rich in subtropical foliage. The city
has such an ancient history that its
residents apparently regard a few
centuries of retarded growth as moth
ing in the life of a place which was i'm
portant long before the Christian era,
and scorn the efforts of politicians
OF newborn nations to maintain mas