New Britain herald., 1922-07-10
bPAN|ARDS FIGHT | MOROCCAN BANDIT
laisuli, Known in United States,
 Pursued by Soldiers

Tangier. Morocco, July 10.-Presi-
 pent Harding's 'fellowtownsman and
 personal friend, the Rev. Joseph M.
 pemtng, who has Just assumed his
 buttes here as American consul gen.
 Iral and diplomatic agent, has come
 b Africa at time when Morocco is
 brn with unrest and Spain and
 France are both fighting to maintain
 upremacy in their zones of influence
 Eighteen years ago John Hays
 lPerdicaris alive or Paisuli dead!"
 Ihng through the streets Of Morocco
 Ind four American warships steam
 Ia into Tangier to back up American
 emands for the release of Ian Per,
 |icaris. whom Raisui had kidnapped
 nd was holding in the mountains for
 |ansom,
 The Moroccan government under
 ftood the language of warships with
 funs.turned shoreward. It paid Rais-
 lli the 10000 English pounds he de-
 handed for Perdicaris release. and
 fhe incident was closed.
 But this same Raisuli Is still on the lampage. He and many other bandit
 hiefs are operating within a hundred
 hiles of Tangier. Raisuli has grown
 lat and prosperous since the days
 khen he made the Moroccan govern
 hent pay him so we'll for the release
 If Ian Perdicaris and Walter B. Har- lis. the correspondent of the London Fines. But few days ago the Span- eh troops drove him out of his cita- Tel at Dazroot so miles south of Tan tier, and he and his harem and three Fr four thousand soldiers are in flight
 h the mountains before the artillery If the Spanish leaders who have less lear of bandits than has the Moroc- |an government.
 It was in 1904 that Raisuh captur- I'd Perdicaris and blackmailed the
 Moroccan sultan into ransoming him To avoid trouble with America. The bandit leader became so powerful That he was named governor of the fangier district a little later and was llso named governor of the city of krzela. He was such power that The government could not refuse him what he wished. When Spain took bver under the Algeciras treaty in 1912 1t curried( favor with Raisuli. He was given arms for his forces and made sort of governor.
 l Three years ago the Spaniards. tir- Id of the extortions and demands of Raisuli, busted him from office. At pazroot he had erected a fortified
 astle where he kept his bandit army
 Ind his treasury protected against in- Faders. He had machine guns, but Do heavy artillery. So when the Spanish forces turned heavy shells lgainst his stronghold few days ago here was nothing for him and his followers to do but flee. 9isgrace. Dazroot is holy city. It contains the tomb of Absolam Raisuli 1 In ancestor of the bandit chief, and 1 ] patriarch much revered by Moham- nedans. Consequently Raisuli has lost face by his inability to resist the sttacks of the Christian troops. They nave broken the spell which his long .eries of successes had cast about | lim. He is in flight in territory where | le is much hated by the natives be- .ause of his cruel exactions and if ! he spaniards choose to pursue him lis capture should not be difficult. -,>
 For nearly 40 years Raisuli has been Morocco's pet bandit. He was porn about 60 years ago at Zinat, lear Tangier, and first came into anne through a love affair. He kill d the. husband of the woman of his ,hoice and also several other men vho attempted to prevent him from ,arrying her away. Then he turned | lighwayman and became the great st robber in all Morocco. He was ,nce captured by triekery. A gov rnor promised him a high position md trapped him by this bait. He was brown into the island prison of Mo ,ador, which is generally equivalent 0 death. But he had powerful friends nd much money. Consequently he egained freedom and returned to the oad.
 Through his kidnapping of Perdi- aris Walter B. Harris and Sir Harry facLean, Raisuli became an interna- Ional figure and a highwayman those work was too expensive for he impoverished Moroccan govern 1SnL to HlldnCp, HIS ldllSOllb "tit 0 high that he had to be taken into overnment service to save the gov rnment from bankruptcy.
 Raisuli captured Perdicaris at his ummer home in the mountains near angler. Telephone wires communi' ating with the city were cut and erdicaris' servants were bribed or -iehtened into assisting the highway ian, who forced the wealthy Ameri- an to mount horse and accompany ne bandits into distant mountains.
 As soon as MT. Perdicaris was re- 'ased he returned immediately to CIV York and abandoned the beauti Il villa in Tangier which he had oc- lpied for many years. The house as converted into a gambling club