Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-04-06

sahara OaSl&
Sahara, regions strikingly. different
from the sand dune sections, that are
the homes OF the fierce Tuaregs-the
real people OF the tiesert''-who have
constantly preyed on the eamel scara-
vans }thnt Arabs aud Jews have sent
periodically from the Mediterranean
toward Central Africa. 81 g4
TnsreJa, Land Buccaneers. 1
These people, natives and rulers of
the middlesdcsert, are the. allies Of no
one. hut wage a fartive guerrilla war
fare viii, all wirp invade their .inhos-
ptable domain. They are land ,buc-
cancers. forever at war with all civil
i2ation and ifsf~restraints. Masked
Tuaregs, are I,erber' nomads, white
desert people. whose country is prob
unly. tie Most inaeccssible on earth.
Even before, Egyptian civilization be-
gan 10 leave. coherent records of Its
history. ihe l,uaregs, or Berbers. were
long Established, along Northern Africa.
The great Arab invasion of the
EleventhYcentury displaced them from
their possessions upon the seacoast
and drove them iIito the savage area of
the interior desert, where, with their
hands raised against. all who come into
their pathless county. they have
lnailtaliled themselves through the in
1ewenings centuries despite paucitys of
water, dust storms, and lack gof farming
land, requisiiiening by force of arms
from the Arabs and Egyptians, 10 the
north and east, and from the blacks
OF the Soudan, in the south, such neces-
sites and luxuries as their clieerless
portion Of mother earth cannot supply
them.
There are Ave main tribes in the
Tlfareg considerations and they inhabit
the desert from .Tuat to Timbuktu anu
from FezzaH to Finder, These fierce
adventures who have forced the great
desolation to yield them a support
number 300Uu0 or. more, according to
estimate; ami they have made them
selves feared BY the natives from the
Mediterranean To the jungles of Cen
trail Africa.
The Tuaregs wear the end of their
turban cloth drawn around the face,
allowing nothing but the eyes TO be
seen. 1t is worn for the purpose Of
protecting the throat and lungs from
the cutting blasts Of fine desert sand,
and also, probably. as an element en-
HANGING the my siery of their life, for
they seldomS or never remove these
masks, whether rowing over the desert
err visiting sinafhe cities on the coast.
pue to these cloths, they are called
Masked, .'ruarexs. While the Arabs call
them People Of the vell.' The masks
are dark blue and white. the former
being worn by s.Tuareg mobiles and the
latter by the. serfs and slaves.
Some centers for trade. Tuareg
towns, are situated I'm the middle
desert. However. the Taareg has little
cares for trade and industry. He is
fearless. endarhlg hard-fighting ad-
yenturer alans the merchandise trails
that cross the desert Sometimes. n
single caravan consists of thousands OF
camels and merchandise To the. value
af hundreds Of thousands OF dollars
The Tuaregs are OF the purest Ber-
her stock. the noble families unmIxed
with other bI"s,d, ami in their own Ian
guage. they call themselves sthe noble
people" NaniEai.ys they are Moham-
metlans. and. spme sof their numher
compose the lnbst intolerant and war
like sect In Islam. the Senussite sect.
Their hatred FOR tile foreigner Is great
er even than that bred by their religion.
and So they are 1asre. exclusive than
ever We're the Chinese or Japanese.
Their soeia. organization divides them
into five classes. the mobiles. the priests.
the serfss- the crvss-breeds and the
slaves. All of these classes have this
that is democratic form together
the Tuareg family. which holds itself
superior to all the other peoples Of the
earth.