The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-06-24

prepared by the National Geographic s
ciety. Washington. d. CT
IL is not the Moors in general wi
r whom the French and Spanish are ha
i ing their troubles. Those fighting Il
: TWO European countries are the Riffs
t highlanders-the Berber "hill billie,
OF the mountains along the norther
edge Of Morocco.
by far the greater part of the Frenc
sphere OF influence in Morocco is III
uer orderly government and has bee
the recipient of valuable developmer
oy the French: highways, railroad,
port facilities, public buildings and I,
rigation works. But the northern firing
OF this huge French zone, beginnin,
some nifty miles north of Fee, is II
reach OF raids from the Riff noun
tains, ostensibly Spanish TERRITORY. bu
In reality controlled by the Rifiar
ciansmen. It is in the region just south
OF the Spanish border that the French
troops have been fighting the forces of
the highlanders.
From Algeria, long virtually a mart
OF France, the French have built rail
way and highway paralleling the
rrench-Moroccan and the Spanish Mo-
roccan boundary, passing through Fee.
the greatest city and ancient capital
OF Morocco. and reaching the Atlantic
at Rabat, the government Headquarters
Oh To-Day. This route connects with the
Algerian railway system at the border
town OF Ujda, forming direct line
between Rabat on the Atlantic and
Oran, chief western Mediterranean
port OF Algeria, which has been dubbed
that country's Chicago"
Passing into the present turbulent
zone OF Morocco over this route from
oran' one finds himself crossing a new
~ conquered country. Between the
border and Fee only a narrow gauge |
railway has been constructed so for
and 1t is restricted to the use of the
military; but civilian travellers can
make use OF an automobile line which
traverses the highway. The road par
allels the railway which brings ths
soldiers to the forts along the line.
hese little white forts, guarding high
way and railroad, are placed at regu
ar intervals, with larger garrisons be-
ween.
Between Riff and Berber.
Some three miles to the north ts tba
and of the rebellious Riff tribesmen. d,
ONE ~ miles to the south are the re- 9
laining Berber trlbesmen, not vet ON :
ood terms with the French; vet .
trough this narrow lane, between =
nemy lines, the traveller could go IN r
lfety until recently. :,
1t is not the type Of wilderness ono :,
ctures. OF sand dune and mirage. This
IS beyond the Atlas. Here are cact, ..
10 scanty vegetation on which =,
unit camels Craze. -
These single-humped Arabian camels ~
not the oldest residents" of Moroc. h.
Iney followed the Arab invasion he
'stward twelve centuries ago. Be Oh
'e their coming. the domesticated ass =.
s the Berber's only beast OF burden -,
ng years before the birth of the "
at camel driver who gave to tho :.
stem world its faith. long years he 49,
e the Three Wise Men journeyed to 60
.hlehem, Berber farmers here drove ~
If asses to market and Berber shen- 30. 90
Us mere tended their flocks. ,n'
ne sees along the road natives chief. ~,
II berher stock, primitive people Of mo
plateau. Most Of these seen orr
shepherds. dressed in brown home sa :
robes, ragged and soiled. Although on
finally Moslems. wearing the usuaI a an.
cribed head-covering, their women w..
unveiled. The faces and ankles Of T
e beroer women are tattooed Thew 10
taller and leaner than their baron,
sisters met In the cities whore =.
rish beauty runs to avoirdupois W. W.,
'e heads Of the young shenba-d on
are uncovered, showing a lone 80 20,
ID OF hair on the otherwise shaver nj,
. by means Of this strand, the ,ess
p OF the road has it. the faithful . us
erked up to heaven. .''os
ar the road are the homes of these ~ ~ s
lerds-low black cloth tents 30 ~ =
n camels' hair surrounded Inv rona
'ssnrush walls At night the sheen ~, ,Tp. I,