The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-19

this case was slavery for himself.
al the other Americans In the
country. and the crew Of The Al
leghsny. Finally the consul bor-
rowed the money from an Algerian
jew. paying IS per cent interest.
and va. able to leave the country
on tn. Allegheny with tn. other
BAD DAY FOR DEFY
The war OF 1912 actually kept
American merchantmen out OF the
so when the Dey
sent out hi. fleet OF cruisers 10
see what they could pick up. his
haul was only one brig. the Edwin.
crew OF 10 was sold into
slavery. and every attempt To ran
som them failed.
When the war wa. over.
however. the infant hut eocky
n. =. wa. eager to settle scores
with the pirates and 30 ordered
two squsdrons prepared for se-
t'on. The squadron under Com
modor~ Decatur. three frig-
ates. two sioop. and three
briggs. got under way first and
stole all the glory.
II was Decatur's luck. on enter
ing the Straits of Gibraltar. to en-
counter the flagship of the Alger-
ian fleet. under the command of
Admiral Rails Hammids. Two of
the American frigates were able
to deliver brondsides, but Capt.
John Downes unanswered one of
the sloops. the little 1s-gun Eper-
vier. so skillfully he delivered nine
broadsides. killed the admiral and
forced the Algerian To surrender.
Ten days after this encoun-
ter. Dectaur's squadron arrived
nj Algiers and the young com
modore Immediately sent Ia
the D~y . treaty. insisting n
Dey was considering. an Al
gerisn cruiser came Into port
and Decatur captured II In
matter of minutes.
The treaty which Decatur was
able To dictate called for an i'm
mediate end TO the payment of
tribute, the restoration of all prop
erty seized by the Dey. the pay
ment of Sic. 900 for the brig Edwin,
the emancipation OF every Chris
tisn slave who could escape to q
man OF war. and the treatment Of
captives in case Of a future war
not as slaves. but rs prisoners ex-
empt from labor.
PIRATES PAY UP
Decatur then proceeded 10 Tlnis
and Tripoi. having learned mean
while that these pirate states had
permitted British men-of-wsr TO
recapture American prizes in their
waters. From Tunis. Decatur ex-
tracted Sac, 900 which was the esti-
mated value of the prizes taken
there. and from Tripoli the recon-
pense was SIS, 1000. with the added
condition that 10 Christian slaves
should be liberated.
These two expeditions against
pirate nations broke a strangis-
hold which the bsrbsry states had
held over the commerce of sn OF
Europe and Asia for 20 centuries.
But for the United States, these
were but the first of some IS eN-
petitions which have been dis
patched In times of peace 10 for
eign lands for the protection OF
American lives or American prop
erty. Not all but many Of these
expeditions were against a kind of
piracy. international outlswry, or
the inability of so-called sovereig n
states to keep their nationals un-
der control and prevent their prey
ing on American commerce.
First. In 1919. was President
Moaroe's dispatch of an expe-
dition To Amelia island. eff the
coast of what WAS then Span
tsh Florida. TO drive out free
booterx who had taken posses
/ sion Of the land In the name
of the government Of Neue-
xuela- And two years later.
another expedition had 10 re-
turn 10 Florida 10 drive cut
the British.
There were numerous eNpedi-
tons against the pirates of Tn,
! Caribbean from this time through
the 1s20's. most famous OF which
were an expedition to pursue snS
break up an establishment Of ri
rates in Cuba in 1928 and th'
two expeditions OF Commodor,
Oliver II. Perry, the hero OF LAKE
Erie. and his brother. Commodor,
Matthew c. Perry. later famous
/ for his mission 10 Japan
IL wa. the brothers Perrys'
assignment TO clean out the
privatcerx who operated under
the protection Of letters of
mArque issued BY some Span
ism state In revolt. such -
NeaexueiA. Protected nv these
legal papers. the privateers
were supposedly immune From
capture by mzn-of-wsr.
Commodore David Porter. who
took with him his adopted son.
David g. Farraxut. was An
other leader In expeditions
against the pirates Of the Vest
Indies IL was not until 1855
that the North Atlantic and
Caribbean were really free
from privzteers.
In 1882 came the longest sal
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