MOROCCO.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, 10 August 1907, Page 2

MOROCCO.

(United Pbess Association. — CopxI RIGHT.] THE EUROPEAN INTERVENTION THE CAPTIVITY OF SIR HARRY MACLEAN. EARLY RELEASE EXPECTED. THE SITUATION AT CASA BLANCA. LONDON, Friday. The "Times'" Tangier correspondent says that the chief of tha Hakmas tribe has demanded that Kaid Sir Harry Mac Lean be surrendered to them, and that Baisuli hos complied. It is expected that this will lead to Sir H. Mac Lean's release. The "Daily Telegraph's" Tangier ronespondsnt states that 1000 Moors were killed at Casa Blanca. ] Admiral Pilberti landed 200 men at Casa Blanca. on the 7th, when street fighting continued. The Moors sacked the Jewish quarter and killed many, but the Europeans were safe aboard the steamers in the harbour or in the Consulates. It is reported that six French soldiers who were wounded in the first encounter are dead. The Moorish quarter of Casa Blanca is in ruins. The State Bank was sack j ed, and 60,000 pesetas stolen. The land batteries are destroyed. During a night attack on the Consulate at Casa Blinca one of the French sailors was killed and three j were badly wounded. The bombard- ' ment lasted 48 hours. The latest reports indicate that all is quiet. The warship Dv Chayla has proceeded to Mazagan, where there is much disquietude. (Received Aug. 10, 8.43 a.m.) PARIS, Friday. It is recognised in France that the Moroccan affair is bigger than expected, but the nation is firmly determined ( to see it through.