SEVEN MONTHS A CAPTIVE.
KAID SIR HARRY MACLEAN. IMPENDING RELEASE. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. * London, February 4. Me. Walter Runciman (Financial Secretary to the Treasury) announced in the House of Commons that the brigand chief was bringing to Tangier immediately Kaid Sir Harry Maclean, who has been in captivity since July last.
Kaid Sir Harry Mac-Lean was captured— " taken by a trick," as the Moorish brigand chief Raisuli himself declared— his way from Tangier to Fez, on July 3 of last year. Raisuli's motive in seizing him, according to his own statement, was to draw the attention of Europe to his grievances and to Moorish misgovernment, and to hold the Raid as ' surety for a British guarantee of free pardon for past acts. How the Kaid has passed' the days of his captivity is not precistly known. Raisuli has held his prisoner close, fleeing with him to mountain fastnesses when the Sultan's troops threatened, or the tribes grew clamorous for the Kaid's release, and the consequent withdrawal of the Sultan's forces. In spite of his 59 years, and in face of all hardships, Sir Harr- hae never lost fair fortitude.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13666, 6 February 1908, Page 5
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