RISING IN MOROCCO

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13896, 7 May 1907, Page 5

RISING IN MOROCCO

REBELLION' AGAINST THE SULTAN. WIDE,SPREAD TROUBLE. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. MOROCCO, May 6. (Recelvid Jlav 6, at 11.15 p.m.) All southern Morocco, including Marakesli, lias rebelled against the Sultan, proclaimed iluli Jlofcd, tins Sultan's brother, us his successor, and reinstated the lato Coventor of Marakesh, refusing to allow him to proceed to Tangier for trial for ])r Maueliaiup's murder. The prisonous connected with the murder have been released. There art! indications that the whole country will support, the movement.

Tho murder on March 19 of the French suhjoot, «I)r Mauchamp, al. Miirinket<h, Ixittor known in English maps us Morocco City, lias revived tho diilicnlt and troublesome Morocco question, The French liovcrnn out delcnnincd to occupy the Moroccan town of Oujda until satisfaction was given by the Sultan for this crime, and for other outrages on French subjects which have gone unpunished. Two French cruisers, the Jeanne d'Arc and Lalande, were also sent, to the Moroccan coast. The British Consulate at Marrakcsh was attacked during tho riots which followed Dr Mauchamp's murder, and tlio inmates wore compelled to fire to defend themselves.

Details of the outrage received from Tangier show the extent of the danger to Europeans. When Ihe mob had stoned and stablml I>r Mauchamp lo 'i,'nlh and stripped his bodv, it proceeded to the British Consular agency, which was besieged. Several Europeans took refuge there. The building was barricaded, ami as the mob grew fiercer, shots were fired by the boie;.;od, who included Ihe Jirilish Agent, Mr Allan Lennox. Two Moors wore killed and a third wounded. A semblance of calm was only restored after several hours by tho intenention of Moorish troops. One of the French journals in Tangier remarked that Mm man accused of instigating tho riot, at Marrakesh has nt various times been employed by German diplomacy. Similar insinuations are made by oilier papers, but tho great Ikhly of the press saw in the incident nothing more than a sudden out-burst of murderous fanaticism.

Germany was hiftoi-Iy angered at flic allegations that the murder of Dr Moucliamij was_ tlio result of Francaphobe agitation stirred up by Germans. Hon ted denials of this chargc wero published, and Franco was directly accused of violating the Algeeiras agreement, and of seeking to establish a ."special position" in (he Shereefia.n Empire. Tim Vossisehe Zoilung. in the course of a severe indictment of French procedure, summarised Ihe German view when it said: "The fact that more Frenchmen are impcrillrd and killed in Morocco llian tlio representatives of oilier nationalities must liavo more than ordinary eaiieea. If any European Power lias done nnvthincr to antagonise and embitter Ihe Moors that Power is France, ami it is hiirhly doeirnblo that her policy should undergo radical revision."