THE TANGIER TROUBLE

Otago Witness, Issue 2622, 15 June 1904, Page 19

THE TANGIER TROUBLE

THE MOORS INSOLENT.

AMERICAN MARINES LANDED.

LONDON, June 8. The Daily Chronicle gives thrilling details of the Raisuli incident. Two hundred armed Moors suddenly invaded Mr Perdicaris's house, kidnapping him and Mr ."arley (his son-in-law), to the terror of their wives and Miss Variey. The three women were finally spared abduction. Mr Perdicaris, the American millionaire, who is detained for a ransom, is ill. Efforts are being made to obtain safe conduct for a doctor to visit him. Armed Moors entered an Englishman's house in Tangier in the day time. The Englishman was absent, and his wife was compelled to surrender two rifles. The English Consul demands the arrest of the Moors. The authorities hesitate "because the ringleader is influential among the An j era tribe. June 9. . At the instance of the American -Consul-general, American marines were landed to guard the Belgian Legation at ."Tangier. Mr John Hay, United States .Secretary of State, justifies the step on the ground of international comity, one Power protecting another in the absence of warships. The Sultan of Morocco has agreed to the demands of the bandit Raisuli. Uaisuli asks Britain and America to .guarantee the Sultan's promises. America declines. The Sultan has appointed Herid Barerada, Raisuli's nominee, as Governor of Tangier, i June 11. The Tangier bandit Raisuli, who recently captured Mr Perdicaris, an American millionaire, and Mr Variey, his English son-in-law, and holds them for ransom, has been pardoned. NEW YORK, June 7. The battleship Illinois has been ordered to join the American squadron in .Europe. Americans talk of occupying a Moroccan port and impounding the Customs until the bandit's millionaire prisoner is released.