Show CONFISCATION OF MOROCCO It is a custom In Morocco that all the property of af an official reverts at death to the crown The logic which leads to such a result Is simple for far the govern government government gov gov- ern ent argues that that all aU fortunes fortun s thus hus accumulated consist of moneys illegally Ille ille- gaily gally retained gally-retained retained retained by the authorities A A Governor when appointed Is probably possessed of no considerable fortune far tune its is he may be a millionaire at e. e Whence came this wealth Squeezed most mast cert certainly from the tribes under his authority and therefore amassed only by the prerogatives prerogative's of af the position position i tion in which the Sultan had placed I him It has never struck the Moorish government that these great f fortunes might more more honorably be returned to the people from whom they were stolen The result is entire confiscation the to-the crown Including often such private property ty as his his- Governor may may- have been possessed of before his appointment appointment appoint ment meat and not seldom too of the property property property prop prop- erty of his relatives When the mighty fall in Morocco the crash brings brings' down with with them their families es even yen uncles and cousins and andaU andall andall all aU connected with them and it Is 15 not seldom that the sons of great Governors Governors Governors Gover- Gover Gover Gover- nors who wio have hae been brought up In the luxury of slaves and noises hores and retinues retinues ret ret- of mounted men have to togo go begging begging begging beg beg- ging in the streets Blackwood's Magazine Mag Mag- azine |