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Show JOURNALISM HOT AT FEZ. "Liar," "Cur," "Don," "Hob," "Traitor,' Epithets Used. Somo Interesting facts about tho nowspapcrs of Morocco hnvo Just been printed In tho Itevuo do Momlo Musul-man. Musul-man. Ttieso Journals originally owed their existence to Kuropcan Initiative. Tho foreign representatives nt Fez and Tangier thought It necessary to reach tho better class of tho peoplo through newspapers. They, therefore, engaged somo newspaper men from Syria, and two papers printed In Arabic wero started In Tangier, El Saada In 1901 and El Abah In 100G. Both, being under European Influences, Influ-ences, havo supported tho Sultan Abd ol Aziz during tho pending unpleasantness unpleasant-ness In Morocco. Their nrtlcles against tho attempted usurpation of tho sultan's sul-tan's brother, Muley Hafld, stlrrod to towering rage many of tho leading men of Fez, who had turned Abd cl Aziz out of his capital. They decided thai tho great party that wns supporting tho claims to tho throno of Muley Hafld must havo n nowspapor organ of Its own. Typo nnd printing pnper wero hard to got at Fez, but a quantity of material was at last procured and El Tn'oun began to appear, a most nstonlshlng nowspapor, which mado up for Its meager slzo with heated and virulent language Tho way that editor has lambasted tho odious rcptllo who edits ono of tho rival sheets entitles him to a plnco In tho front rank of vltuperatlvo Journalism. Journal-ism. Below aro somo extracts from n recent re-cent nrtlclo In El Ta'oun. Part of It has been bluo penciled nB not appropriate appro-priate for publication In any language: lan-guage: "Fez May God preserve her from nil ovll and all ovll doers I Tho policy of her enemies Is tnklng tho shnpo of powder and ball under tho Incitement of tho editor of a mlserablo nowspapor. nowspa-por. Who docs not know this man to bo a yelping dog, a reprobate, a lost creature, n traitor to his peoplo and his religion? God nnd tho faithful havo branded such men and ho can dccelvo no ono oxcept himself. 'Curses on you, you traitor and liar! Do you think that Moroccans bellovo n word tliat you say? Have fou ovor In' your Ufa said anything that Is truo? What you havo written, you Uttlo cur of a dog, on tho subject of the Cald of Fez Is nbsolutcly false. Havo you scon, you hog, with what respect and ndmlrntlon tho English nowspapcrs spenk of him? "If you wero capable of being fair" and Impartial or of telling tho truth, I would recount to you tho great things thnt tho Cald has accomplished on this very day. But it would bo paying you too much honor, you little carcass of a plgl "Tho noblo mchnlla of our sultan has Just triumphed over our enemies, tho Infidels, and put them to rout. May God destroy you! You will bo very careful not to print tho news you will receive "You say, O nss of asses, that the Emir should unlto In his person four fundamental things Justness, statesmanship, states-manship, courago and descent from tho Gorelchltes. Which of theso things do you find In Abd el Aziz? Is It In tho name of Justlco that ho haB mado a gift to tho Europeans of two cities In tho land of Mohammedans? And nB though this wero not enough, Ib ho' not scoklng to Imposo over us tho authority au-thority of Infidels?" As tho star of Abdul Aziz Is again In tho ascendant, It Is likely that this editor will lose- his job unless ho restrains re-strains his ideas and their literary expression. ex-pression. - |