Deseret Evening News | 1908-01-18 | Page 4 | In Morocco

IX n The announcement t that the tho usurper who claims to be tho the sultan of or Morocco has proclaimed n it holy war Is III not nut with without out o t interest t If It ho he Is sustained by the of Morocco It that they thoy tM will gather In largo large numbers to resist rr la lathe the French and the latter may ma find tho the task before them moro more difficult than anticipated It Is la stated that the French government Is considerably disturbed over the unexpected declaration hUon of at a holy war Lar at lit Fez and the th I proclamation ot or Hand us OS sultan of ot Morocco It IL l Is now waiting uniting anxious anxiously ly I Information as al a to the number 01 ot tribes s who follow tollow the rebel sultan Ev fly Everything E will depend it Is explained i upon the tho strength which I develops The situation in III Morocco seems scenic to bo be boone one of chronic anarchy Aa As no country can afford to let lot lawless conditions prevail indefinitely in a I neighboring because of the tho evil ovll Influence that ore are felt far tar and wide France Franco a II tow fow years ago ag decided to Interfere In to save saw her province Algeria from the ef et effects of Moroccan mIsgovernment But Germany protested so 50 strongly that a conference woe vua vuu called at and there thoro tho agreement was entered Into that Franco Spain should Jointly Interfere to preserve order Older and maintain the tho open door to nil all nations desirIng to trade with the tho Moors The Tha police duties thus under undertaken undertaken taken by Paris and Madrid have hoo proY proved pro ed Irksome and France would possibly like to add Morocco to the domain of the tle republic but to have pae havethe the expenses expanses of doing police duty for tor forthe forthe the benefit ot o Europe Is an nn entirely different l proposition len