Show FRENCH SPIES IOU NEWS OF High-Handed High Proceedings Pr Prevent Prevent Pre Pre- vent Correspondents Sending Sending Sending Send Send- ing Out Facts I CENSORSHIP VERY STRICT Men in Various Disguises Follow Foi Fol- low Newspaper Men All AllOver Over the Country Republican Special Cable London Feb The 22 Th The truth about th ti tho Internal state of ot Morocco has nov never yet et b be been en n allowed to reach the world for Cor tho the reason that the countr country I is In the tho hands of or French spies win who conduct an elaborate espionage on tin tho work worle of newspaper am an and exercise a censorship I stricter than e ex exIsted existed ex- ex isted In Russia under the most rea regime Remarkable revelations re as to th the methods of the French authorities armade an art made by a journalist who has returned from Crom Morocco lie ITo writes Tho whole country countr is crowded with wit spies s in the French service Tile They aI au arc speaking Arabic Fren French h. h Jews Tunisian Tunisian Tunisian Tuni Tuni- sian Arabs J and antI Syrians S and are arc got ot ur u un liP liPin I in n o every ima imaginable form of disguise and spend their time spying on every cr thing hing rind everybody e The Th la last t time J 1 was In Morocco I heard some cu curious curious cu- cu rious stories on the theor or very hl highhanded l proceedings s of oC the French authorities In 0 regard to newspaper correspondents Some ome of the latter wrote true trite hut but buter er ver try sensational reports f for r the European papers apers They were surprised to find fin that bat their thir letters never reached rached theIr no matter which of oC the four our foreign the they were posted lasted at and that a a. few Cew days after aute sending ending these letters the they were favor favor- sd ed I with an official dispatch from one oner or r other of oC the tho th fourteen Courteen legations I In Tan Tangier ler requesting them to call The They ivere ere thou then asked endless s questions bout w t h why hj they ther were In Morocco lorocco what heir occupation was wn when they ex x to be bo able oble to leave etc the In winding up with the tho announcement announce- announce ment ent that information had been laid before the council of oC ambassadors or ministers to the effect that the they had been ten eon writing false reports about the position of affairs which could not ot tt be permitted Two run f 0 Frenchmen who ho were Invited to all iii at one of or tho the small le legations tool took matters with a high hand and said that they hey icy would report this unwarranted in- in with their private affairs Dinting dating out that thc they represented high class lass French dally daily papers The result as is that within an hour of or the first in- in a n most polite young oung om m the French legation leg called upon them erp at ot their hotel he French nister's c compliment and handed era t two o la Iam to tito ho ren ench ih h. h steamer r sailing at t 4 m l. for Marseilles and request- request ng g them not to fall fail to bo le c On the steam steam- r an hour before sailing soIlIng time or his would be forced to send a n legation gallon guard g to accompany them on oard ard Of OC cour course e they the went vent Others were ere requested to wind up their busIness bust busl- ness tes without delay and leave lea the tho coun- coun which y-which r which they dl did The They had of or course ourse urse been writing writing- against the French governments government's policy An most Influential and highly connected con- con Arab journalist from Tunis went to o Morocco some sonic IS 18 months ago lIo lo 0 went down to Fez and saw sawall all the tables notables He was v shadowed ved by spies in n I tho the French pay the whole journey journe Je He e subsequently wrote rote strong anti- anti rench French articles in his Arabic papers In Algiers and Tunis and also in the Egyptian Arabia Arabis press When he ho had hadeen been ten een back in Tangier a couple of or weeks he ic a accompanied some Al Algerian erlon friends for Cor Oran on n a a n French steamer sailing Ie He e was recognized on board by two pies ples in the French service and was arsted ar- ar rested sted on the spot landed from tho the Learner at Oran and sent by the first train rain ain to In lit the Sahara Heis Tic lie Tics is s thero yet vet arid anti notwithstanding his great reat Influence he lie has hos never ne been wrought rought to trial nor has any official reon re report report re- re port on ever er been made about him 1 |