Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1901 — The Morocco Trouble. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The Morocco Trouble .

The United States government proposes to force the payment by the Sultan of Morocco of an aggregate of about $50,000 in claims due to citizens of the states who have been unjustly dealt with by the provincial authorities of Morocco. Morocco has agreed to pay the Exaqui claim of but she has steadfastly ignored the Settlement of other equally important indemnities. The aggregate of $50,000 in claims is the result of several years’ outrages against, American citizens. In some instances commercial travelers have been interfered with contrary to the treaty rights. In other cases the property of Americans such as cattle, sheep and grain have been seized by the provincal authorities. Lately an immediate reckoning was demanded. One of the cariosities of the litiga-

tion is that the Morocco “court” gets out of the way whenever a day has been set for a hearing. Mr. Gummere, our consul at Tangier, the capital, has been instructed practically to corral the court and insist on a hearing. If the court is not willing to yield to Mr. Gummere’s suasion the cruiser New York will take a hand in the settlement. In all cases, however, the presence of an American war ship has been effective off Morocco. The Exaqui claim was promptly put into the way of settlement when the Sultan heard that Dixie had been ordered from Naples to Tangier. Even in that case, however, the Sultan pleaded the Fast of Ramazan as an excuse for one month’s more delay. The Sultan held that during Ramazan he could not attend to business.

THE NEW YORK AT SEA.