Morocco.
— 0~. —= RANSOM FOR THE KAID. By Telegraph—Association—Copyright, (Received October 2, 8.57 p.m.) London, October- 2. The " Daily Mail" states that the brigand Raisuli, who treacherously captured Kaid Sir Harry M'Lean, asks ransom of £75000 for the Raid's release. Britain refuses the demand. / SUPPRESSING CONTRABAND. . (Received October 2, 10.46 p.m.) Paris, Octobor 2. Germany consents to franco and Spain suppressing contraband traffic in arms and ammunition in Moroccan waters, conditional on tlio provisional and extraordinary clmractor of tlio step being acknowledged. The ICaid was'enntured about the end of June, so he lias beeii,tliree months in captivity. Haisuli at first alleged tlint he did not ask-for ransom, hut only for restoration to his former power, "I do not want money, only justice," are the words attributed to the brigand. Kaisuii first ['.lined international fnine as a bandit by enpl Walter B. Harris, the 'Pansier correspondent of the London " Tina's." In May, 1901, he kidnnnwd, Jon Perilicni-is. an American citizen, and his British son-in-law. For their release )>e obtained from the Sultan 53,0(10 dollars, and «S his tribe increased he extended bis power over Tangier until tlio foreign residents protested, when he was deposed and driven uivay.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19071003.2.56
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 7, 3 October 1907, Page 7
Word Count
195Morocco. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 7, 3 October 1907, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in