Moroccan Affairs

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43213, 10 August 1907, Page 3

Moroccan Affairs

(By Telegraph- — -Press Association.)

MOROCCO, Yesterday. After the bombardment began the Bashaw of Casablanca begged Captain Neuville, the French commander, to stop it,, promising that he would guarantee the restoration of order and the safety of the people. The Consul intimated that the reply would be reserved until another party of sailors had landed. This was done, the Consul then demanding the'disarming of all soldiers and A the bringing of them in chains to N the Consulate. 1 Accordingly the soldiers who fired on the sailors were led in chains to the Consulate, and the Consul | warned the Bashaw that these would * be shot if the natives continued their threatening behaviour in the vicinity; The bombardment was then suspended, but was resumed at the Bashaw’s request, owing to the menacing attitude of the tribesmen on the outskirts of the town. The melinite shells killed and wounded hundreds of the natives.

LONDON, Yesterday. The Times’ Tangier correspondent says that the chiefs of the Khamas tribe demanded that Mac Lean be surrendered to them. Raisuli complied, and it is expected that this will lead to Mac Lean’s release. The Daily Telegraph Tangier correspondent states that 100 moors were killed at Casablanca.