THE CAPTOR OF KAID MACLEAN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 23 August 1907, Page 4

THE CAPTOR OF KAID MACLEAN.

Baisuli began life by being a catll' robber, but by sheer force of charade and merciless Severity towards his ene mies rose tab lie~ chieftain of the confeti erate Kabyles. His further advance ment dates from the time, three year ago, when he kidnapped Mr Perdicaris, a wealthy American, the doyen of Ih European community at Tangier. Fo his release he expected a ransom of £II,OOO, with which he built himself ; fortress on the hills above Tangier, .ini here, at the enr of the feast of Ramadan, the ex-cattle robber held almost ri gal state, al sorts and conditions o people tnronging his court, for by thi time ha bad been made master of th Province of Tangier. He was a strong Governor. No can van wa» plundered in his jurisdiction and Mr Pendiearis himself advised ma he should be made Pasha of Tangier; but he angered the foreign residents hj; kidnapping Jlr Harris, the Times' cones pondeni, by destroying European proper tics outside Tangier, by levying black mail on the Electric Light Company, b; beating people to death within a fev yards of the French and German l>ga tions, until a French ami Spanish squad ron appeared hist autumn off the por with a demand for his suppression. Th Sultan wavered, assured Raisitli in a pri rate letter of his "entire confidenre am support," Irat sent an army to suppres bim. The fx-brigand tried to persuad his army to join in an attack on tli Europeans, but its commander though rthenrise, and after attempting to kid oap more Europeans, which only resull Ml in the seizure of seven "poverty stricken crab-fishers, Raisuli retired ti lis fortress. There he was attacked md wag driven back into the mountain I fufritive with few followers, while hi be fortress was attacked, and his whit ahbits, canaries, and clocks -were soli n the Tangier market. Kaid Sir Harry Maclean, who y?a lent by the Sultan to negotiate wit] taisuli regarding the pardon of the lat*r, was taken prisoner by him. Detail »f this daring coup show" that on arriv gn at the place where he was to mee Saisuli, the Kaid was informed that lli atter refused to receive the Sultan'; ettera unless they were delivered per anally by Sir Harry Maclean. Kii Jarry, on proceeding to R.iisuli's camp, ibout twenty miles further on, at I'Knass, was then informed that Ve rould be detained until the Sultan h id [ranted all Raisuli's demands.