A HOLY WAR IN MOROCCO.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1830, 18 December 1888, Page 3

A HOLY WAR IN MOROCCO.

In reference to the startling revolt in Morocco, so pregnant with danger to all "strangers," details are now to hand showing that there waß butchery of the most ferocious character. On August 28th, the following despatch reached New York from London : A horrible state of affairs in Morocco is disclosed by a despatch received here to-day. Anarchy of the bloodiest character reigns in the whole domain of Emperor Muley Hassan. To avenge the death of his cousin, Prince Muley, who, with his escort, was ambushed and slain by rebels, he has let loose the Imperial troops upon the now wretched and helpless insurgents, with full license to murder, torture, and outrage to the extent of their savage desires. Old men, young men, and children have been slaughtered without mercy. The mothers, daughters, and all female* relatives of the rebels have been degraded or seized as slaves. _ The wholesale murder has been carried on until no more rebels exist in the towns and cities, and the bloody persecution has extended into distant districts, wherever rebels are supposed to be t It is reported that the Emperor ha s gone so far in his inhuman work of extermination that he is now surrounded by hostile tribes who may serve him as he has served their allies. News comes via Madrid, which is the best present source of Morocco news, that there is little .doubt that horrible outrages have been practised, and to add to the public misery a famine prevails in many districts. Legal authority is at a standstill. Gangs of thieves plunder and kill without a check. The Arab priests are preaching a holy war, and advising the summary murder of all infidels. The Reril du Moraijfa Tangiers paper, calls on all the foreign powers to send ships to protect Christians and Jews, The accounts may be exaggerated, but very possibly they are all true. One effect may be to hasten the solution of the Morocco question, which has long waited adjustment of some kind.