. Review of reviews and world's work. rdicaris, anda British subject, Cromwell Varley, had beencaptured by a Moorish bandit, Muley Ahmed, orRaisuli, as he is called, a descendant of the mostvenerated of Moroccan chiefs, and held for thepurpose of extorting money and other conces-sions from the unhappy Sultan. Raisuli seems -24 THE AMERICAN MONTHL Y REVIEW OF REVIEWS. to be a man of ability and power. He hasseveral strongholds in inaccessible mountain dis-tricts, and the Sultan is practically in his power,as the American and British governments aredemanding the safe return of their citizens and
. Review of reviews and world's work. rdicaris, anda British subject, Cromwell Varley, had beencaptured by a Moorish bandit, Muley Ahmed, orRaisuli, as he is called, a descendant of the mostvenerated of Moroccan chiefs, and held for thepurpose of extorting money and other conces-sions from the unhappy Sultan. Raisuli seems -24 THE AMERICAN MONTHL Y REVIEW OF REVIEWS. to be a man of ability and power. He hasseveral strongholds in inaccessible mountain dis-tricts, and the Sultan is practically in his power,as the American and British governments aredemanding the safe return of their citizens andthe Sultans treasury is bankrupt. Raisulioriginally demanded fifty thousand dollars andcertain other conditions which would give himimmunity frompunishment andpractical politicalauthority over thedistricts he nowcontrols. Later, hedemanded more. .„ . , R e c o g - We AshFrances llizing eoo°^ces-Francespeculiar positionof authority inMorocco, our StateDepartment re-quested the cooper-ation of the FrenchGovernment insecuring the re-.
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