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VOL. 38 NO. 18
RAISULI WANTS
TO DIE IN PEACE
Moorish Leader, Now Object of
Spanish Attack, Once Drew
United States Fire.
SAYS HE'S TOO FAT TO FI6HT
Seventeen Years Ago He Figured in
Incident When Secretary Hay De
manded "Perdicaris Alive or^
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Raisuli Dead."
Washington.Raisuli, the Moorish
bandit who has just again offered to
surrender to the Spanish military
forces which are pushing an active
campaign against him in Morocco, is
the man who once drew the United
States into action in that vexed corner
of the world.
He figured in that celebrated inci
dent when Secretary of State John
Hay demanded "Perdicaris alive or
Raisuli dead."
That was 17 years ago, in 1904.
Raisuli had captured Ion Perdicaris, a
naturalized American citizen, and kept
him prisoner. President Roosevelt
sent a fleet of eight American war
vessels stripped for action into the
Tangier harbor while John Hay sent
his famous message to the feeble sul
tan in nominal command there.
Grows Too Fat to Fight.
Raisuli, who now says he is "too fat
to fight," had long been a leader of
the wild tribesmen who have frequent
ly swamped the trained battalions of
a civilized power.
Perdicaris, a wealthy man, was pres
ident of the European commission ad
ministrating affairs in Tangier city in
1904. He has told the story of his
capture and it was recounted some
time ago in a National Geographic so
ciety bulletin. He was snatched out
of his summer home by_Raisuli's raid
ers, and borne off to a mountain
stronghold.
