Zionist library for boys and girls · 1908-01-01 · 1 · p. Seite 4

down speedily. The .Alliance sent out a member of its committee for instance to Morocco - in order to investigate the conditions of the Jov.s tjicre. What did he see there? The Jews were treated like slaves. They were not allowed to pass through a street of a Mohammedan without covering their heads With rags, and taking off their shoes. They were regarded as th<e ITITonbolievers" and as the Mohammedans were fanatically religious the}/ treated the Jens in a deplorable way. Apart from having to do slave-labour they were the victims of the Pasha* s moods, who maltisited them whenever he found any reason or excuse to do so - or he just^drove them out of the country whenever they seemed to be a disturbance to him. TVith this report in hand the member of the alliance would x > go to one of the influential governments - France or England - and very often the circumstances were examined by Parliament .and remedies were found. In the case of Morocco the diplomatic corps in Morocco issued a declaration to the Sultan, which