The report that Bu Hamara, the Moorish Pretender, had been
captured by tribes friendly to the Sultan, Mulai Hafid, was confirmed and amplified at the end of last week. Bu Hamara, took sanctuary in a mosque, but was nevertheless led captive to Fez. It seems that he is imprisoned in an iron cage and exposed to public contumely. Over the cage is spread the tent which be used during his campaigns. The Sultan is credited with the intention of sending him in his cage for exhibition in the chief towns of Morocco, and thus impressing on the people the reality of his victory over his chief enemy. Bn Hannara had been a formidable and resourceful Pretender since 1903, and his capture very con- siderably strengthens the position of the Sultan. It is to be hoped that Bu Hamara will not be tortured like several other unhappy captives during the last few weeks. The Sultan's cruelty has been such that joint representations have been made to him by the representatives of the Great Powers. Even if Bu Hamara escapes a worse torture than that of touring the country in his cage, it is only too probable that he will be done away with after a time with "tea arsenically treated," as the Times correspondent suggests.
