Delegate White to the
Secretary of State.
Algeciras, February 5,
1906.
No. 4.]Sir: With reference to my dispatch No. 2, of the
30th ultimo, relative to the degradations to which the Jews in Morocco are
alleged to be subjected, I have the honor to transmit herewith for your
information a letter from the grand rabbi of Tangier (original and
typewritten copy inclosed) received by Mr. Einstein, from which you will see
that in his opinion the Jews in Morocco have been well treated since the
beginning of the reign of the late Sultan and “have absolutely no reason of
complaint.” It would seem, however, from the grand rabbi’s letter that he
would like me to make a statement at the conference similar to that
suggested by Mr. Pimienta and forwarded in my previous dispatch on this
subject.
If an opportunity should occur for me to bring the matter up at the
conference before this can reach you, which I doubt, I shall cable you the
substance of the grand rabbi’s letter and ask for your instructions.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure.]
Grand Rabbi Mardochée Bengio to Secretary
Einstein.
Sir: I have the honor to inform you that Mr. A.
Pimienta, correspondent of the Temps, of Paris, in Morocco, has been
good enough to communicate to me the substance of the conversation you
had with him respecting the intervention of the United States of America
on behalf of the Jews in Morocco.
Apparently the American Government is under the impression that Morocco
Jews are badly treated and oppressed, but this is not the case at all.
In justice to the Moorish Government I declare that the Jews in Morocco
are well treated since the beginning of the reign of His late Majesty
Mouley Hassan, and we have absolutely no reason of complaint.
We would rather like a declaration by the American ambassador at the
conference that the United States, as friends of Morocco and constant
supporters of the interests of humanity, see with satisfaction that His
Majesty the Sultan Abd-El-Aziz, following the good traditions of his
father, treats his Jewish subjects with justice and kindness, hoping
that he will persevere in his good course and that the makhzen should
have great care to avoid acts of injustice or violence by their
subordinates against the Jews.
I avail myself of this opportunity to request you to ask His Excellency
Mr. White, the American ambassador, to be good enough to convey to His
Excellency President Roosevelt my most heartfelt thanks, in my own name
and on behalf of the Jews of Morocco, for the humanitarian interest he
takes in them.
I pray Almighty God to bestow His blessings on President Roosevelt and
the great liberal American nation.
I have, etc.,
(Signed)
Mardochee
Bangio.
