New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-19
"STOKEn At TANGIER.
THE BRITISH QUEENS GIFT TO THE SULTAN

From The Pail Mall Gazette.
BaIah7 and Ulah Tx bar" were the cries neara o.
all sides as the elephant Stoke her BiilahHlc
Majestys present to the sultan, andet at lanslef
Thursday The 18th inst But ruth 70 er saeI re Ts
out of the wsfor the native M9ors ana eT2 W. ~ and
were too much 70 tb6f Of p Sb5racng rs passage
Not one IN thousand OF them Lad ever seen an
every turn the pous Moslem express Of surprise ana
wonder Uih UlI-bar"-the literal meaning Oh winch
stotes5 entry to the town was by the beach, ana
thence TO the outer SOk market place Dn on '
to the perfume factories Of Barbay by turning mn e eS
pleteIy round and starting back AGAIN, 10 III" Vas
only by good deal of coaxing that he could pe PEI PEI
suaded to resume his journey. Arrlved az e9 - a.
or CITADEL temporary home was Iouna ior h4n ~ . o
&rmstronr battery Where also his mahout ana Two
coolies We're accommodated. since that uI@ IN. ins
dOmicile has been literally beseged by persons booS
~ Getting glimpse OF him. but the entrance mas peea
ieafOusIy guarded, and none but privilege pelso o
have been admitted. paid him visit VIII, INC Vo d
ish Minister for Foreign Affairs, sid Ell Hal Monsmeo
Torres, and his suite For tine S,d Tmgie snmmoDed
I'm suheent courage to get nearer view eioKS
Was in the meantime bqsly p!cng up grass ey VIZ" b
sbmt Int he roused and saasmed' most respectfully
10 the Minister when commanded 70 90 So Ing hJ ~
amusing part OF the affair." though was 10 "stSH t
evnrasson OF the Minister'S retinue US poor st0Ae
made loaf after loaf OF native bread disappear IrSn
look OF intense interest 1t went 10 one oi ssI oi
ment. but when it came to starting on Si SOM
hundred it was than Moorish hesh ana o .SS
conld stand and fearful OF what might hsPpcl tne{
ctared and we're soon the centre Of an tterested
crowd Who listened open-mOuthed 70 me wQhaeitnii
sSry which certainly did not lose anything IN tne eeH
ing No one tell a yarn hlie an Ardo. A., -, Ne
stOkeo is taken out TO exercise twice oay ~ ~,
roabomt and seems to be thoroughly enjoying hinsea
nov tSot he has once more got ashore. lie Is a
splendid beast, young and verltaoiGs addi cai
markings being very fine ne wa Wpo ought to
know that great pains were taken ~ ue , t Sond
there to select the best ANNA aD' doce has been
trained for tserhunting and Is alogeElett h 1a
valuable animal lie stands about seven ioet hiS
are bras mounted (alth0ugh the mounts are not shoS
in the photo, being removabee hands2ye ho ocll,
also n Ha y fornay presented to the sultan who
is at the present time in Morocco City: -
talking about tie elephant they walked away and
was not little amused to hear one say vsy sIieS
Wky because he does not understand Arabic was Tie
apparently uranswerable response But TIL, Is nosl
yisIt. some almost incredible questions were asked
One was How many LEGS has heg' Another' - Is
he Mahometan or Crshd ,rsd re exn,ni',
10 a wondering circle OF welltodo Moors how hig
the animals ears would be- but could only get then,
native slippers and Placing them t9g% o1s m hons
we're asked as TO his Size, but nothing seemed 70
nenetrate the good peoples noodles until Of their
number asked about its weight "Will it weigh a.
Yes: more than twenty bulocks!' What wonder
that unanimous "Ullah Ukbar' rose from the
hrong or that the next question shonld be- Does he
cat sheen and gOats?'
Very few persons know how ii came to pass tina,
Her Majesty's Government sent such an unusual
present 10 the sui an. but am In position TO Nonca
Tor The following story Some years ago when our late
Minister Sir william Kirby Green, visited the Court Tor
the first time. there among the presents y
mechancal elephant which intended for II tn,
Sultans sons. His shereehan Majesty was very much
whether there were any real live animals Ike tho
toy Being answered In the affirmative. he imme,
daiely expressed n desire to have one and sort OF
half promise was made there and then that should
be sent for from India. Ever since thar time H. s. "
has lost no opportunity Of reminding sir william ~ his
promise and on that gcntlcmans representations the
present Government decided that Her Maesty's gh 10
The sultan on The recent visit of the Embassy u IN,
Court should take the form desired.