The San Francisco call., 1898-02-06
Commissioner Carleton Decline to Be Fooled
 by the Moors.
So He Will Stay With Them Until Satisfaction Is
 Received.
Now He Is With the Army Which Went Out to Eat Up Dogs" Who
 Refused to Pay Taxes.
Correspondence of The Call.

TANGIER, Morocco, Jan. 20.-If the Sherefan Government has found Harry Carleton, the United States special commissioner thorn in its side dur Ing the present campaign 1t has only itself to thank. It has unhesitatingly undertaken to perform anything and everything without the slightest inten- tion of complying with it's promises After the United States cruiser Raleigh visited this coast last spring and the united States representative had failed to obtain satisfaction MT. Carleton was sent to the Moorish court to demand an immediate reply to the American demands. He left the Raleigh at an- chor off Mazagan, and on arriving at Marriakesh with his dispatch the Gov ernment wished to bring into play their customary policy of procrastination, but, when the commissioner informed them that he was ordered to return to the ship within twenty-four hours after his arrival at Marrakesh with or without an answer the Sultan's adviS- CTS, whose sole idea was to get the American ships out of Moorish waters, gave verbal reply to the effect that instructions would be gwen to the Sul- tan's Foreign Minister at Tangier to settle the principal claims at once, and that the minor ones would be inquired into at no distant date.
 On MT. Carleton's return he, after waiting for a reasonable time to elapse, called on Sid Mohammed Torres to learn what had been done, but was as- sured by the Sultan's minister that no instructions had been received from the Government with regard to the Amer ican claims. When more than suff1- cient time had passed for Sid Moham- med Torres to write to and receive a reply from the court, it was found that the minister had received no communt- cation on the matter. MT. Carleton was sent to obtain in writing the promise which had only been given to him yer balIy. On arriving at Marrakesh the usual evasive policy was pursued, till at last, just before the departure of the court, the commissioner is said to have been informed that the members of the Moorish Government were sorry that they could not attend to United States affairs at present, as the Sultan was going to "eat up the dogs" who had refused to pay their taxes and laugh in the boards" of his governors. MT Carleton. said he could not return with such a message to his chief, so he would follow the court till there was a Hull in hostilities, when no doubt the Government would find time to attend to his business. Every effort was made to dissuade him from taking this step, but he remained firm. Since he has been with the army every device has been resorted to-and the Moorish court possesses many--to persuade him to return to Tangier, but he has re- fused to budge. He Is expected to re- turn here shortly to give an account to his chief of what he had achieved up to the end of the year, and report the present state of affairs to the new rep resentatives. It is believed that on his return an authentic account of Mulley Abdul Aszi's military expedition will be obtainable.