Arizona republican., 1904-02-17
SULTAN MuLAI, REFoRMER.
The Strenuous Young Man Who is
 Stirring Up Morocco.

The present emperor of Morocco. Sultan Mulai Abd- el-Aziz, is a young man in hurry.
 He ascended the throne when IA, but did not begin to really rule the country until about four years ago, on the death of a despotic Grand Vizier. He is now only 26, but in the past four years he has been doing everything there is to do and learning everything there is to learn in Morocco from quell- ing an insurrection to working a magic lantern.
 For Mohammedan Prince" said an Englishman who lived at his court in service, The is certainly most re- markable young man. He has a pass ion for always doing something new, and a restless, nervous energy which is truly American.
 When he is awake-and he hardly ever sleeps-he is going all the time like a quicksilver top. He never stops for a moment to rest or idle" Here is a record of one of the young sultan's typical days.
 He rises in the morning at dawn. re- cites brief prayer, wakes up one of his European friends in the palace and goes for a gallop with him. on . spirited Barbary pony up a rough mountain side, where every step of the animal may mean the breaking of the riders neck.
 He gets back to the palace at Mara kesh in an hour or two. has light breakfast, and works hard for an hour or two with his ministers, secretaries, and European officials. After that probably he spends an enjoyable hour taking a five hundred dollar phono- graph to pieces to see how it works, or playing with some pieces of his other European toys.
 These toys beat the record for ex- pense. He bought two cameras from a London firm. One cost 2,o00 guiDeas, every particle of metal on it being IS carat gold; the other cost 900 guineas, all the metal work being solid silver beautifully chased.
 In the afternoon he takes photo graphs and develops them himself. plays billiards, receives tribal chief tains In audience, and threatens them with all kinds of terrible punishments unless they make their tribes behave better; hunts wild boar which are turned loose from cages into his palace courtyard; learns conjuring tricks from the English prestidigitator; sits in Judgment over his, people and die l. tates letters to foreign ambassadors.
 And so he goes on every day, finding time to do a thousand strenuous acts, some worthy of a schoolboy others worthy of a great king.
 The young sultan has suppressed several tribal instructions and one great fanatical uprising which seemed certain to loose him his throne He has guarded his kingdom against his most dangerous neighbor, France. In Morocco he is a whole deform admin, istration in himself
 As soon as I came into power" he once told an English visitor to his court "I found that the country was gover- ened by a hoard of robbers, false to their conscience and the precepts of the Koran.i They robbed and oppressed my people mercilessly.
 "I have been fighting them ever since. Some I have killed. some have thrown into jail. others have defied and eluded me. and are even now stir ring up the tribes in the mountains to revolt"
 Several attempts to assassinate him have been made at Fez and Marakesh and the fanat1Cal uprising already re- ferred to was caused solely by his ef- forts for reform.
 dervish shot an English mission ary named pr. Cooper in the streets of Fez for no other reason than blind hatred of the Christians. Then he fled to the tomb of marabout Choly man) for sanctuary, and 5000 other fanatics from the population of Fez crowded around the tomb to pay honor to him for his crime.
 When the sultan heard of the mur- der he was furious
 The foreigners are here under the guarantee oe my word of honor for their safety" he said. This dog has blackened my face! Let him die lt once!"
 But he is a dervish.'' the court of f1cials urged: and the people regard him as inspired by Allah. If he is kill ed there will be trouble"
 He should die even if he were a descendant of the Prophet"
 But he has taken refuge at the tomt of a marabout-the holiest place in ail Morocco. How are we to get him?'
 Drag him from the tofnb." ordered the sultan. The holy man would not wish to shelter criminals"
 Seeing from the frightened glances of his officials that not one of them dared to undertake the task, Abd-el- Aziz ordered his horse and rode to the tomb at the head of a mountd force of his bodyguard.
 Regardless of the screams and threats of the mol. he made his soldiers drag the man from the tomb and shoot him The mob howled with fury. hut the soldiers cowed them. Soon after ths revolt broke out.
 The sultan IS chivalrous as well a brave. At q review Of his troops two years ago he announced that in the future graft and oppression in Nor. occo would have to stop. All officials would be paid regu1al salaries and no longer would be al- lowed to eXtort money from the peo- pie. The tyranny of the tribal chief. | tains would, he said, also be curb"d | and if they robbed caravans they