Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-27
Received BY the Sultan.

Received by the Sultan.
This morning about o'clock the under
master of ceremonies. with host of minor
officials. called to take me to the palace.
The escort consisted of large number of
mounted troops and a battalion of foot sol
diers. and on nearing the palace the road
was lined with troops. On arriving rode
through various courts, where guards
mounted and bands played. till we reached
the inner court, where we dismounted. There
l was met by the grand master of ceremo-
MES, who ushered US into the presence of
the sultan. who was seated on a large chair
of state on dais. surrounded by his min
listers. l advanced to his majesty. making
the requisite three bows. to which he re-
sponded. and standing Immediately before
him. made a short address and presented to
him the letter from the President, as we'll
as my letter of credence."
Minister Gummere said:
II have the honor to present to your
majesty a personal letter from the great
President of the United States, as well as
my letter Of credence as envoy extraordi-
nary and minister plenipotentiary of the
United States of America to the govern
ment of your majesty AS your majesty Is
aware, l have for some years represented
my country in Morocco, and 1 need not as
sure you that the first American minis
ter to your majesty's government 1t will be
my earnest endeavor, as in the past, to ad-
governments, and to preserve the cordial
friendship which has existed for so many
years between our countries
AT the close of my address, which was
made in English" the minister continues,
cit was repeated to his majesty in Arabic
by Mr.. Nathan. and Immediately after the
sultan's reply was read In Arabic by the
grand vizier. and repeated to me in English
by Mr. Nathan
= The following Is translation of the sui
tan's reply:
Praise be to God. Welcome the arrival
of the representative of the celebrated.
great and exalted American nation. with
whom there has been much pure friendship
and supreme confidence in times past and
now renewed.
and welcome the letter Of the beloved
and honored President. whose generosity
and greatness are well known.
.tAnd VI hope that the same friendship
with the american nation will continue,
and that good fortune and prosperity will
attend its steps and all It's people In ever
increasing measure.
And welcome to you as ambassador, and
to all who are with you. and you will see
from our shereefian majesty nothing but
JOY according to the friendly relations and
greatness of the two beloved nations, to the
end that the happy subjects Of both shall
enjoy blessings.
Sultan Expresses Qualification.
After this CEREMONY says the report,
"the sultan signifed his pleasure that the
immediate members of the mission be pre-
scented to him. which was done, and we
thereupon withdrew with the same honors
as on our entry. On my return to. my
house, within half an hour I was waited
upon by the assistant secretary of state.
who said that he had been specially sent by
the sultan to express his qualification at his
reception of myself and the members Of the
mission and to say that he would receive
me in private audience the next day at $50
am and that he did this special
mark of honor to my country and myself.
I expressed great qualification at the honor
shown to me- and begged that his majesty
should be informed that l should report the
same to my government. 1t was also inti-
mated that his majesty would be pleased to
receive the gift brought by me. from me
personally, at this second audience. That
it may be understood what attentions are
being shown to me 1 would explain that as
a rule the second audience of a minister
occurs about ten to fifteen days after the
first one, and often his gifts are unopened
for months. The details of the private au-
dience, etc., will be fully reported to the.
department l hope I may be pardoned for
entering into detail as to the progress OF
the mission and my reception by the sui
tam but as it Is the first American mission
I have thought 1t might have especial inter-
est l feel that l cannot too fully dwell
upon the special marks of favor and honor
which have been shown to me. nor the evil
dent DESIRE from the highest to the lowest,
that I should feel myself as a more than
welcome and distinguished guest"