The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-01-29

Frank G. Carpenter.
How This Boy NoI,ammcdan Monarch
Looks. lct- ana I;uic~-Hc f'aNors
Christian Nay- and l. Losing Case
With His Pcople-iic Has u solid
Cold Camera, an iIuninum Bicycle
and a Bcd-tcad Of crystal Nirror-
y peep Into Ills IEarcm and III His
slave Girls and Nivc--TIlc Sultan's
Religious Characterization He Kills
Il sheep for the \ation--!ti- GOV
crnnicnt and Ills Officials Who
Bleed the people.
Tangier. Morocco.-Come behind
the scenes and take a look at Mula.
Abd-el-Aziz. the sultan OF Morocco
He is the ruler Of the best part OF
northwestern Africa. and his empire l.
Utmost Gne-tWelftfl the size IF the
-nited states. More than ten million
Icr5ers aaa Npors look upon him with
reverence. and the great powers Of
europe are counting him with a de-
sire t. set mold Of his country ana
trade.
The Sultan iii
The latest photograph Of tire Noung
mnnarch now lies before me. 1t rep
rcscnts a tall athletic young man. clad
IN q long White bu.nous. The garment
worn by the gentlemen OF Morocco. BY
talks with his officials and some Euro
peans | can piece cut the picture. The
sultan is just tWenty-SiX years OF age.
and he has all the strength Of full
bIooded youth. He has a muddy Whit
complexion ana his face. which is
slightly bloated. bears the marks of
smallpox. which he had years ago. He
has Z straight nose. z large mouth, q
long upper lip ana 4 chin which slight
l- aaA1A- \ iT-A-aII 81 aaayafA no
never shayes his face. but his fun
beard of curly black is so thin that it
does not show much in the picture. He
has rather a blaSe air. n in ordinary
conversation wears i bored look. lie
seems 10 have sucked thu orange Of
power and luxury dry ard to care
moro to take things easy and have q
good time than to rule. Indeed. | I'M
derstand II he would be glad to
leave tho throne and that he thinks
the game Of governing 4 cpuntrN as
turbulent as this is not worth the can
die. He is fast losing prestige With his
own people by conserving With foreign
crS. and were it not for his position as
regards the MonamIncdan religion he
would have to step down arG out.
Related TO Monanumcd.
All tho POST Of tire MohammcdlEs Of
the world acknowledge some Kind Of
allegiance To the Sultan Of Turkey.
/ ilt~ Is ~ VI ouI Nl'iO0 ana VI tlit
fifty q million MusscImans Of India,
and also Of the lesser number in Tur-
key ana Egypt. These Mooss Nil not
let that sultan send a representative
here. They acknowledge no allegiance
to him. and they consider that only
the family Of this young mar has The
right to the tit.e of commander and
ruler Of the faithful.
Indeed. Mulai .Abd-eI-Azfz is about
the most bluc-bIoGded monarch on
earth. He is the thirtY-siXth Inca! do
%scendant of Ali. the unccl ana son-in-
law Of the Prophet Mohanmed, and
he is the fifteenth monarch in his own
dynasty. His father was the famed
Muiai Hassan. who Was sultan for
twenty-one years. during which he
ruled With an iron hand. When about
to die he chose this son to be his sue
cess or. although he had other and
older brOtherS- Mulai's mother was Il
Circassian Slave imported from Tur-
key.
y Religious Head.
The sultan Of Morocco is tile high
priest of the religion Of this country
as well as its chief executive. He is
called the great Imam and is like the