The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-17

soon as deeently could.
Awaited End of Rebellion,
~ would not leave the sultan
service until the rebellion was nut down
and he was established on the throne
again, but having seen the campaign
through from first to last. I cannot. [
think, be charged with having neglect
ed my duty or with going back on the
terms of my contract. And I must say
that the sultan has always been ex-
ceedlngly good me, both in personal
matters and in respect of my command
ership. He insisted that | should be
given a free hand in all field operations.
and was most cordial in his apprecia,
ton of my successes.
son my way through Fee I received
the sultan s thanks in public. His
majesty placed his hand on nv head
and said, May God be ever with you.
81 should like to say, at this point
said Kaid Bolton, ''that in all these ex-
peditions my troops behaved beautiful
~. There was no head-taking. no loot
ing no complaints of any kind from the
villagers. / don t claim the credit for
that. though. Kaid Sir Harry Mac
lean spent thirty years of hard work on
the Moorish army, and that is the fruit
of it.
50 Then strong expedition was or
gained against the roghi and utterly
routed his troops. Blu Hamara himself
was taken and sent to Fee in a cage.
Beginning of Atrocities.
III was at this point. and in the
skirmishes of this last expedition, that
the fortunes, head-taking and mutila-
tons began. | sent protests in vain.
and when L tried to see the sultan per-
sonally, he. knowing my object, de-
cllned to grant an audience. He sent
instead. when | threatened to resign.
his offer of an extended contract and
larger pay.
But that was not what I wanted. I
simply could not stand the treatment of
the prisoners. On the last official
parade which [ attended in Fee ninety
three human heads were held up before
the sultan on the ends of rifles. Later
IN the same day twenty of the roghi's
othcers had their right hands cut off at
the wrist.
"The hands were taken to Mulai
Hafid on tray as a proof that his
orders had been carried out.
- remarkable courage Shown.
By the way, as an instance of the
superb courage of the Moor, let me tell
you of one incident / saw at these mutt
lations. After the hand of a prisoner
had been severed the stump was thrust
into a ealdron of boiling oil-not by
way of further torture, but simply to
stop the bleeding. Well, l never heard
so much as a whimper from single one
of those twenty men. That in itself
was hardihood enough, but that is not
all.
lone prisoner, having stretched Qua
his right arm and suffered the mutt
latlon, walked over to the caldron of
oil, which was placed on fire. The
man had cigarette between his lips.
and while the stump of his arm was
plunged in the boiling liquid he calmly
stopped and lighted his cigarette at the
flames.
Later ON 300 more heads were
brought in. I tried to see the sultan
again, but in vain. 1t was no good
protesting to the wazirs (the ministers).
They said, probably with perfect truth,
that if they dared to say word against
the sultan s orders they would lose
their own heads.
Next day, therefore, I left Fee
without seeing the sultan''
When asked what he thought the in
tenti0ns of the French with regard to
Morocco were, Kaid Bolton said that
there was no room to doubt frances
intention to take complete possession of
Morocco.
Illustrated by an Incident.
''Well, L can It answer for the sultan's
private opinion" was the reply, "but /
will tell you a perfectly true story and
You can infer what you like.
"a Spanish dentist employed by the
sultan brought his wife with him to Fee
and the lady was invited by Mulai
Hafid to visit the sultan s own ladies in
the harem. She went, accompanied by
her husband, who interpreted for her,
and after her visit the sultan, thGP
dentist and his wife went into the
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