The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-09-16

premaey. The sultan gave him an opening.
You looked worried. commander. when saw
you parade What is wrong?" he asked.
Kaid Bolton replied Il am worried. Are these
French officers going to serve under me, or am
going to serve under them?
Il cannot give you answer TO any OF those
questions tonight" the sultan replied, but what
ever happens. remember this. that people who ere
forced me will never be my friends"
That very night Belton dispatched mahalla
against Ait Yussi. who plundering caravans
and travellers The force was held In check by
trbcsmen and the sultan ordered Bolton to c)n-
duct the campaign against the bandit In person.
He went reluctantly for the court was tense with
intrigue and the French straning every
nerve to get their military mission established.
He caught up with Ait Yussi and after FIVE hours
of hard fighting defeated him. compelled him to
surrender and collected heavy indemnitles. Then
he hurried back to Fee, wondering what his
mics had been doing in his absence
Ominous news awaited his return. Germany
had agreed TO give France a free hand in Morocco
or condition that Gcrmany's commerce not
stricted. The French minister had visited Fez.
Bolton went straight to the sultan who said:
You have heard he news?"
THE agreement? Yes. II was a surprise to
me-"
"A greater surprise to me-" the sultan replied.
Germany had kept not only the sultan, but her
own consul. DR.. Vassel, in ignorance OF the nego-
tiations. While Or. yassel assuring the sultan
that Germany would not desert him in his time
of need Germany was doing that very thing
Neither knew the thing was going to be done until
after Ii done.
The next six weeks Bolton spent In studying
French diplomacy. The French officers Stunned
him. cut him, described him as a renegade The
sultan replied to these ISLANDERS that Bolton had
served him we'll The French replied that French
officers would serve him equally well.
The sultan refused fatty to part with Bolton
In the spring there uprisings which Bel
ION put down. At Fee the undercurrent OF in
trigue continued to flow, and the French were
slowly gaining ground The treasury was empty
The creditors of Aziz were clamoring to be paid.
France was the chief creditor. and the French
were offering further loans.
Bolton broke the power of the bandit tribes and
posted back to Fee. He demanded to see the sui
tan. An audience refused He waited days
and weeks repeating his demand He appealed
to the grand vizier. reciting what he had done in
the sultans service. The hardships he had borne
and the excitements and the dangers Lad turned
his hair white. His health was broken
The sultan would not him, would not ex-
plain. He worried harrassed and bullied by the
French ashamed to face the young English
who had placed him the throne and con-
fess to him that he had no choice but to let MIN
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He decided 1t would be better to resign at once
than to be kicked out later by the French He
rendered his resignation TO the sultan through the
foreign minister.
The resignation was accepted, presumably with
regret, and Reton lost time In returning to
London. Since his return the slltan has conferred
him the insignia OF a grand officer OF the Or.
ders of Moghreba and Mulai Tndrees for distin
guished services to the Moroccan empire.
Two badges and a star are all he has to remind
him of the days when he essayed the role OF King
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