Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-09-21
"zzz1= [>1SP7 Or Z11A RE6ea<. y
./2oH bS0zlnnS ~ 1SzeSSlH7> co1VsyzLR1-

premacy. The sultan gave him opening.
"You looked worried. commander. when saw
you on parade What Is wrong?" he asked.
Kad Bolton replied 81 am worried. Are these
French officers going to serve under me. or am
going to serve under them?
Il cannot give you to any OF those
questions tonight" the sultan replied. but what
ever happens. remember this. that people who are
forced me will never be my friends"
That very night Belton dispatched mahallA
against Ait Yussi. who was plundering caravans
and travellers The force was held In check BY
tribcsmen and the sultan ordered Belton to cJn-
duct the campaign against the bandit in person
lie went reluctantly for the court tense with
intrigue and the French strainng every
nerve to get their military mission established.
He caught up with Ait Yussl and after FIVE hours
Of hard fighting defeated him. compelled him to
surrender and collected heavy indemnities Then
he hurried back to Fee. wondering what his enc
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 Germany's commerce was not
stricted. The French minister had visited Fez.
belton went straight to the sultan who said:
"You have heard ;he news?"
'The agreement? Yes. II was n surprise to
me-"
Germany had kept not only the sultan but her
own consul, DR.. Vassel. in ignorance OF the nego
tlations. While Or. Vassel was assuring the sultan
that Germany would not desert him In his time
of need Germany doing that very thing
Neither knew the thing going to be done until
after 1t was done.
The next six weeks Bolton spent In studying
French diplomacy The French officers Stunned
him, cut him, described him a renegade The
sultan replied TO these ISLANDERS that BeIton had
served him we'll The French replied that French
officers would serve him equally well.
The srItan rofrgad aafIu 10 r.r+ ,,f.h roT.~,
In the spring there were uprisings, which Bel
ton put down. At Fee the undercurrent OF I'm
trigue continued TO flow, and The French
slowly gaining ground The treasury was empty
The creditors OF Azz 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 Fez. 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 sultan's 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 see him, would not
plain He, worried, harrassed and buIIied by the
French. was ashamed to face the young English.
man who had placed him on the throne and con.
fess to him that he had no choice but to let MIN
go.
He decided II 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 mln.ste-
The resignation WAS accepted, presumably xith
regret. and Belton lost time in returning 10
London. Since his return the sultan has conferred
on him the insignia OF grand cfhcer OF the Or.
ders Of Moghrehia and Mulai Indrees for distin
guished services to the Moroccan empire
Two badges and star are all be has TO remind
him of the days when be essAyed the EnlR. .os hdRa,