Gilpin observer., 1910-09-15

premacy The sultan gave him an opening.
You looked worried. commander. when saw
you parade What is wrong?" he asked.
Kaid Bolton replied: II worried Are these
French officers going to serve under me. or am
going to serve under them?
Il cannot give you an answer to any of those
questions tonight" the sultan replied. but what
ever happens. remember this. that people who are
forced on 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
.ribcsmen and the sultan ordered Bolton to CON-
duct the campaign against the bandit in person
He went reluctantly for the court was tense with
intrigue and the French were straining every
nerve to get their military mission established.
He caught up with Ait Yussi and after Ave hours
Of hard fighting defeated him. compelled him to
surrender and collected heavy indemnities. Then
he hurried back to Fes 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 Germany's commerce was not
stricted. The French minister had visited Fez.
Bolton went straight to the sultan who said:
You have heard The newsr
The agreement? Yes. It 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 DR.. Vassel assuring the sultan
that Germany would not desert him In his time
of need. Germany was 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 Bolton had
served him we'll. The French replied that French
officers would serve him equally well.
The sultan refused datly to part with Bolton.
In the spring there uprisings which Bel
ton put down. At Fec the undercurrent OF in.
trtgue continued to flow. and the French were
slowly gaining ground. The treasury empty.
The creditors Of Aziz clamoring to be paid.
France 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 was 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 broken
The sultan would not him. would not ex-
plain. He worried harrassed and bued 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 him
60.
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 mln:ste-.
The resignation accepted, presumably with
regret. and Relton lost no time in returning to
London. Since his return the sdltan has conferred
on him the insignia Of grand cfhcer OF the Or
ders Of Moghrebia and Mulai Indrees for distin.
guished services to the Moroccan empire
Two badges and star are all he has to remind
him Of the days when he sssaysd the role Of king.
maker,