The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-09-20

premacy. The sultan gave him an opening.
You looked worried, commander. when saw
you on parade What is wrong?" he asked.
Kaid Bolton replied II am worried. Are these
French officers going to serve under me. or am l
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 are
forced on me will never be my friends"
That very night Bolton dispatched a mahalla
against Ait Yussi, who was plundering caravans
and travellers. The force was held in check by
tribesmen and the sultan ordered Bolton to con-
duct the campaign against the bandit in person
He went reluctantly, for the court tense with
intrigue and the French were straining 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 ndemnties. Then
he hurried back to Fee. wondering what his enc
mics had been doing in his absence.
Ominous awaited his return. Germany
had agreed to give France free hand in Morocco
condition that Gcrmany's commerce not
stricted. The French minister had visited Fee.
Bolton went straight to the sultan who said:
you have heard The news?"
"The agreement? Yes. 1t 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
tatons While DR.. Vasse was assuring the sultan
that Germany would not desert him In his time
OF need, Germany doing that very thing
Neither knew the thing was going to be done until
after It was 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 well. The French replied that French
officers would serve him equally WELL
The sultan refused fatty to part with Bolton
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ton put down. At Fee the undercurrent of in
trigue continued to flow. and the French
slowly gaining ground. The treasury 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 was refused. He waited days
and weeks repeating his demand. He appealed
to the grand vizier, recitng what he had done In
the sultan's service The hardships he had borne
and the excitements and the dangers had turned
his hair white. His health was broken
The sultan would not see him, would not ex.
plain. He worried, harrassed and bullied 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
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He decided it 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 sdltan has conferred
him the insignia of a grand officer 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 essayed the role of king.
maker