The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-12-24
BETHRONED RULER
ON PLEASURE BENT
Abdul Aziz Has a Gay Old Time
of 1t While on a Visit to
Gibraltar.

GIBRALTAR, December Abdul
Aziz, the dcposed Sultan Of Morocco.
who recently arrived here. seems to be
entirely happy Full of good spirits
and ioie de vivre, he absolutely de-
clines to look with any seriousness on
the affairs Of the Shereefan empire,
which at this very moment are engag-
ing the attention of half the cabinets
Of Europe
Abdul Aziz, who IS clad from head
to foot in flowing white robes. is a shy
but amiable young man Of about 80
wears of age, above medium height and
of a complexion almost white. He
makes no secret of his relief at being
free from the responsibilities which
weigh on a ruling monarch. He is sat
isfied with his life at Tangier. and eN,
presses no desire whatever for return
to power. He is on his way to Lisbon,
and from there he intends to go to Brus-
sells His plans after that are rather
vague.
On Pleasure Bent
But with all this vagueness one fixed
object permeates them all, and that IS
to have as good a time of 1t as he can.
Pleasure and pleasure only, that Is the
Alpha and Omega of the present trip
He intends to be away for about six
weeks. and has quite made up his mind
to attend the coronation next year In
London.
He crossed from Tangier to Gibraltar
in very bad weather, and was not very
we'll He rested on the day of his ar
rival here. but since tTTen he has been
doing the sights. An officer of the
transport corps, Major Cannot, has been
attached to his suite during his stay,
and, accompanied by him and Moorish
attendant. his Majesty visited the mil
itarv detention barracks, where he was
much interested in the comforts pro,
vided for the prisoners.
The ex-sultan completely failed TO
understand why the inmates We're not
placed in cages. and when he saw the
food prepared for them, he observed
that if they had such prisons in Mo
rocco "the streets would always be
empty and the prisons full.
At the conclusion of his inspection
of the detention barracks, he was TAX
en- to see the military hospital, where
he was received by Colonel Murray,
the chief medical officer at Gibraltar,
who escorted him through the wards
and afterwards to the operating the
alter and X-ray room.
His hand was placed on a screen
and the rays were turned on, but "a
soon as he saw on the screen his own
bones moving about he quickly with
drew with a shudder and made for the
door. On getting into the light once
more he took an affectionate look at
his hand. to make sure that it was still
there. He was subsequently received
hv the acting governor, Major General
! Perrott. at Government House
On Batt1eship.
His Majesty. who had expressed his
desire to visit a British battleship. was
received on board H. NJ. :. Prince of
! Wales. the flagship Of the Atlantic
! feet. by Vice-A Admiral Prince Louis of
! Battenberg. Prince Louis personally
! escorted Abdul Aziz all over the ship
! showing him the guns, mess decks. and
] engines. He was enormously impressed
/ and exclaimed: Now I understand
, why am always hearing Of the great
/ ness Of England. I have met the
/ French and also the Spanish. but there
! is no one like the English -
{ On leaving the flagship the eH-Sultar
was met in the d0ckvard by Rear-Ad
mira1 Pelham. the admiral superntend
emit, who showed him all round the
aoekvard and workshops. The enor
/ nous sheds with their steel girders- he
/ said were ''liha railway stations. but