The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-14
OUR ONLY SULTAN PAYS A VISIT TO
 THE GOVERNMENT

1 Washington. Oct. 14-Of the many 1 quaint visitors, who come to Wash 1 ington none has ever attracted more | attention than the Sultan of sul11 i Uncle Sans only real potentate, who | travelled round the world, to call on i "Governor" Taft and incidentally to 1 raise some ready cash by disposing | of a few of his jewels.
 The Sultan won many friends here | before his hurried departure for the | West, his visit having been cut short
 by the necessity of reaching San 1 Francisco in time to board an Army
 transport for Manila. The little chief | of the Su1uese received reporters free
 1y and the following description of | an interview is typical. As a. report I CT entered his hotel parlor the Sultan
 Eas seated sdet So upon eooed With Col | tour. The Royal feet swung three i inches clear of the floor and the Su1-
 ramrod with a little brown head above so erect that it really seemed to be
 perched upon his shoulders.
 back t hay suta forehead ths hao ao that it fringes the top of his head in 1 a, semi-circle hedge, standing bolt up
 right, jetty black, bristling and rising
 to a most defiant point at the very top of his head. His forehead is high, his eyes deep set and small and he darts his glances about incessant- ly. Altogether, despite his profound dignity, this gives Uncle Sams royal citizen somewhat the appearance of
 startled parrot.
 About the room were several little brown men all standing perfectly rigid
 Three of them sat down after the reporter had commenced to speak to
 the Sultan. The others never budged
 The Sultan bowed to the reporter and started-@4Cluek, Chuck, Cluel,'' His words sounded like the tappings of a telegraph key.
 have snia eons to to ieaTn Of the sb world tpl4 T,o friends here will tell them of it. Also, slowly, the world will come. to them. want to see your cities with their palaces. They are very wonderful. all-greater than Paris or London.
 f'I want to tell them really of the part. They do not know the truth of it. I did not know before I came because my interpreters out there | % nG1 tee ta v the peon5e truth low about raise your crops and how to become | good farmers and make good homes. I | will tell them of your soldiers that I have seen drill at the Fort Fort l Meyer) and I know that they will | want to be like Americans.
 @'oh! I have seen so much since I started this trip. In Genoa, in | Paris and everywhere in Europe. It | is 'd for everybody to know and | done that. What We have seen on our Journey will help Sulu very much. | Also I will be glad to tell them of how I met so many of your officials | and how kind they were to me-
 Here the official interview ended and the Sultan and his party crowded into an elevator to begin their days sight seeing. Upon the street just as he was to enter an automobile the Sultan turned to the reporter catching his interpreter by the sleeve.
 t'TeI him. said the Sultan, ttthat the whole world is a school to me and I can best tell him of his country by saying that I saw many rounds in the ladder of learning in Europe and feel that here I am at top of the ladder if I could only learn a1l.''