The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-09-17

premacy. The sultan gave him an opening.
you looked worried, commander, when saw
you on parade What is wrong?" he asked.
Kaid 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 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 mahnlla
against Ait Yussi, who was plundertng carnvans
and travellers. The force was held In check BY
tribcsmen 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 strafnfng every
nerve to get their military mission established.
He caught up with Ait Yussi and after i've hours
of hard fighting defeated him, compelled him to
surrender and collected heavy fndemnities 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 free hand I'm Morocco
or condition that Germany's commerce was not 10
stricted. The French minister had visited Fez-
Bolton went straight to the sultan who said:
"You have heard lie news?"
sThe agreement? Yes. It was q 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-
uatons While DR.. Vassel was assuring the sultan
that Germany would not desert him in his time
of need, Germany was 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 HafI11
In the spring there were uprisings which Bel
ton put down. At Fee the undercurrent of in
rigue continued to fow and the French were
slowly gaining ground The treasury was empty
The creditors of Aziz 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 Fec. 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, recittng what he had done In
the sultans 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 him. would not ex
plain He worried. harrassed and bulIied 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 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 min.ste-
me resignation was accepted, presumably With
regret, and Relton lost no time in rs.turniny n
LONDON since his return the Satan has confe.,ed
on MN me insignia OF grand officer of the Or.
ders OF Moghrebia and Mulat Indrees for dist;n
guished services to the Moroccan epnsre
Two badges and star are all he has r, rrz,,.,
him of the days when he essayed the rolo ~ 81.
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