The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-09-15

premacy. The sultan gave him an opening.
you looked worried, commander, when I saw
you parade. What is wrong?" he asked.
Kaid Belton replied: 81 am worried. Are these
French officers going to serve under me, or am l
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 a mahaila
against Ait Yussi, who plundering caravans
and travellers The force held in check by
tribcsmen and the sultan ordered Belton to con-
duct the campaign against the bandit in person
He went reluctantly, for the court was tense with
intrigue and the French straining every
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 ndemnities. 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 in Morocco
or condition that Germany's commerce was not re-
stricted. The French minister had visited FeZ.
Bolton went straight to the sultan who said:
"You have heard Tie 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 or the negO
tiations. While DR.. Vassel 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 1t was done.
The next six weeks Belton spent in studying
French diplomacy. The French officers Stunned
him, cut him, described him as renegade The
sultan replied to these ISLANDERS that Bolton had
served him we'll. The French replied that French
officers would serve him equally we'll
The sultan refused fatty to part with Bolton
In the spring there uprtsings, which Bel
ton put down. At Fez the undercurrent of in
trigue continued to flow, and the French were
slowly gaining ground. The treasury was 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 Fez. 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 sultans 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 choice but to let MIN
go.
He decided 1t would be peter to resign at once
than to be kicked out later by the French. He
rendered his resignation to the sultan through the
foreign mn.ste-.
The resignation was accepted, presumably with
regret and Relton lost no time in returning to
London Since his return the Sultan has conferred
on 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 a star are all he has to remind
him of the days when he essayed the role of king.
maker.