Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-10-15

premacy. The sultan gave him opening.
You looked worried, commander, when | saw
you on parade. What is wrong?" he asked.
Kaid Bolton replied: Il am worried Are these
French officers going to under me, am
going to 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 Bolton dispatched a mahaa
against Ait Yuss who was pundering caravans
and travellers. The force held in check by
tribcsmen and the sultan ordered Bolton to
duct the campaign against the bandit in person.
He went reluctantly for the court tense with
intrigue and the French were 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 indemnitles Then
he hurried back to Fee, wondering what his
mics had been doing IN his absence
Ominous news awaited his return. Germany
had agreed to give France free hand In Morocco
condition that Gcrmanys commerce was not re-
stricted The French minister had visited Fee.
Bolton went straight to the sultan who said:
you have heard he news?"
THE agreement? Yes. It 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.
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 done.
The next six weeks Bolton 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 well. The French replied that French
officers would serve him equally well.
The sultan refused fatty to part with Bolton.
In the spring there were uprisings which Bel.
ION put down. At Fee 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 10 Fez He demanded to see the sui
tan. An audience was refused He waited days
and weeks, repeating his demand He appealed
10 the grand vizier recting 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 anu bullied by the
French ashamed to face the young English
had placed him the throne and
fess to him that he had no choice but to let MIN
go.
He decided il 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-.
The resignation was accepted, presumably with
regret and Relton lost time I'm returning to
London. Since his return the Sultan has conferred
on him the insignia of grand officer OF the Or
ders OF Moghreba 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.
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