Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-11-18 | Page 3 | Morocco Feels Keen Loss upon Sultan's Death

Morocco Fe Feels ls IS Keen Loss Upon Sultans Sultan's Death FEZ Morocco Nov 18 AP The AP-The The phrase It is is- the will of ot Allah was heard on every hand throughout Morocco today but even oriental fatalism failed to relieve th the sense of loss felt at the tho death of Yussef tf sultan of ot Morocco All J public buildings and business houses were closed today and ami will remain closed until the obsequies are In fd hired official weep weepers rs and four and two s sons ns of ot the late hate sultan stood death watch as 13 the dignitaries of the empire in tho the picturesque mourn mourn- tag r robes lobes bes to attend the last The lr French resident general al Theordoro Theordore Steeg arrived to represent sent his government CALLED DEMOCRATIC When Yussef ascended the lit throne twenty years ago Morocco was in a state of complete anarchy By y executive ability and nd progressive progress progresS- ive lye views vie and by acting in close cooperation on with G General y the French administrator he lie brought successively practically aUthe all aU the territories constituting his empire empire em em- pire pita under his real and uncontested auth authority rIty lie He did all this and at t the same annie time gained d the tho reputation of ot being beins the most democratic hail hall fellow fellos' well met that ever an oriental potentates potentate's throne This was dU due to his hit refusal to ride In the palanquIn borne botne on the lie shoulders of twelve giant negroes from frn the famous black bodyguard Yussef f at popular f festivities al always always oh- oh ways abandoned the tho palanquin and emerged from under his hia sacred sacked red umbrella the emblem of Imperil Imperial 1 power po Ho lie preferred to will among the tho crowds saluting the peo people peo pIe and shaking hands With them WALKED AT FAIR At the tIle o opening of ot the recent Fez Fell fair the sultan Joined tho populace while the pala quin b bearers lookIng looking look look- In ing forlorn carried an empty chair 4 That's the right spirit an American said Real neal de democracy demOCracy democracy de- de In the lie cradle of autocracy Democracy nothing ono one of ot the sultans sultan's do doctors tors replied The Th movement of the palanquin makes him seasick ho lie would rather walk Th The j eople ople however never knew know that