| Show Sultan Hopes North Africa Fall Into Info Allied Hands Soon IA 1 f I ZANZIBAR Jan 5 The uP-The recent allied successes in north Africa are highly pleasing tob to toa b a Sir Khalifa Bin Harud sultan sultan- of Zanzibar and longest b reigning of ot all non-European non i- i irule e rule rulers I I 7 1 have followed th these e events I closely on the wireless he told tolda sI a l this co correspondent In fluent Engli English English Eng Eng- lish lisp and I feel sure sure that with li I the will of God all xU of at north AfrIca Af At- Africa J rica will fall into allied hands The sultan who is 63 has ruled for tor 31 years and is keenly interested inter inter- 4 ested ted in the elimination of Italian Ital Ital- I ian fan an and German influence in It north Africa and of course in ina inthe a 0 the halting of of the Ja Japanese e. e 1 i t Dressed in a simple gown of I blue with fine gold cord and b wearing a varicolored turban h he hea a explained that It had not been t easy for tor the Arab peoples to toll follow follow fol tol- l low the the progress progress of the far east i 1 Iwar war My own people e here he said Mid know the Chinese mainly t l through the curio trade which we used to carry on with Hong Kong And the Japanese they I 1 know only through the In Infrequent e- e quent visits of ot fishermen from from'S S Japan Influential Connections Born In Muscat thriving port of f Oman in southeast Arabia and birth place of many famous Arab rulers the tile sultan has influential influential in- in connections throughout the he Arab world and his friendship friendship friend friend- ship with Great Britain h has a s done much to cement ement Anglo- Anglo Arabian relations Tl The I Italian t a Ii a n conquest of Abyssinia he continued and the he subsequent expansion of ot the Italians Into British at the beginning of this s present war obviously worried the Arab world more mor than the later sweep of f the Japanese We are glad the Japanese have been n stopped but best news ws ot of f all would be a clean sweep of ot and German Gennan influence in I north orth Africa The sultan has lwI the charm chann that romantic tradition expects from Arab chief chieftains He also inherits great gnat skill skin in handling his hiB own sailing boats and until quite recently re re- rode fiery horses brought down own from Arabia The sultan administers his hiB domain domain do do- main under the watchful eyes Of f British officials kd led d by a British BritiSh Brit- Brit iSh sh resident now Sir Guy Pilling Pilling Piling Pil Pil- ling ing whose only son recently gave ave his life in R RAF A F servi service e Zanzibar has been a British protectorate protectorate pro- pro since 1890 when the British forestalled the Germans In n putting it in their own sphere of Influence Fate Fate ate Hangs on Cloves Clows The Tile uncrowned cro ed king of pt oft Zanzibar Zanzibar Zanzibar Zan Zan- is d doubtless i the president ot of f the Clove Growers' Growers association association tion don for foron on this spice hangs the fate tate ate not only of ot this s Island but also Iso the sister island to the he north Representing 80 BO per cent of ofle the le worlds world's supply Zanzibar cloves loves adorn baked hams put pep Into spiced meats lend exoticism exoticism exoticism ex ex- ex- ex to perfumes and re reduced reduced reduced re- re to vanillin crystals flaVOr flavor fla- fla VOr the bulk bulls of ot American or vanilla va illa nilla ice creams reams The clove e market goes up and down own Easily replaced is the loss oss for instance of a customer such uch as the Imperial court of China where officials o 0 once n c e sucked cloves to render their reath fr fragrant grant In the presence of f their sovereign The C G A answers a little one like ke that by introducing clove IUSa as IUS asa a preservative for synthetic leathers But they are still looking looking look- look ing ng for a customer as good as M asic the ic Dutch East Indies The Dutch used to shred them up and blend in with tobacco for native The nar narcotic otic property properly of the clove elove ove has the C G A president staying laying up nights trying to figU figure fig- fig U ure re out a way he can employ it to make a drink along cola lines The trouble is that clove oil just wont won't mix Owning and operating the clove dove plantations are the Arabs cautious us dignified and courteous whit white robed robed gentlemen on whose plantations copra is t.- the second crop work the bulk of ot the Swa- Swa hills hilis or coast Africans The black men used to be slaves to Arab chieftains Vine Sap Important On and Zanzibar a 8 third crop daily assumes tance From a wild vine flows sticky sap that forms rubber But the owning land Arabs are wary What about when the war waris waris is 18 ov over r Indifferent more or orleSs orless orless less to money inducements the Arab must be wOO wooed d more subtly Dear to his heart are the buses only transportation t on the islands and British officials mention No vine rubber no bus tires Zanzibar's Indian population are mostly merchants storekeepers storekeepers store store- ke keepers pers and money lenders The British Indian in Africa grips gripe the financial world and stirs up hostile murmurings from both Arabs and Africans Better liked are the Portuguese e Indians or orG G Goans ans who harmlessly sit at office office office of of- fice tools ply needles or concoct spiced oily olly foods for other In In- Zanzibar city once third large largest largest larg larg- e est t in all Africa is still the most strategic town on the eastern eastern east east- ern shores Upon its defenses depend largely the safety of ot key ports Dar Es Salaam and Mom Mom- basa p present ent nav naval l base Upon the good goodwill will of the sultan depends depends de de- de- de the continued leasing of tills this strip of African territory that includes these two Potts ports To show that the strip of ot land landis is really Ms his th the sultan flies the red flag of Zanzibar over Fort Jesus at In addition to that privilege he be gets pounds sterling about a year ear rent White walled roofed red and satisfyingly quaint Zanzibar city was was a a. Mecca for fer tourists who in prewar days roamed its ils nil narrow r row streets and bought iv Ivories s jewelry and silks House of Wonders Largest house in the city is the Bet El Designed by bya a marine engineer the inside looks look like the well deck of ot a ship The name means house of wonders Formerly the sultans sultan's ceremonial palace it now serves 3 as administration offices No wonders here only efficient and unusually progressive British of of- of- of Politically and hygienically hygienically cally if It not socially Zanzibar Is a a. bright spot in the desert of ot British minor dependencies Sometimes British residents dont don't think so Mopping brows and trying not to hear the tum turn tum te-tum of drums on p pas passing a s s oS i In n g dhows they idle idIe over to Victoria Victoria Victoria Vic Vic- toria gardens Zanzibar city park where a milestone informs them that it is after atter all only miles to London An equally despondent Arab can get better consolation lation There is atop the cou courts of justice a gilded glided ring The Arab knows that on judgment day the Archangel Archangel Archangel Arch Arch- angel Gabriel will grab that ring and carry the structure and all I true believers straight to heaven |
