Show Abdul u Aziz s Crown Cr Jewels j I Found Foun to be Le Mostly ost Paste Bast I Special I Correspondence ARIS Nov No 10 19 During the last loht PARIS f live years of oC his reign the Sultan Sul Sultan Sultan tan Abdul Aziz of or Morocco was the prey pre of European commercial commer commercial commercial cial adventurers who well understood ills his taste for Cor everything western whether It was the newest invention or the tho European courts Prodigious will was WI t mo quantity of Cf au nu I less photographs photograph and arid cameras cameras that certain 1 unscrupulous people s sue suc uc seeded In selling him Most of or these objects are arcs what the tho French call os Og signals that is to say things long out of date These schemers Chemers succeeded even oen In selling him very Yer cleverly brightened up with some somo clear highly colored paint the old worn out omni omnibuses buses of the and lines which have havo been replaced by b the modern motor motorbus motorbus bus bUB This was but the beginning of or greater greatel Impositions that were to fob fol follow Collow low A man named minted Holmes a French Jew Je of or German origin wormed his way wa Into the sultans confidence and by b his eloquence and Insinuating manner con eon convinced convinced vinced Abdul Aziz that such a sovereign eign as ns he Ito should possess crown Jewels like tho the great kings of or Europe and the monarchs of or the time orient Unlike Persia and nn Turkey tho the treas treasury treasur treasury ury ur of or Morocco contained very er few fow of or ortho tho the wonderful Jewels that we are used to ta consider as the Indispensable at attributes attrIbutes attributes tributes of ot a sultan Some Somo chased gold Jold armor and belts ornamented with tur turquoise turquoise an assortment of or necklaces containing jewels je els of ot the less expensive variety arlet a miscellaneous array of rings these were the time only anI products of time the Jewelers art then among tho sultans treasures STONES IN MASQUERADE Holmes played on the time sultans wreak weak weakness ness and ended by b persuading Abdul AbdulAziz Aziz to buy Uy of or some great Parisian dealers that I 1 know treasures to tho the amount mount of at And what Jewels All AI the crude inartistic designs for set settings settings settings tings were picked up either in n Paris or In tho provinces and were set with stones half of or which were false Sch entitle rubles and scientific sap sapphires sapphires sapphires masqueraded d as the tyre real stones and the sultan was happy when he ho saw the tho diamonds shine through theIr many flaws and when Indeed they the were diamonds at all for or many cubic Inches of these the e royal loyal Jewels were w ro taken up with simple colored coor d glass gilt I t However somo seine of oC the emeralds pearls topaz and sapphires were i of tho the first quality The gold was of ot h the lowest European standard 14 11 carats carat and an often it was only blown gold hollow Inside In the beginning of 1907 when tho sul sui tan mn was short nt or money mone and could not find any more snore credit oven even at nt the state 1 bank bunk II i when defeat and run ruin were facing him on ovary every side aide when tribe after tribe hl e was deserting g him and going oln to ta join the tho ranks of his brother Hafid he ho sent the ever ev t faithful secretary of ot state El to I Paris Darla to negotiate a loan Ion on tho the se so security of oC the crown clown Jewels of or Morocco f Great was the consternation In the time camp of or the believers when the tho expert Jewelers of oC the tho Rue Ruc de do la Paix smiled galled I derisively and with a shrug of oC their I 1 shoulders Informed the anxious El EI of If the worth of ot the Jewels The J highest bidder among amonS them only offered l I IJ JEWELS J TO BE AUCTIONED Tired of Or bargaining and going from rom I place to place El EI at last went to i the Mont de do the government I 1 pawnshop of oC Paris There probably with tho intention of at favoring him ho he r l was offered Under the sus suspicion pirlon that there existed a mutual un understanding among the tho Jewelers or per persons sons ons having any connection congestion with the 1 Jewelers to gain his treasures by b put putting I a ting tang tin up the least possible cash El EI decided to GO m to London The I offers he received in n the British capi capital capital I tal tat were very much lower than those thoe It I of Paris Ho He quickly returned to the tho t l latter city and after numerous audi audiences audiences t I with M 31 r Pichon and M I Clemen f and frequent consultations be between between 1 1 I tween these and the Parisian commissioners of or the Mont do t Plate It was decided to grant a n loan of ot HD on the condition that Morocco would guarantee the Man loan and when 4 the time arrived arrayed reimburse e the Mont do a Plate As everyone knows Abdul A ul Aziz lost his throne and with it almost his entire fortune 1 It was not to bo be expected that Mulat l Hafid would reimburse tho French gov government SO ji ornament for money lent to fight against t 1 himself hence helice the tho auction sale of at tho time J crown crow n jewels of or Morocco which is about I to tate take place 1 I j |