Coalville Times | 1901-11-29 | Page 6 | The-Foxy Old Sultan

THE FOXY OLD SULTAN. I Abdul Hnmll II.. Sultan of Turkey. I who haa Just conceded the demands I of th French government, thu gav I iter nnm. itAMin. Ing tbe scliur ot Smyrna by the I French fleet In the Smyrna Oult, I I now In the elatlath year irf bta lite. I and probably a sicker man than aver before. Tbe aultan'a alrkness la not I merely metaphorical; It Is llleral. For - f years he has been In bad health, and ' while he haa had to face constant political po-litical menace front blustering power abroad, he haa been threatened with asaaKxIunlton and revolution at home, together with all the othor evil flowing flow-ing from tbe despotic form or govern- " mcnt It Is now twenty-five year ' alnre he ascended the throne ot hi ancestors, and although he Is the most execrated monarch on the face of the globe he has many warm sympathiser sympathis-er and friends among tbe forelun diplomats dip-lomats who have visited bla court and have learned the exanperatlng trial ot which the sultan Is the victim. It Is only within tho past lew years that he took to wearing a full beard. Formerly he wore a mustache only.