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Show SULTAN A MEDIATIZED RULER r f n 1:1 - v t& ' ; ' 1 J - i ; yy " I y - VJ ,On March 30, France inaugurated a change in heF'politicai dealings with Morocco, by the signing of a treaty with the Sultan, Mulia-Abd-el-rtafld, establishing a French protectorate. France has had much experience in the government of the North African countries, which line the Mediterranean Mediterran-ean from Tripoli to the Atlantic ocean, and the decision to leave the government govern-ment nominally in native hands is a wise one. Jt is evidently based on the success of her peaceful conquest of Tunis where the externals of Arab rule have been preserved. In Algeria, on the other hand, where the administration admin-istration is directly and openly French, her domination aroused the bitter jealousy and hostility of the natives who saw in the elimination of their native rulers a threatened subversion sub-version of the Mahommedan religion, with the result that France has had to maintain her footing by rigorous military rule. Mulia Hafid, the pres ent Sultan and nominal ruler of Morocco, is known to his subjects as tho Prince of True Believers and is the thirty-sixth lineal descendant of Ali, uncle and son-in-law of the Prophet Mahomet. He revolted against his brother, broth-er, the Sultan Mulia Aziz, in 1907, and his usurpation of the throne was recognized by the powers in January, 1909. He is a learned and devoted adherent of Islamism and has written several books on theology and philology. |