A SULTAN'S CRUELTY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 179, 2 September 1909, Page 2

A SULTAN'S CRUELTY.

EXTORTING A CONFESSION. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Morocco, August SI. Mulai Hafld, Sultan of Morocco, ' with a view to compelling the Pretender Buhnmara to hand over any money* in the foreign banks, proposes to place Mm .in a wooden shirt studded wltn v nails inside in order to extort a confession. • The Sultan began to commit atrocities shortly after he won his kingdom, and it was reported then that hie popularity wa» suffering in cowequeno*. The Moroccan correspondent of the Times a few weeks ago gave an interest* iit<r illustration of the tragi-eomedy ol Mwlai Hafldy Court. "So economical U tin? SuJtan in the salaries he pay*-or gcjwaHy doe« not ,pay—'to the Palace attendant* that, on leaving the Palace after andieneea with bis Majesty, one is nearly torn to piece* by Patac* »fficiala, whose clutriies one can only escape at very eoTiSlderobJe expense. So eeand'aloin had thine* 'become that I wae obliged to complain, trod a large (number of ttoe most guiVty -mere b<i#timdoed. On leaving the Palace 'the. following djiy I wm set lupon by a new crowd, who vociferously demanded payment for hating been Employed to administer the bn*Unado to the others. T complain-Ml again. T «m\ jurt reaving Pea, and my house is beset by iFalace attendant*, who are clamoring for reward* for ha»- ' ing hif.tinndflied tho nieinw-bo Sa'd deinaindiwl money tor Iftving biatlnadoed the first lot. This little incident in typ'ienl o* the whole Moorkli Gtovcmment." The oorrespomtmt saya the otiinioTi in growing in every (niarteruu* the ejisfting regime cannot hurt. Th»' Suftan will •fcortly find himself without means to pay M» troops, and Mi »> douMwl (mpopularity ntor .then lead to another revolution. The outlook la almoat hopelcas, and the much-needed Enropena intervention cannot be long delayed. *