TO SEE THE KING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 57, 30 November 1907, Page 10

TO SEE THE KING.

The .envoys of Mulai liafid, brother ;.nd rival -of .the Sultan of- Morocco and himself proclaimed Sultan; in °tho'--south; arrived i'l London < >'from ,'Morocco'>in October, on thoir mission-to seeJthe-King. •• Their intention is to - lay their master's case .before his-Majesty and.to seek from tin; King'.. British- recognition of .Mulai Hafid's sovereignty over tho whole of Morocco. From- London they go on a-similar errand to Berlins and to Rome. Paris is not to oe honoured with a visit. 1 I .The envoys are Mohammed Buasan and Boukir-■ Biishentuf Alami. They have several attendants'one pf whom is to do duty as interpreter. All tho party arc picturesquely attired in, the white .Moorish robes, "\Ve are .Ministers of my lord Mulai Plafid, the brother .of Abdul Aziz, the former Sultan of Morocco,!'-the envoys said. "We are conic here with .a sealed letter'to the . King of .'England, which is .written, in. Arabic. Tho contents of this letter we will not revea.l at present.. Wo have had no communication with tljo .English Foreign Office. We hope to incline the King of England in favour of our- master. He. is tho'elder brother, and has t\vo-thircis of' the people of ! Morocco in his favour'.'; Mulai" liafid can' do a, great" deal to-Save' Kaid. Maclean, who is perfectly safe. Raisiili kills a sheep for hirii fresli each (lay. "Wo hate the 'French heartily, and you know ' why,"' said Mohammed significantly, "arid we are ; in love with Great Britain, and we'.profer even Germany to franco. Wo are expecting ii' "Moroccan merchant to come from : Mahcho'ster to translate' the sealed document'to tho King. If tiie King will not act: in accordance with our wishes then we are not ; to blame,' as we nave been commanded to come hero oil this mission. Our Sultan'ordered us. Hb lias formed' no plans at present for tho government of Morocco, or at least W6 are not at liberty:to reveal any." ■ Tho 'eftvo.Vs are provided:with special costumes'for use oil state occasions. ' Tho question f of food is likely to causo'trouble, as the visitors Will not eat butchers' meat- nrtt kille I by-themselves;. The last of Ramadan lias just commenced, arid lor 'the'month-of : ts duration. they, like all -Moslems, may only oat between tho hours of sunsot and midnight.