The passing of the Shereefian empire . refforts have unfortunately been wasted. SirHarry Maclean and his little band of supportersare to be condoled with. A century ago, whenconditions were different and all the preliminarywork of conquest was accomplished by individ-ual enterprise, they might have been numberedamongst the great men of the age. They wouldhave been the Olives, Eyre-Cootes, Wolfes, andothers who spread British domini«i throughoutthe world. But under modern conditions, whereeverything is carefully settled in the StateCabinets, and the results transmitted to themost remote corners
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The passing of the Shereefian empire . refforts have unfortunately been wasted. SirHarry Maclean and his little band of supportersare to be condoled with. A century ago, whenconditions were different and all the preliminarywork of conquest was accomplished by individ-ual enterprise, they might have been numberedamongst the great men of the age. They wouldhave been the Olives, Eyre-Cootes, Wolfes, andothers who spread British domini«i throughoutthe world. But under modern conditions, whereeverything is carefully settled in the StateCabinets, and the results transmitted to themost remote corners of the globe by telegraph, there is no longer scope for individual enter-prise, and those men, who would formerly havebeen considered pioneers of Empire, are nowregarded as adventurers and filibusters. Whilst the struggle amongst the nations wasbecoming more and more acute, the internal affairsof Morocco were also approaching a crisis, whichwas precipitated by the weak character and badgovernment of Abdul Aziz and his corrupt gang of. The Sultan Abdul Aziz. MOULAI HASSAN. 9 Ministers and advisers. It is doubtful if a strongand wise Sultan could have saved his country fromthe eventual loss of its independence, but theconduct of Abdul Aziz gave the people the op-portunity of attributing all their misfortunes tohim. Under his father, Moulai Hassan, Moroccoenjoyed prolonged internal peace, and her relationswith the Powers remained strictly correct. MoulaiHassan knew his country and the character of thepeople whom he was called upon to rule. Hetravelled constantly amongst the unruly tribes, collected the taxes, and punished the rebellious.Thus he made his name respected as a ruler andas a man by living as a true Mahommedan, andby maintaining all the highest traditions of Islam.He associated as little as possible with Christians;he introduced no European customs, and institutedno reforms. On his death, fourteen years ago, hispolicy was continued with marked success by theGrand Vizier