 Soon thereafter , Atemengue was made chief of the local court , and Atangana was again appointed paramount chief ( chef supérieur ) . He received a seat on the Council of Notables , a body the French had introduced to act as liaisons to their subjects and advisors to the administration . Atangana set up a cabinet based on those he had observed in Spain , but he never allowed it to do much , and its members were not accustomed to European @-@ style administration . It disbanded in 1925 . 
