The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-08-16

OUR NEIGHBoR of the Ga=ette has another strong
suit that he is bound to play if it takes all summer.
The Shah of Persia is tie leading court card. This
"wise and shrewd sovereign" just now held up as
an example for soveregns hereabouts to pattern
after, is not however al that our neighbours fancy
paints him. The London correspondents of some of
the American papers tell some strange stories about
this " wise and shrewd sovereign" The Shah was
entertained at Stafford House right royalty by the
Duke of Sutherland, md meeting the Prince of
Wales soon after, the Shah ,risely and Shrecdly
advised the Prince that ne had better do away with
the Duke, that he was to rich and powerful for a
subject; that in his donation the Duke would soon
be q head shorter.
In Russia he was toleraby well pleased, this semi-barba-
rian magnifcence OF his reception there chimed well enough
with mis- fancy; and when lewished for pleasures thai may
Blu, the Empress of Russia vas we'll advised when She left her
imperial husband TO entertain his Eastern guest alone. One
cannot write about certain .lings and It's perhaps scarcely
pardonable to hint at them. Il any one will read q few pages OF
an unexpurgated edition OF tie Arabian Nights" and remem-
Der what Persia and the PeEsans Were 800 years ago, they are
the same substantially now, e will understand what | mean.
f. F. At Berlin. the Shah ws fearfully bored, and Emperor
Mhham ana the GeLI.ah hoAes were scandaAzed with MN
All his life long, this Persian monarch has been accustomed 20
have time and tide wait for i'm; it annoyed him excessively
10 be compelled to 90 here at slch a time, and there at another
hour; and he showed his annoyance very plainly and very
rudely. One night he fell iIo a towering passion because a
lady OF the court refused TO pbce herself al his disposal and
when he left Berlin his departure was unmarked BY any Of the
A@AGA% eANlA AG4 -AlAA<A AS NAbI hAA1 NS N1ENNA AN
Germans did not like him at Al, and he did not ike the Ger
mans. But, as TO the horrible stories about him. /
have already limited at some Of them; but the air Is full OF
others. The newspapers sayihat he sent back his wives from
Moscow, but Dame Rumor Vows this TO be false. They are
with him; and they are to beEdged handy to the place. some
where near Pimlico, you know. Then he IS a perfect savage.
When q lady Is presented 10 Tim he simply glares at her. Al
Berlin, when a very great lady was brought up TO him, he iook
her by the arms and actually seated her on the fOo.! And
then, after all, the whole Of ths Journey of his is . clever dodge
OF Baron Reuter-, the telegraph man, who has virtually bought
the whole Of Persia, and Is nov PaTading its sovereign 10 order
70 exploit his new purchase"
Now although we are for the cession Of Pearl
Harbor to the United States, we must be excused
from holding this :" wise md shrewd sovereign - of
the Gazette up As an example TO savereigns who
have subscribed to 4 Constitution containing a Bill
of Rights quite as liberal as the one wruug from
King John by the proud Barons of England. Our
swallow may be large, but We cannot take in the
Shah; nor can we understand how a person making
amp claims to morality can endorse such a character;
it is to our mind "pretentious hypocrisy The
KuOEOa, in its thrilling serial Of Robiana Lo,''
and the Ga>ete in its editorial columns, may
endorse this wise and shrewd sovereign - Of Persia,
but ,ee viii not g train in that company we have
some virtue left.