, 1875-03-21
ORIENTAL C0U9T-SCANDAL.
Political Intriguing in tho Court Of the
Guicowar Of Guzerat.
4 Sovereign Charged with the Attempted
Poisoning Of Resident Minister.

| dinary State trial now pauding. in which rcigr
| ing sovereign ia the defendant and tho dougnt
Sergeant Bsllantyne, of Tichborne-Orton note
| riety, the counsel. Bsroda is the Capital Of tn
Province Of Guzerat, In Western India. IN
| il distant 2sl mics from Bombay. As
. city It enjoys many distinctions. It head
tho list OF neglect and 6Ghiness 8
Tar ~ its streets aud byways are concerned Al
it is considerably in advance Of Now York .
Washington in political intrigue aud corruption
This assertion may appear rathor hard on BaEo
da, but it Is nevertheless true. The provinc,
Of Guzerat has had q somewhat checkerad his
tory Even in times SO remots ~ the eleventh
| century tho Moh2mmedans laid clairn to its wids
dominiops md reduced thon to i barren waste
But it managed to exist somehow or other un'
| I'll 1893, whom very pretty rebellion brokt
ont. and its Right and Left centres fought like
| the famous cats of Kilkenny. Then in 1915 the
cooliea-not tho poor wretches which inhablt the
| country now but formidable race OF mountain
| eayasas-carne down iiks q wolf Oh the f5d, and
committed indsscribahe raTage and devastation.
The1eupon JehangieE, = wise, astuts ruler, or
| dered tho extirpa1ion Of thesa maraudars, AND
,ley vera either slaughtered pronitcuoualy Of
driven back into their wild aud lonely deserts.
4 MrMouAp14H REVOLUTION.
4 little more than 100 years ELAPSED and the
bIah1atta Dominion became confirmed aud the
Msbaraiah ScindiA Was lord OF many millions OF
subjects and many millions Of rupeea As rev.
enue. But this gentleman waa inclined to lord
It q deal too much, aud his rcpacit.ee finally
aroused the Indignation Of tha British rule to
such IN extent that, Oh tha 21st OF August. 1903,
Licut.-Col Woodington, With ous regiment
Of Europesns and . plspo1sion Of 4rtil- ,i l.
5 hin." And whip him toey did. and very
! marvellous we're the featB OF &rma re-
curded. Scindias troops showed considerable
fight, bnt by the 18th OF September the banner
in thst wide extent Of territory. Tbs sclndia
| vas huEnhled, aud the rest Of the Mahratta
] chiefta1us became eager to escape by negotia-
ton the ruin which their arms were uuable to
avert. Yhe country WAS do1ed ouk like Santa
Claus gifts to all the good boys, and Gnzeras fell
time the land has prospered for the dirty stroeta
| Of the capital and She wicked Municipal Commis-
sioners aro Of little noomeut when ono thinks OF
the uubounded fertility Of lss slopes and pialns>
/ During tho lato American War the cottou-
| fields OF Guzerat holaed largely to supply the
| Western world With tnat valuable and iudlspen-
sable etaple, and fabulous fortunes we7o made
] by exporters. At the time Of the great Indian
nusiny Of 1857 it Was deemed advisable to dis
arm the troops Of tho Guicowar. This was not
because they had evinced anV outward dlsaffeo-
ton, but Sir Richmond 8hakespear, who taen
held high political positiou thels as well as
military one, deemed prevention better than
cnne,,o,-,..a ohi;tv Nrmer;.nlIv tha n,t;vaa
we're out Of oil proportion to ths handful Of
troops at Sir Richmonda command, but their
sovereign professei the utmost loyalty to the
English power, a. did the other great Western
Ha.iarab,d s ~''-& ~
Tho lAts GuicoW.r, who died about four
veaTa xoo VISA brother or tha rres-
snt sovereign, who ia now aE7a'gaed tor
,"enr f;n1. phayae. A Tia casa il ,ae7,f,enft
h. It von1d he ont of court "a ernress a1v min
i'm pnnn tha 1na,itv nr darnarits nf tha avidenra
.!1aa5s c,c,ta5 Il t],a nr,soner bo raajv g,,,jty
h. E.: nh haneftad INN ihe hittsr ornsrsncs,
~ fia o,rl;a- cnraar Rafora hn sacei,f7od tha
-,5sao - ho5 haon a. aavare, va.ra . ,,os.
n1;aonar ~ tha instance ~ f,;s hrofher acs;nse
those ira he Wa said to have consrircds Bnt
enddan1v os ng aag aga t ta nraaant % nt re
pts9n rH1 po@rn 70 entops rsrnfapn ny TIKI 1cor,ns
bae haan ereat in the r1t,en,e Int it has ham !
cocsif7eraIiy curtailed durinc the last few yeara
Abour nine or tan yaars aeo one of The late /
Gu;cowar'a courtjers Eas discoysred to he on /
terms IT ;nti1nscv viii a 5;acsrde3 favor;ta ~
tha Kino- The ,onna woman 40 far fnroot har- |
self as L, rida thrn,rh tha nnhio thoron1lfares
~ ~ c;tx =, fsnn1in9 j.nntv stT1a .nd
win har head nocovarad Ffhis was a ha;nons
offensa uh,ch tha Gr;covsr con1d nct noss;h1v
n.ss ova- man;s1 servsnt w,s G;acovarad
sct;,,o 49, ro.ffsn1n hat1aan +hs two TT,a
1,,tv fr;o wara arraa,a5 Tbara waa ~ corraa
nbnnf1snt nroof ror th.. IA an article nayer
wont;n1 r. ~ 0r;anta{ conr+ Tha vonno
voman Or. aartarc.l ~ ha h.n;ahed Int ~
vions to har danart,,re sha w.s "a nsrt T1th har
nasal ornan. The co,,rtier and the ro-hetxean
were orf5erea to be chained t. Tho hind iees nf
two eanhants and Then draarad thronrR the |
oitT mil sorno fortunate ineamalitv of rnadwav
nnt an and to Thar existenco One u tae nnhanny
wretches xas kil1a1 aariT in tha nroceednga. Iha
otl,or VII sEill alive aome threo hours altar
wards. Soma one in mower hanneniur to rneet
the s;cken,ne, nroceaa,on intarnoged and the |
e}enhant ohediant tn instruct1nna hsltaa and
p,aeed I,ia f,,ot m lba vics;no'a haad a,d that |
enied thn recslesa oonrtier VIM had lovad m,
.iselY but too well-
The circumstances of tho a1,ova casc o.l1rd !
forth lila loud rrntesta of tha yyhjta neon1a and
Br i,artla Frere. ihen Tho Governor If 1}omhaY-
Communicated F;th Sir Cbarlea Wood IL
seoretary Ut St.h fnr India. unnn
khe subject Sir Charles (sflerwards
Lord HaIilax] took the hnii ny the horns. and
11snatched snch = msssaga Of renonatrance tn
b,s H,ehnesa tnat that nnfsntata fsrIv ahool- tha
earth Nth hi. ;ndienaot furv .What An r tn
3ecu ba or Hec1ha IN M 81 dam,ndaa Raroda;s
l1ng. and he sfraehtwav eirde3 m h;s inns 70
.unihilata tha rsnresents,iyes n the d;asant
.ountry which ha5 dared to rehnka him. Bnt he
,,terai h;a detsrm;nation md rnada m anolovv
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