Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-13
.-,.ee OF Wales Presents in
Tie India.

:. !. .torm brewing in India over
There visit. The small cloud is APP
the s-..m the following remarks ex-
parent ,sn, the Bombay Gazette OF Feb
uscsru natives are openly remarking
18- In enormous value (half million,
upon w u;ll be within the mark of the
i ) ss'u. ;sad by the Prince from Rajahs,
Jf1s shabblness and peculiar nature
s .Is;edy smut boxes, small =. NJ npre-engines,
ichisss n,-pump, and copies OF DE Ronsselets
gslIo on India) Of the gifis made by him
fM observe with regret paragraph
tie round OF the Anglo-lndian
goinz overs 70 the effect that the Prince
ressP plls will take away from India pres
Of Val The value of half million ster-
enI Ne are aware that in some native
M. N certain remarks have been freely
jouln uith regard to the. character of the
Il auc tour through India, and lately
fiin. ;vnmense riches which have been
me mon him have become even in the
hi 4 fruitful and bitter subject OF. con-
p@.,ion. When people see such news
INTO print they know precisely what
.aeans. They know that it points to the
hl.,,uation OF public scandal They
that it has been invented TO injure The
E1arscter OF the British rulers Of india for
ess'A;n,erestedness and philanthropy 1t is
a;ty that such paragraphs have found
ssir way into print; but it is still more
~ regretted that the slightest Cause
sald ever have been given to any class
Suersons to believe aud say openly that
! Z. Prince OF Wales tour in India has
In concocted with the deliberate inten-
ian of swelling his private means. Be.
Are the Prince arrived in this country,
tories preceded him about his intention
. use the liberality of the natives of India
10 liogidate portion of his private debts.
Il In some quarters, not very friendly to the
British Government, these tales have been
believed and circulated with all the garni-
are of malice. ... We think
s,af now that the subject of the presents to
he Prince has come to be openly talked
about in newspapers and in the baZars,
srd significant calculations published Of
the amount sterling he will be able to
realize in London from the fruits of his
Indian tour, it will be obvious TO all who
have the love of the British Constitution
and the honor of the Royal family at
heart that it is q thousand times pity it
was not peremptorily arranged before his
ROYAL Highness set foot in India that he
should accept no presents excerpts those
which the means al his disposal would
enable him to equal in the value of his re-
turn riffs. We do not, of course, believe
the absurd stories about the Prince and
his debts, but India, unfortunately is a
country where everybody is not of the
same opinion, and with those who are
fond of creating mischief between the
rulers and the ruled these tales will find
ready credence. They will be sown
broadcast over the face of the country ;
they will be amplified in their progress !;
thew will eventually have results calculat-
ed to iniure the character OF the permanent
remembrances in India of the Princes
visit"
This is plain speaking by one of the
most respectable Anglo Indian journals.
As the majority of the great chiefs who
have given splendid presents have some
grievance or other against the British
Government (Scindish, for instance,
would move heaven and earth to get back
Gwalior fort, which is now in charge of
European troopsl, it is obviously indis-
Greet for one occupying the position of the
Prince of Wales to accept gifts totally out
ofproportion to those he is able to return.
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