The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-03

Especial to THE HERALD-Examiner Dispatch.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2-The rumor of the
engagement of Prince,Victor Dhuleep Singh
to Miss Jeanne Turnure calls to mind an in
teresting chapter of Indian history. Victor
is ason of the Maharaiah Dhuleep Singh, and
a grandson of the celebrated Runieet Singh.
called the "Lion of Puniaub," once ruler of
2O,OOO,OOO OF subjects in what is now the
the most northern province of British
India, and original owner of the famous
Kohinoor diamond. Dhuleep, father of
Prince Victor, was for years British sub
lect, but recently has gone to Moscow,
where he is waiting an opportunity to get
back his throne. When Runjeet Singh died
Dhuleep, who was born in 1928, was an in
FAINT and owing to Sikh wars England
finally annexed the Puniaub in 1S49, the
condition being that Dhuleep should re-
.ceive a pension of $40, 900 per annum. The
Mahraalah, after going to England, became
a Christian, was naturalized as British
subject and purchased an estate near Ok
ford. In 1864 he was married at the Bri
fish consulate at Alexandria to a young
Protestant lady, an English subject, and
Prince Victor is the result of the marriage
The young prince is described as short,
dark and at present is attached to the staff
of General Sir John Ross, K c.. B., COM
mander of her maiesty's force in British
North America. About two years ago
Dhuleep protested to the government that
$40, 600 was insufficient to support him with
becoming dignity, and made claim for the
restoration of his private family estates,
salt mines, and other personal property
which his father, Runieet Singh, had in
herited; because, as he said, by the terms
of the treaty of annexation the state prop
erty only falls under the badge of confsca-
ton. He, Dhuleep Singh, started for India
but on his arrival at Alden he was arrested
by order of the British government. He
thereupon wrote wrathful letter to the
Times, of India, respecting his treatment
by the British government. He declared
that though prevented from entering Bonn
bay by the ordinary route, he would vet
reach the goal by other means, and ap-
pealed to his countrymen for financial aid,
as he had resigned the miserable stipend''
received from England. Should the British
government veto his countrymen's gener-
osity, he said that he would transfer his
allegiance to some other power. This he
virtually did soon afterwards and be
came subject of Russia and determined to
await the coming, as he said, of the inevi-
table struggle between England and Russia
for supremacy in the far east where the
son of the Lion of Puniaub intended to
play an important part. In letter which
NC duuresSeu W Iue people OI Ine united
States about year ago he said: Il prefer
to be Russian subject to being a duke of
Great Britain, nation which processes to
be guided by the high code a Christian
morality though practising not even rudi-
montary justice toward her weak victims.
have formed a solemn resolve, be the con-
sequences what they may, to consecrate
the remainder of my life in freeing nv
countrymen from the yoke of Britain's in
tolerable tyranny
He has also made solemn resolve to
some day get back the most famous dia-
mond in the world