The morning call., 1891-01-11

and it is his special duty to see that nothing
ihllnlcal to British authority goes on there
During the mutiny in 1857 the Nizam did
not JON In the rebellion, possibly for the
reason that he did not feel much confidence
III Jus success, but there have been times
" mren MS loyalty was under suspicion
~ ne great terror Of England in India is
an an INVASION by Russia, aud many of the ma
| rites "1uiu hall such an invasion with de-
light Russian spies have heen fonnJ in
india from time to time, and there is no
| doubt that 20 NJ
| THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT
Is well informed as to the military condi-
| ton of India, and the extent to which the
! natives could be relied upon to aid any in
| vaslon that might be undertaken OF conrsp
| 1t is well for Russia to be on as friendly
| terms as possible with all the native princes
and the temper of those individuals can b.
understood in the character of the reception
oil the distinguished MnScOvite guest who is
now among them Tie Nizam's territory
contains nearly 100000 square miles and has
| reputation OF about 100000; conse-
| quently no is person Of note, and his rev
ehue Is IN every sense of the word a princely
| one.
see it reported that Prince of Java ia
| IN Paris studying the French language, and
deyotlug himself to science " ith a view tn
| improving the condition of his people He
| IS undertaking what other princes of Java
| have tried before him, but without much
success The Dutch rulers of Java do not
| wish the native princes to NEEDLE with mat
| terS OF this Kind, as they think the people
| nave eBUugh to 10 In attending 10 the cult
walton Of Tea, rice and other products of the
SOL. Inc natives OF whatever rank
| are not encouraged to learn any
Language besides their own, and when
| this Prince returns to his island and
attempts TO speak 70 any of the Dutch officers
IN French he viii be answered in Malay It's
a rule with the Dutch officers in Java never
| 10 speak TO native in any language other
| IMAM Malay and every officer who desires
| ana expects promotion must make himself
| fluent in the language OF the island before
ne receives any advancement The result
OF TINS policy has been that the Dutch have
on several occasions been able to crush in
surrectlons IN the bud; every officer being
able to speak Malay, in add ton to his
own language and possibly French OF
German, the rulers had means Of commu-
nlcation at their command which was not
accessible to the natives and at the same
time they were able
TO GET AT THE NATIVE SECRETS
The Dutch rule in Java is an excellent
one-for the Dutch, and not at all bad for
the natives. The tribes are forced to live
IN peace and till the soil, they obtain re-
huseratlVe prices Tor their labor, and the
pr"fltS are such that after paying al eX-
penses OF very costly administration, the
Governor-General is able to turn about five
millions OF dollars every year into the treas
ury of Holland. The Governor General re-
ceiges yearly salary Of 100000, and other
salaries are IN proportion.
Those who have followed Stanley in his
last journey through Africa, and especially
tile readers of his book, are well aware Uf
The trouble that the explorer had with
Hamld bin MOhammed, better known as
Ilppu lib" That uucrowned king OF
Genital Africa had accepted the appoint
ment VI Governor of Stanley Falls and
Tree transportation Tor himself and his
followers IRON Zanzibar to the falls. on
the express condition that he would sup-
ply 600 native carriers for the service OF
Stanley's rear guard, and to be afterward
used Tor the transportation Of the ivory
known to be in the possession Of Emin
PaSha. ilplu lib failed 10 keep h4
promise in this respect: but from time
to time, and all the time he was lavish
his promise that the men would be forth
coming shortly. Tippu lib is an Arab
trader, his principal traffic being IN slaves
and IVORY. Lying came to him as naturally
as breathing; II is part Of the Arab
nature, and 1t IS doubtful il there are auv
more accomplished liars in the world than
the Arabs. If you ask question OF an
ARAB lie may possibly give you the correct
answer II he happens TO know it; if he doe
hot know it he will give you the first that
comes 10 his thoughts no matter how far 1t
may be from the truth.
l was once talking with an Arab sheik,
through the aid OF my interpreter, and ask
ing hun about Arabia. He told me that the
Prince Of Muscat had bOdy-guard of I0,0OO
men,
ALL MOUNTED ON HORSES,
Whose backs we're twice as high rs my head
and capable OF running q hundred miles an
hour The Prince lived iii palace So large
that 1t took a good hOrSemaG a whole day 10
ride around il, and it was so high that only
a man with good eyeSight could see the TIN
He told NE other things of the same surt.
and then laused and asked about America
l deSpared of being able to eXaggerate suifi-
GENTLY and referred the matter 10 my inter
prefer. "Oh." said the man, Il have been
IN America and Will answer for my master.
de lives in New York, which is city of TO-
100000 Inhabitants, and there are houses
i'll New York a mile high. When my master
travels he has machine that flies through
the air Ike bird. far above the mountain
tops, and isl large enough for him and his 2O50
wives. The trees in America are so large that
II takes man whole day to walk around
one OF them, and they have cataract,
which they call Niagara Falls, where il
takes the water half an hour to tumble from
the top to the bottom" He went on with
other statements of the same kind to which
the sheik listened with an appearance OF
the most chidlike credulity, though he
probably believed about as much Of them
as had believed of his stories concerning
the Prince of Muscat
The Arabs explain their Inability to TIL
the truth by saying that once the Father of
All Evil came 10 earth with nine bags full
of lies. He distributed one bagful in Asia.
and in the evening came to Arabia intend
ing to go the next day into Africa and
Europe. When he walked in the morning,
he found that during the night the Arabs
had stolen and divided among themselves
the contents of the other eight bags.
Copyright 1891