The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-28
NASRULL4A GOING HOME.
The Ameer's Son WIN Not STAY IN
England Until September.

LONDON Letter in New York Sun.
Saanzana NaSruna Khan has decided
not 20 take advantage OF his fathers per-
mission 20 remain IN England until Sep
sealfoer, and a great sigh OF relief has
gone up from Official and fashionable
London. Rurnor has it that Nasrulla's
decision IS due 20 an encounter with evil
o7nens. including a wild ass at the 10
olos1cs1 Gardens, which brayed without
ceaSng at his approach and refused TO be
comforted Anyhow ne is going, and his
nosrs are too happy 20 inquire overcloS<ly
into the motives
Evidence gathers that the young prince
has been rlsIcn happier since he left Lon
oon. lie mas seen plenty Of things 90 In
eerest him in towns like Birmingham.
Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow, such
as Tlfie making, cotton spinning, ship
onldlng and the like: but all reports
agree that nothing fascinated him So
much as electrical works. He spent an
hour at the power generating station con-
nec~ed With the Liverpool overhead rail-
way and wanted to stop longer. The
interpreters had a hard job to explain
the wonders OF electricity, and II is doubt
auI whether they succeeded in the end.
The Liverpool people dlsTing ed them
selves by presenting an address of well
come IN Persian, in which Nasrulla is
spoken of as a Pearl out of the ocean of
Mobility the Fruit OF the Tree of Chiv-
airy, a Star revolving In the orbit OF For
tune, and an suspicious bird soaring high
on ttle spiritual plane OF enlightenment"
which is not bad Tor cold-blooded sea-
far1ng folk and practical merchants and
traders. Liverpool also possesses a jewel
OF a bandmaSter, who having once heard
the Afghan national hymn played in In
dia- put II into music on hearing of Mas
rullas coming visit, taught his men, and
deIlghted the prince and his suite by play
ing II In creditable style on their arrival.
NasruLas progress through the coun-
try has not been unattended with friction.
lie has kept municipal dignitaries walt
ing his convenience for hours, and
has repeatedly Cancelled arrangements
made at great cost Of time and money.
At Glasgow he insited that his butchers.
as Well as his cooks, should be allowed 10
do their work at the hotel where he was
lodging although the city's laws prohib-
ited, under heavy penalties, slaughterinS
animals except at the licensed abattoirs
outside the Boundaries
But consolation is found for all these
troubles in the reflection that after all,
Nasrulla is not SO bad as the Shah OF Per-
STA, and that his visit is rapidly nearing
its conclusion. The Ameer has been kept
fully Informed of every movement of his
son. kilograms are dispatched in Per-
sian to the Afghan potentate at Peshawur,
whence they are forwarded by special rum
ners to Cabul. The time from London is
less than three days. The runners, who
are lightly clad and barefooted, and who
carry the dispatches on the end of stick
slung across the shoulder, run at fun
speed through the mountain passes. Each
stage of about five miles is traversed in
about three-quarters Of an hour.
The first experience of Nasrulia in A
lift or elevator occurred in hotel In Bir-
mingham. He refused to venture into the
car. but finally yielding TO persuasion,
sent one OF the hotel porters up in order
that he might see how the elevator werk-
ed. Even this did not satisfy him. for
when the porter came down he sent his
page up. When the boy came down he
sent his entire suite up. Upon their re-
turn they reported everything all right.
but the prince was not satisfied even then.
Pausing a moment, he suddenly decided
against the lift, and, turning away, walk
ed up the stairs,