New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-25
PiJAHS. NEW AND OLD STYLE.
THE SPORTING VARIETY THE BEST SUBSTITUTE
FOR THE TroUsERLEsS IDENTIFIED ONES.

FOR THE TPOJ SERITSS. IDENTIFIED ONES.
q. w. Stevens in The London Daily Mail.
OF rajahs there are very many kinds. ana
much thouSht and care has been eNPetiu'u W,
the theory ard practice OF th'lr li"I"C ,'''''
The Government Of India. while usually lrd'InE
tharn To- themselves has made IN exception III
the case If their manufacture" 1t IS exceptional
that native STATE passes to an aduit NJ" a
Ia juh's life Is not healthy one. tHc aFeidH' "S1
OF the ruling princes appears 10 be- ABOUT seven
tran-q and the Government Of India educaics inc
minors For young IaJput chiefs there ~ the
Nav1 College at AjmIr. rulers OF wider influence
usually have 4 governor toId OK ID 'Il''' i'''"
the Indian civil Service or stan Corps.
Th. question is what sort Of man YOU Sh"ud
aim AZ pro lucing The Old-fashOncd good raJah
the conservative. pIouS ruler. on Eo'd 'eLHl9
with his resident and his subjects aHhr' puO
impartilllv diSliking champagne. Sahlili""'
bonIimak.rs female education and trousers
was perhaps Tho most satisfactory certainly me
most Iiguilicd. type. but he. alaS. thous' sun
extant here ana there. must shorty ore o"l'
With him As A compensation. VIII piOpdDlN pr
isb th, old fashioned bad one. the intrguer ana
blIckmailor. who took greedily To CHAMPAGNE
and bOokmlkcrs. drd-uoW ara tn"h lI"'S'''
but hated sanitation and female "du' a'l'" ","c
the loss OF tn new generation the most l'-
rnIIiar tvpn is the sporting r1l2h. In Whdl was
practically the final Of this years polo c"Ah
pionship. the Patiala and Kotah teams "rit
each ca2taincd by thu Maharajah. Other N'uhS
chiefs are not Jess .mIn"Ht in tn" saddle anu
tb, NIah1railh Of PItiIlI is 4 Keen ana u7'lu
crickrtcr. The Nzam Of Hyderabad is or was
almost the best shot IN the world. At ms best
tn. sporting raJah is probably tn" bes. solution
Of the difficulty IF keeping a man manly "h'h
Won deny him his hereditary pursuit oi war
~ his WoTst-aud there Is a Worst-he becomes
4 bad imitation Of the less g"nilemaniy klhi 81
sportine pacr In both cases IT is hard L" S't
him - take the least interest in the affairs 81
his subject Is. ,,
After all. why should he II 4 second Akpar
were born i'm India we should not let him RUE
in his own way. ana he would IN that case
rather not rule At all # is childish 70 blame
TN. raiah for being oriental.
Thus sc"-saw the native states Of INDIA over
"a third IF its area. over fourth of us popula
ton Up with good rajah-down with bad'
most up with a very bad who brings IN Brlt =
ish administrator Many Of their people would
like to hc annexed go British lnd,a; others pre-
fer things rs they arr-espccially everybody
even disiantly connected with the public ser
vice W. might annex thtm-ther" Is never
any lack Of rretcXt-anI "" might leave them
entirely alone 90 serge Is awful examples, ana
make our subjects contentcd by the contrast
Instead of that We lo--aS always in lndia-thc
straight and disintcrested thing. We are toler-
ant Of the rajah a lorg As H. ~ possible. ana
succor his people when he is not. Thus-as
always in India-we get no thanks from either