Arizona republican., 1899-08-24
FOREIGN NOTES
AND COMMENT

There ara few persons On either side
OF the Atlantic taking interest in sport
who have not heard CT and admired
the prowess OF the East Indian prince.
Raljitsingji, on the cricket field He
shares with D.. Grace the pre-emi-
hence Of champion cr;cketer of the
United Kingdom Until recently the
prince has merely been I0oked upon
as i phenomenon at .he wickets. but
ne is now coming before the English
people as the victim Of q gross piece
/ OF injustice paIpetrated by the British
authorities in India 1t seems that
! the prince with the sanction of .he
/ English government, was proclaimed
! by lis 61Optive father. the ruler of the
sovereign state Of NoWauagar. IS his
/ nair and successor. It WIS stipulated
( at the time, both by she government
OF the state and by Great Britain. that
nothing should be allowed to disturb
MS status as heir or his succession to
| the -hr3la except the birth Of e son
to his adaptive father. Jam Saheb. by
one Ct his Raiput wives, welded to
him by such nuptial ties as alone are
! sanctioned among the R3jputs by law,
custom and religion, and therefore en-
Titled 10 the rank, dignity, and style
CT Rance. The late Jam S8heb had
no les than thirteen legitimate wives
VINO were RANGES. and five Mohamme-
dan Odalisques, slaves CT cOncubines
TO which latter the old prince was n
no sense married. None Ct his wives
/ bore him any son VINO survived Ac-
cofttng to areement, proclamation and
promise The cid princes adopted son.
q 7s0TT- Es1711 H.
fore entitled to the throne whsn Jam
S3heb died. In spite Of this the rights
Of Prince Ranjits:ngji ID the succession
nave been set aside in favor OF 4 son
CT the cid prince by one of his c0ncu-
bines, and the dusky crickc. CHAMPION
therefore finds himself today not only
without throne. but even without re-
sources, since his real family is z very
poor one. Until now he has been able
10 obtain no explanation from the
British government for its aui0n to-
ward him in failing to observe the
agreement with regard to his rights TO
succession to the Throne and fortune
Ct his adaptive father. But now the
mater IS being brought up III parIia-
m6nt by legislators whose sympathies
in his behalf have been aroused by his
record with the bat. 1t remains to be
seen whEther the British government
viii BE willing to rant some kind Of
redress, financial or Otherwise TO the
prince. If il does not, he may be div
en- by financial stress to become pro-
1essiOnaI cricketer, and to earn a I've
HhCod, 50 to speak. "On the run
Poor old Sir Edward Thornton left
so many friends in this country. where
he lived for num5sr Of years as Eng
T5-I, E7o
enjoyed such an eminent reputation
Tor responsibility and for the most
punctiliOus strictness il all his inan-
cal dealings. that one cannot help
feeling sorry to see his honOTed name /
constantly cropping up in London IN
connection with more OF less shady
stock companies, on the boards Of
management of which he figures either /
as chairman or as director TWO years (
ego he was involved as president Of /
the Globe Exploration company, N /
London. in ar extremely discreditabla I
fEbUstering expedition. which led 70 /
the arrest and long detention. first IN /
a Moorish prison and then in an Eng /
lish jail. Of the principal officer ard /
agents OF the concern, who had merely .
execU.ed the orders given to them by /
Sir Edward as president Of the enter j
prise. And now Sir Edwards name IS /
cropping up once more IS president Ct /
a more or less doubtful Siberian gold .
nine company. which has become IN
vowed in legal proceedings and 1
charges Of fraud. Of course. no one
who knows s. Edward would dream
for a moment that N has knowingly
been a party to any fraud: yet he is
lending his name IN such n indiscrim-
mate fashion that he IS bound N due
course 10 have 10 face the alternative
Of being looked upon IN the eyes Of his
fellow countrymen either as = knave
or as a fol
Talking of city companies, another
one which is just now engaging the
of the British public in 4
manner the reverse of agreeable TO che
DeopIe connected Herewith, and which
is known as the London and Man
chester Warehouse company" has