Arizona republican., 1900-09-14
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Lord Curzon, in his capacity a. vice roy of India, has just issued a decree, which for high-handel despotism has never been exceeded by any of his pre- decessOrs as governor general, or in deed. by any European satrap of tE5 Orient. Not that there is any faui- t. find with the masterful young ruler of the immense Indian empire, with its teeming population of 3O0.OO0.G00 or more. Something of the kind hal b. come necessary in order t0 comba, a growing danger and evil The decree is nothing more or less than an order that the native sover5igns 1f India and the native chiefs are hencefOrtA not t1 quft their dominions, or to visit Eu- lope, without previously having asked and obtained permission from the viceroy. Several native rulers. notably the sovereigns of Baroda, of Kapur hala. Of Indore, etc. have acquired the habit constantly visiting Europe leaving their states in charge of native minis ters. ar1 expenCilg en1rmous sums ia connection with these trips. added to which som of them have manifested 2 tendency to intrigue with tho French the Russian and tka German govern ments in manner that Calu.t but cause concern at Calcutta. T. is with the object of putting a $ Q? tG this and of checking the growing evil nH absent cofsm that Lord CurZ1a ha taken this high handed step, which will be pro- ioUndly resented by all those native sCvereigns who have been of late grown to believe ,tat they Were fgII-feIged sovereigns on par with European roy atty.
 Recent grants by the Rrtisn crown of haronCtcieS to individuals wal are in every ssnsa Of the word If-ma7a men and of humble origin serve to call al tentiOn to the fact that King James I, although he sold bawnetcies for cash. the price ranging from $S.o0O t1 double tENt amount, he invariably declined to allow anyone to purchase this hercdi- tary dignity who was no of ancient lineage, and whose gran lfather. at least. on the par ntal s;J ?. had not en an "armifer." an esquir. entitled tp armOrial bearing by grant from the crown. If this rule had been adh red 10, it would have gone far to relieve the order of barouets from tho low es- timation in whicN it is now h-ld.
 Thorn arc five classes of bar1nets. VI l4f-l stll'i Dt tttSl Hlt the lf.lI..[l t'I 1G1l and f7o7, tha da or thr union with Scoturl. Tho sacond arc the baroncts of Ireland. who tate from between lGlS and 1891. the year If the Irish union. Then come the bar1nets of S-utlanI created between 1625 and 17GI. After that the composite bar3nets. those of Great Britain, created between HOT and 1901. and finally the baronets of the United Kingdom, as all baronetcies are styled which have been created since the beginning Of the present century.
 The bIrunetciGs conferred by King James were prOfassedly created with the object of raising money for the de- fense and maintainanc- of the Scotch settlement in Ireland known as Ulster. and it is for this reason that the bar0- nets of the United Kingdom and uf Ire land, and of Scotland. in fact. all tha barGnctcies save tn se created by King Charles I. are entitled to bear in the ar m0rial cnsigns the arms of Ulster. namely, a red hand. Listers Duss.s- sion of this peculiar hsraldic device is due 10 the fact that when the Scots first lau1gj in Ulster it Was agreed that the chieftan that first touched shore should be the prince of Ulster, WhereupOn one Of them. finding that AHe SdIlt| UI LlS flNdI was OUtStnppllS him, and lik, ly to win the rac.. deHbs-- ately hacked his left hand off with his sW rd and hurla il onto the beach. being thus, after all, the frs to touch land.
 The Daronctcies created by King Charles I bear different badges. and fr leu If the familiar red hand bear the arms of Nova Scotia. which tha pur- Chasers of tha dignity were authorized to quarter with their own. King Charles sold tn se baronetcies under the preteXt that the money was to b. used for the promotion ur Sir William AleXanGer's scheme fir the c1lpniza- ion If Nova Sco.ia. IL is in counac- tion with these so-calIel Nova Scotia baronetcies that vast amount Q. con fusion has arisen. Authority seems to have been conferred by the crown upon Sir William Alexander, subsequently, created Earl Uf Stirling, tV sell cer-