Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-05-04
KINGS AS PRISONERS.
RULERS WHO HAVE FALLEN IN.
TO ENGLAND's HANDS.

How Britain Treats Her Royal Cap
lives, of Whom She Has Had Several
Within u Very Few Ycars-Generai
Cronje at st. Helena.
An insight may be gained as to trea,
ment in store for leaders Of the Bocr
republics who may suffer defeat and
fail to escape into either German or
Portuguese territory by comparison
with that of princes aud kings held
captive heretofore by the British gov
eminent. In 1919 when the State Of
Maharajah Dhuleep Singh was finally
annexed to the Indian empire. that
potentate was requested" to take up
his residence in Ilngland-the induces
ment OF IL ready compliance being
added by the promise Of a yearly i'll
come of $24O.OO0, with nothing at all
us an alternative. Dhuleep Singh Wise
ly acquiesced, purchased the fine es-
tate of Brandon in Norfolk, upon which
he resided for many years as Il wealthy
English country gentleman.
Though during this period the ma
larajah frequently expressed the de-
sire to revisit his native country, pro
Tossing the Utmost loyalty to the en-
press queen, yet lie was never permit
ted to travel east of the istlunus OF
SueZ. In this case the bond seems to
have descended upon the heads of his
children, for while his IONS have IL
tered the British army and one of
them. Prince Victor, recently married
the daughter of the Earl of Coventry.
yet they have never been allowed to
set eyes on tile land over which their
ancestors ruled.
Approaching Calcutta on the left
bank of the HULL River at Garden
Beach the visitor will have pointed cut
the fine pal;. ce of the late Valid Ali,
King of OuGll. There from 1856 until
II recent date this prince was held i'll
s~emi-captivity upon an annual allow
ance OF $GO0,O0O, the only proviso as to
his freedom of action being that lie
should not leave the vicinity of Calcut-
tn. The King of Oudh, true to those
prodigal hereditary instincts which
| VI sAiJOuG Ills WV nun IOl OI1lN
managed to eNpend this large sum-, but
in the keeping of snake mounds.
menageries and other costly forms OF
amusement dear to the oriental MIND
was obliged to draw frequently upon
the imperial treasury for further
amounts. The generosity and leniency
with which he was nus treated was
Il ,,,,n1,oI1,, <l,,> - %J,, r,a% %Ir+ l,o .ts.n.,l
no armed resistance to his own deposit
ton. Blazing with jewels and seated
i'll IL smart equipage, with servants in
royal liveries, the King of Oudh was
often n conspicuous figure on the Cal
cutta m%aidan-the famous park where
the society of the Indian capital takes
IN outing after the heat of the day has
passed.
Far different was the fate of the poor
old Baladur Shah, last of the Great
Moguls. After the fall of Delhi in 1851
he was tried for high treason and sent
as 81 state prisoner to Rangoon. There.
in Il small hut, the only lineal descend
ant of Shah Jehan and Aurangzeb
passed the remainder of his days, un-
noticed and upon II mere pittance. AS,
however. both of his IONS were slaugh-
tered INC n less culpable rebel leader,
Tantia Topi, was executed, he may
have thought himself fortunate to es-
cape with his life.
Near Colombo, in Ceylon, England
still holds in light durance Arabi
Pasha and his colleagues of the Egyp-
tian rebellion OF 1882. While Arab has
Mot ceased to bemonn his fate and USE
1essly petition the British government
for permission to return to Egypt, yet,
considering the nature of his %offense,
and that he was sentenced to death, his
lot cannot be considered %burdensome.
Provided with an income sufficient for
his wants, n pleasant residence, permits
sion accorded him to receive visitors
and a considerable Measure of freedom
within the district. he would undoubt.
edly have been worse off had his sue
cessful enemies been his own race and
religion.
OF minor p%otentates England has ut
present n African. being confined to
the limits of that island in the South
Atlantic made famous as the prison of
the great Napoleon, and another ever
the far less desirable residence Of Cape
Coast Castle. For several years Cete-
wayo. king Of the Zulus. was held an
unassigned prisoner ut Glowe, near the
scene of the present military operations
in Natal, where lie died before the
promise Of restoration to his throne
was carried into effect.-St. Louis
GlObe-DemOcrat.
MONOPOLY IN CABLE BUILDING.
ENGLAND Alone Can I.ax releuran b