Evening star., 1903-08-22

Prince William or Sake Weimar,
Although an alien ne helps to rule Great Britain.
to those with whom he has come into con-
tact officially in India. At least he Is I'M
known under his own proper name, but he
Is known and admired by millions of peo-
pie as Muller in Kipiing's enthralling
story, IN the Rukh." Kipling knew him
well in India, and has painted his portrait
to the life.
The gigantic German who was the head
OF the woods and forests of all India, head
ranger from Burma to Bombay he says
had Il habit of fitting bat-like withou.
warning from one place to another, and
turning up exactly where he least
looked for. Hia theory was that sudden
1isitations. the discovery of shortcomings
and a word-of-mouth upbraiding of a sub
ordinate were infinitely better than the
slow processes of correspondence thing
in after years to be counted against a for
est officers record.
AS he explained it: II only talk to my
boys like Dutch uncle dey say, 1T was
only dot damned old Muller" and dey do
better next dime. But if my fat head clerk
he write and say dot Muller, der inspector
general, fail to understand and is mucn
annoyed, first dot does no good because /
am not dere, and, second der fool dot
comes after me he may say to my best
boys: Look here, you haf been wigged
ny my predecessor" I tell you der big
brass hat pizness does not maze der trees
grow
"rukh,' the wise old German tells one of
his subordinate foresters:
II went into headquarters to make up
my rebort last month. l haf written haf-
hoI ho!-and der rest I haf leaved to my
g!eI ks and come out for a walk Der gov
erument is mad about dose reborts. 1 dold
der viceroy so at Simla.
"If 1 find you, Osborne, sitting in your
bungalow und Matching reborts to me about
der plantations instead of riding der blan-
tatfons will dransfer you to der middle
of der Bikaneer Desert to reforest him. I
am sick of reborts und chewing paper when
we should do our work"
Other Germans in England's Service.
Another German scientist who has risen
to distinction in the British service Is Sir
Ferdinand Won Mueller, K.C.M.G. He has
been the head of the botanical department
in the colony OF Victoria since 1852. having
attained that high position at the early age
of twenty-seven. He was born and educat
ed In Germany and Is a baron of the king
dom of Wurtemberg, as well as a British
knight.
There are many distinguished nom British
administrators in nearly all of Englands
colonies who hold high positions and titles
of honor; but they are mostly natives OF
the colonies in which they serve, and there
fore can hardly be reckoned among Eng
lands foreign rulers. Sir Virgile Naz,
K.C.MG., a prominent member of the legis-
lative council of Mauritius, and Sir Sal
vatore Naudi. a Maltese judge and iegis-
lator of note, are good types of this class
of administrator A still better type was
the late Sir Conrad Reeves, the mulatto
newsboy of Barbados who became chic;
justice of that colony and was knighted by
the queen.
The Rise of Mulatto.
He sold newspapers in the streets 50
energetically that he attracted the atten-
ton of the newspaper proprietors, who
gave him a chance a reporter He
worked hard and became editor, studied
law at nights, saved money, went to Eng
land and was admitted to the bar at the
Middle Temple. Then he returned to Ear
bados and set up In practice as barrister.
At first he had a hard struggle. Peo-
pie who had known him ragged urchin
in the streets did not care to intrust him
with the Strengthening of their legal diff
culties. But he persevered and conducted
his cases so brilliantly that he was soon
the leading local barrister.
He went into politics and strenuously
attacked the shortcomings of the govern
ment Nevertheless. the government recog-
nized his ability by making him attorney
general. That was an unheard-of honor
for a colored man at this time-twenty
years ago-and 1t provoked a good deal of
criticism. The government retorted by max
Ing him chief justice as soon as there was
a vacancy, thereby breaking a favorite
rule in British administration which decrees
that no native of a British crown colony
should be a Judge in that colony. The
nnulatto obtained an office denied to hun
dreds of distinguished white barristers all
over the British empire.
One of the well-known legislators of Cape
Colony the Hon. Frederic Schermbaucker,
is German. He was born near Frankfort
ont Main and served In the Bavarian
army before he emigrated to South Africa
He has never been naturalized, but that fact
does not seem to interfere with his politi
cal career under the British flag.
And 80 the tale might go on Indefinitely
Whatever part of the British empire the
traveller visits he finds foreigners among
England's best servants and rulers, and as
often as not they still owe technical allie
glance to the flag under which they were
born.