New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-19
AN ENGLISH SULTAN.

Sir Charles Brooke enjoys the unique distinction
Of being at one and the same time an English
citizen and foreign sovereigu-recognzed. indeed,
the latter by the BrItiEh Crown, on the same
footing the Indian feudatory rulers o. the first
class and therefore entitled as such TO salute Of
I4nesea guns and 10 al sorts OF other royal dis
t.nctons when he visits his native land lie is
Rajsb and Sultan CT Sarawak that IS TO say, of
al the northern and western portion Of The great
Malay island OF Borneo the throne Of which he
i1hsTsted from his uncle, Sir James Brooke The
latter intrusted jointly with the late Sir Harry
heppol with the command OF armed expedition
fitted out and dispatched by Lady BuTdet te-Coutts
the Strait Of AIaaeca for the purpose Of putting
end 10 the piracy which fifty years ago in
festet those seas. declined TO return with Sir Harry
10 England when their mission accomplished.
and entered the service OF the Sultan OF Borneo,
VINO little later on. in gratitude FOR his assist
sEca, ceded 20 him portion Of his dOmin!ons,
namely the SultanRte Of SaTawak. embracing
about one hundred thousand square miles,
lis nephew and successor served in the British
navy from 1870 10 49, and then quilted the service
70 Join his uncle and TO become his her, succeed
iaE 10 his throne about five and thirty years ago.
&c married 10 the sister Of Harry De Windt
the explorer. who spends so much time n this
country and who has attracted so much attention
by his repeated endeavOrs 10 cross from Alaska
e the most northeasterly point Of Siberia dryshod
Cve- the ice.
4 DYNAsTIC QUARREL
Just a. present Sir Charles Brooke Is a good deal
before the public in connection with what may be
described as 2 dynastic quarrel Some years ago
h invited his nephew. Brooke Johnson. 10 join
hin in Sarawak and appointed him governor Of
one OF his provinces postmaster general chief
Justice and ! believe also commander Of his army.
A. any rate Brooke johnson directed several mill
tsrv expeditions for the suppression Of Insured
tons and Tor the reduction Of unruly chiefs to
Eut5e lection IN some way or another ne seems to
have fallen out with his cousin-that IS TO say Sir
James Brookes son and heir to the throne Charles
Vyaer Brooke-who besides being member OF the
Travellers Club, in London. and graduate Of
@aEdalen College. Cambridge, Is a rajah under
his fathers sovereignty, and acts as regent in the
lstyer's absence. Whatever the origin OF the quar-
rel was, II resulted in Sir Charles dismssing his
nephew from hts service and banishing him from
E-s 5oniniCns.
Brooke Johnson thereUpon established hmseit as
trader in the Territory OF IAwas, belonging 10
the suItanate Of BUuei. Recently Sir Charles
Brooke purchased from the Sultan of Brunei the
sovereignty Of The province Of Lawas, and there
upon called on his nephew, Brooke Johnson. TO
clear out. This johnson. who has built up q !ucra-
tive trading business in Lawas, has refused TO do.
and, accordingly old Sir Charles. considerably
seventy years OF age, is marching at the head
OF en- army Offered by Englishmen and consist
ing q about ten thousand splendidly trained Ma
lay dyaks. armed the teeth. with the most mod
err magazine rifles and machine guns, into Lawas
70 drive out his nephew who announces his intsn-
ton Ct defending himself and his property TO the
last