The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-15
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diamond trimmed coat, evidently does not
,bInb The corridors u the hotel the placs
tor rersonal display. Yesterday he woFe
an 6rdInary blue business suit decorated
only BY a gold watch chain. His wife was
dressed plainly too.
The Prince, In an Interview he gave yes
,,siav proclaimed himself o believer In
sdyefti.inG and said that II would be n
.ood thing for India when u learned how
70 sdvertise. But the Prince showed that
hs vas lust learning the game himself, Tor
Ia rave only one interview yesterday.
although importuned for many more. He
,,onoed the torrent Of cards finally by giving
o,dera that not another ono should be cent
.l,ber TO himself OF to his secretaries. i
vil SEQ no one. I will talk 70 no one until
sb tomorrow morning. he said en-
phaticaly,
In his one interview he talked about HIM
.ef and his people. about the schools In
Raroda, how he had introduced oompul-
.orv education there and was now looking
for new ideas.
Il intend to adopt whatever / find that Is
good and leave you everything tnat IL
rad IS he said with a smile. There is
thing the American system OF education
will do in India, and that Is It viii tear
down the barriers OF caste
The Maharaja said that he was the Toe
Of caste and that he hoped 10 see IL dis
appear forever from India. But he wanted
il particularly understood by his hearers
that even il India had chung to the caste
system IL did not prevent a man rising oy
his own merit to the highest place in the
State. 1t was only in social matters mat
caste ruled.
e hope. said the Maharaja, earnestly.
that the day will come when the absurdi-
ties Of caste will be swept aside and men
will be measured by their merit and not by
their birth alone
The Prince told his audience that he
wouldn't mind having a republic II IL was
a GOOD one, but that education was neces-
sary FIRST, and 1t wasn't an easy task to
educate the millions OF India. just al
present, the Prince admitted, he himself
took the place Of a republic"
Il make the laws" said he. Il have the
power of life and death. There Is a Cabinet,
whose advice I take IL l choose. Some
times, IL they think a decree hive ISSUED
ia wrong and | find their views are based
on good grounds. 1 reconsider it
On the somewhat delicate subject OF
his relations with the British Government,
the Prince proved quite communicative.
The British Government, he said, had the
power to interfere, but IL did not assume
to govern. That, he said. would be re-
garded as Interference.
1t is like an earthen pot in q brass jar
be said. They travel together, but IL
you stretch the one you break the other.
the weaker one Of course
WELL Ou0 VI LID uutOt
Prince which country the earthen pot repre-
sented, be said. with q smile; oh take
your choice
When the Prince got to the subject OF
child marriages, some n asked him the
age Of his own wife. Soma few OF the
worlds po~tentates and great men might
have baked at that. but not the Mahafaja
Of Baroda. There wasn't a shade Of an
noyance on his face as he answered that she
was 80 years old. II the Maharani heard
In the next room she made no objection.
His daughter, be said, wal Ia, and engaged
to be married.
But l am trying to delay her marriage
as much as possible said her father. i
think people should not marry before they
are 10. ! myself, you know, made the law
barring all marriages under - years.
The Prince seemed to be rather amused
at the description given by missionaries
Of conditions In India. He said that the
trouble was that the missionaries thought
that he and his people were ignorant hea-
thens and forgot that they had made a
study OF philosophy and religion, giving
even more time to 1t than other people.
Religion, he said, was clearly q matter for
the individual conscience.
Our people, just like any other people,
he said, want to be let alone on the subject
Of religion. They hold certain beliefs
as sacred and they will not be changed.
Their philosophy is elastic. I think we
should leave a mans religion to himself.
II he lives his life % that he can die at peace
with his conscience he should have the
night to make q choice Of his own way. Re-
ligion to me is a study. 1t Is a school for
thought and most interesting
The Maharaia said he didn't mean to
o~riticise the missionaries. They had lone
q lot Of good work, such as founding hospi-
tails and teaching people the dignity OF
labor. THE uplifting Of the people along
the line Of education is the work we have
had TO face in India. We are D thrifty,
hard working class; we have energy and
we are trying, but az yet we have not learned
how to advertise. When we know how
We may accomplish more
The Prince said he looked forward to the
time when woman would be placed on a
higher plane in India. Personally, he
said, he should like to travel toward that
goal at the rate OF 100 miles an hour. But
our advance seems to be moro like a quarter
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