The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-04
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Washington, d. c., Jan. 4.-Major
M. Burke has been with Buffalo Bill"
all over the earth. Major Burke knows
more kings, emperors, shahs, khedives,
llamas and other rulers of the East
than any other ordinary American citi-
zen who has never Travelled. That's
natural because Major Burke has had
occasion to visit nearly every country
on the globe. "When kings and en-
perors and other exalted rulers OF
their people put their crowns in their
safes and sit down to chat with you
like the ordinary people," said Major
Burke today, "they are just about as
democratic as the president of this
or any other republic that have ever
met. In fact shahs, khedives, sultans,
kings and emperOrs are ordinarily
we'll bred gentlemen who represent
the acme of the various civilizations
with which they are associated and
over which they preside.
eve of America in our demand for
true democracy forget very frequently
that while our civilization is virtually
less than $50 years of age that of some
OF the Eastern countries dates back
before the days of Christian era.
II am constrained to make this as
sertion by the newspaper accounts of
the serious illness of the present Shah
of Persia. No potentate, prince or
ruler of any country on earth has
ever contributed mors,to'the welfare
and future characterization of the his
toric East than the present ruler of
that misunderstood country who pro-
duced Smar-Khyam-the Kingdom of
Persia.
"The history of Persia begins some
thousands of years before the Christ
ian era. For its earliest record his
torians have been dependent on the
Greek writer's to whose country their
conquests extended also to Egypt
about 300 B. c. The personality of
the rulers. The Son of God and 'Sha-
han Shah, Kings of Kings was I'M
known to the rulers and people of
Europe until the last few decades. Con-
sequently here in America little idea
of the sensation their advent created
when through modern means and safe
ty of travel two of the Persian rulers
in an interval of 16 years visited the
principal capitals of Europe. The
sacredness Of their personality caused
them to demand the most exacting
etiquette of the ancient character of
reverence due from those coming in
contact with them. The travel and
modern conditions effected, even in
them, some notifications of the most
striking kind the story of Nazar-el-
Adm and Monizuffer Ed Din meeting
in 1889 and 1905. The native Ameri-
can Indian and Buffalo Bill testifes.
THE tours of Col. Cody with his
Wild West have been fruitful of many
really interesting meetings with cele-
brated personages. none more so than
the Two Shahs of Persia. Many people
when these characters are described
as patrons of this American exhibit
ton are like doubling Thomases and
are mystified by the fact, that on in
quiry Col. Cody answers NO, certainly
not to the question has the Wild West
been in Persian Presence of two shahs
is explained by the accident that the
Sha Nazarel-Adm's visit occurred at
Paris when that August individual
was a guest of France and the Wild
West was in camp near the Port Des
Ternes at Neuielly under the walls
of the old fertilization, as the sensa-
ton of the year of the Exposition Uni
versatile 1889.
The Shah who is believed to be Oh
his deathbed was also guest of the
French nation and was testing the
waters at Vichy last year (19O5) when
the Wild West exhibited at that cele-
brated watering place. Col. Cody and
myself have had the pleasure of meet
ing a multitude of royal personages
and distinguished people, but none
were more interesting to us and none
more interested in our exhibitions of
American Indians and American 'front.'
Ter life. These potentates are among
the last OF the Lords anointed' pos
sence of that word whose slightest
sence of that world whose slightest
"Ioh VI Will was tue law VI IHe III
slant and clothed with full despotic
power over the lives and property of
their subjects. This whim business,
turned to compliment to the Wild
West in 1889. When Nazar-el-Adm
who had heard of us on his visit to
queen Victoria in London, upset the
French governmental programs sever
al days, by his decision to visit the
Wild West on the third day. First
day his visit to President Garnet at
the Elysee Palace.-second day the
Exposition-the third day by insist
ence to see Col. Cody, his Indians and
his COWBOYS. The official programs