The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-09
AN INDIAN PRINCE SLIPS IN
THE utH IN ~ or HOt n
M W cows INiNNOt NCED.
Merely PASSING Throukh Berau.- TIE In
derSisod New NOrk wasn't worm
wasting Time On quotes kIpiinS, hu'
says ne isn't Proper Guide iO india


New York ~ getting So used ." enter
tanning royalties that the second Indian
Prince in visit New York this sun'rer
slipped In Yesterday unheralded. ~" -
the Maharaja 81 MouTbhanj. which -
small State IN central India, and he -
making trip around the world IN get
rid ~ malaria. which b" caught VIM"
hunting IA the JunGlss 1T his prin''-
palty The Mnharaja n a young man "t
81 "a. wears IA business suit at gray.
with "A soft gray hat. aud lac ~ unaccom-
panied by a single servant
Tn. Mahara ia who ~ AT the Waldorf
Astoria. "a ID that he il leaving Tomorrow
ON the Mauretania after having been IN
New York less than forty eight hours
tn. reason was that he had put his tour
la the hands % the Canadian Pacific Rail
ROAD agents ~ India. and said they had
told him u was not worth while wasting
any time upon New York. In explain.
ing his mastery of English he said hs had
studded under English tutors and ~ a
graduate of ia. University ~ Calcutta
-Mourhhani ~ about 2OO miles from
Calcutta. said the Maharaja You may
not find N On Your maps, but YOU VIII
probably lind the capital. which u bari-
Iada The population ~ the country
which IL in the province OF Bengal. N
over en- .O0o. and nf this number fully %
per cent are IL the aboriginal tribes VINO
were conquered some 500 years ago
The authentic records II my country
date back To about the middle ot IN.
tenth century In fact | have an old
copper plate ~ that tim. which belon ged
To an ancestor Who was chief OF the
country
4 rame over by way Of China and ia
pan said the MahAraja in answer 70
question, and I found japan beautiful
You know that Rudyard Ktpling Sayz that
the East will always be East and the West
West In my opinion Japan ~ demon
-trating the unSoundnesS Of Mr. KiplnR =
statement Japan ~ proving that u "
possible for IN" East and the West to har-
moniZe
II j. said that IN India the T,eople do
not set much store hy klpling. was Sug-
We'll said the Prince. -Kipling - not
n proper guide Ia India He does not give
a fair idea Of the country and ats people
II u dlficult to specify any particular DE-
scriptIon. for II ~ the spirit IN which
Kipling writes rather than anything he
says His spirit ~ not very friendly TO
the people 81 India But at the same
time he has distorted facts. and the re-
suit IL that people who read him do not
GO; a proper light on India. Perhaps he
strives Tor literary effect
I do not approve IT people trying 20
d-Cry British rule IN India. sa,d the
MaharaJA IN answer to a question. In
years 70 British rule Nes. | know the
Gaekwar of Barodh No, do not keen
standing army aid the MaharaJa with
= smile The truth ~ ! am too poor to
afford such luxury Tn" hest ] can do
IL to MAINTAIN a little force Of 3OO police
AgrIcultur. il the principal industry ~
my country. hut while We are doing all We
can | fear are not using as improved
meth pd= A. | have ~'a'n on my way her"
" are seriously handicapped nv the fact
that ours ~ a Jungle state. a great portion
Il the country being absolutely uncultl-
Vshle such a. u under cultivation -
mostly IN little farms VI two or three acres
Perhap@ " there were thousands ~ acTs-
/ cultiVable ia places We might be trying
irrigation and steam plOughE.
The country abound- IN Wild els-
phants tigers and all sorts of hug game
The greatest menace To the people are the
Indian bearS. which an. hug" black crea 10
tIr,s- and very ferCs They maui SOM
thing like gsl - my peoph. every ysnr
OF course this number IL not killed. The
black tear mako excellent hunting
Yes | have had some encounters with
them | have sr-nt the Las, twenty years
IN the forests That - how got malaria
You "" have jungle fever ther" too,
which - "A very rsroIS thing
4 hav. a lrtlr railway thirty-thr'-e
miles long with a foot inch gauge
called IN" MOurthanJ stat" light Ran
wsy. which connects with the BENGAL
. railway
As Tor the religion 81 my T@ople. that
II the AhorIginal- really has no name.
An official some time ago called II am
MYSTIC religion. NOR. ] should say. Tor
c-nSIs purposes than anything else Tn"
religions had 90 -. class ii..d. and A. this
religion had no name h. gave u one. The
p~ople worship the forces ~ natur.
Then again they take a prominent hIll
or a bug stream or a jungle and worship u
a. representing the deity presiding over
the place The rest 81 IN" population arr.
simply HindiIs that ~ To say they fe
lieve in BrahminiSm. or ~ some call u
VedAntism am Nedantist I b-lieve
that what IN the world about ~
/ arr Illusions. and that the only realities
ar" what We cannot 49, Nedanti-m ha-
: nothing 20 do with thaoSophy. II N akin
20 the romantic philosophy ~ Germany
I az cour-" IN my opinion II Is the real
religion.