The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-11
Religious Rulers.

itSliS1ouS Nuicrs.
This is the month of the star OF
bethlehem from whom all order and
religion worthy of the name comes.
and it is interesting to look at some
of the rays from THE Light of the
World that to millions OF men, for
thousands OF years, have been all that
they knew OF God. There is the Rama
of Oodeypore. Hindoos think him the
descendant of king, IN WON Wish
nu was incarnate, whose memory Is
so sacred that the mere repetition o.
his name by a Hindoo, or even his
parrot is an act OF merit and purl-
fication When a Hindoo prince feels
that he has lost caste. and been dis
graced by marrying a daughter OF the
Emperor of Delhi. under compulsion,
he has had recourse to the Rama. he
is the highest Hindoo--cheerful young
English officers of small imaginative
and sympathetic power call him their
top man" No Tfindoo sovereign can
be consecrated without his consent.
Neither in European nor As'atic poll
tics is there any one who occupies his
exact position, for he is not pope,
neither does he use all the powers of
the M'kado, though. like him. he rep
resents the gods, Rama and Vlshnu.
and stands for their will His success
sion has remained unbroken since 600
years 3. C. The Popes arc creations
of Yesterday. comparatively. and the
Bourhd Guelnhs. Gnihellines. no.
henzolt MS parvenus, named with the
Rama, sho h.>s ruled his tribe first
at Lahore and then In Oodevroro
df,00o square miles and only a million
ana quarter y oplel from the tiMs
the world was young and when the solar
race was possibly pure whlte-the Brah-
Minis are our iSinsmen, though they
crossed their blood early: have sur
viYed Alexander. in whose time they
were probably as old az the Cecils are
IiaN loft hn
perors with whose daughters they
boast that they have never contracted
concentrating marriage; have out
lived the Mahara ttas. and expect to
outiive the Barbarlans-that is, the
English-who for some mysterious pur-
pose of the All-Wise. are permitted to
make penknives and ssr !, piece &c, gods.
greatest Hindoo. and the next Oldest
and highest in rank, Is the ruler Of
Nepal, Jung Bahadoors' nominal mas
ter, the one undefiled Hindoo king who
has never yet snbmitt,,d to any. for
house would be to Hindoos What the
destruction of Gilman would be to
Turks. An insult to the Rama or to
this prince would be an insult to every
personal to each one of their race
An English officer, in describing the
Ramas death. said that all the people
wep; as for a near relative, great
ing on their breasts, The women OF
his household clamored to be sacr!-
feed on his fui~sral pyre, and In sign
of deepest grief and humiliation, every
man shaved off his beard-his honor
and glory. He was secretary OF lesa-
ton at oodevpore and witnessed the
scenes that followed the Maharana's
death The immense antiquity OF the
Maharanas family and trih<-Sreat
civilized rulers when the British We're
about as the Maoris of lo-dav-tat
tooed savages--commands the respect
OF .the Barbarians." who wisely up
hold his power - confirm the sue.
cession of the s q the emblem of the
Hindoo race, embiuzoned on tho Ma
harann's standard.
The passion for freedom which has
for thousands of years ruled this 'ribo
is an extraordinary tribute to the Ar
Van race. White blood, by the law