The Washington herald., 1911-09-20

bilt on the Normandy coast in France
to-day her daughter by her first husband.
Miss Margaret Rutherford, will be mar
ried to Mr.. Ogden Mills, jE, only son of
Mr.. Ogden Mills, the well-known Ameri-
can financier. There will be only one
bridesmaid, the brides youngest sister.
Miss Barbara Rutherford. Mr.. William
O'D. Iselin, of New York, will be hest
man.
Mr.. Mills is a brother of Lady Granard,
who has just been visiting her mother
in New York, where she was Joined by
Lord Granard. They accompanied Mr.
and Mrs. Ogden Mills when they left New
York for the wedding. Both will be pres
ent at to-days wedding, which is to be
private and attended only by the nearest
relatives of both families, Lady Gra-
nard's twin sisters included. The bride
groom did not make the trip across with
the family party. but followed week
later. The young married couple will
spend their honeymoon travelling III Eu-
rope and will settle for the winter sea-
son in England.
The press dispatches have chronicleG
the death of Nizam of Hyderabad on the
last day of August, but not one of them
had anything to say about that ruler,
without whose aid there might not have
been a British-Indian empire to-day, for
it was he who stood by the British
during the fearful mutiny. The serious
ness of the situation was graphically
described by the governor of Bombay,
who in his great distress made the state
ment: IF the Nizam goes. all islost"
Like all of the Moslcm rulers of India,
the late sovereign of Hyderabad stag
gered under the load of a number of
names. He was his highness Asaf Jah
Muzza -fer-ul- -Mamalik. Nizam- Mulk.
Nlzam- ul-DJwla. Nawab Mir, Sir Mahub
Ali Khan Bahadur. He ruled over the
center of the DecCan plateau. and his
territory is about as large as the whole
of Great Britain. He was the premier
prince of the Indian empire. and was
born in 1856. He was a lineal descendant
OF Abu-Bakr the first calipha and the
first convert Of the prophet Mohamm"d-
He remained loyal through the mutiny'
though one word from him would have
ended British rule in India. as the other
rulers in rebellion had repeatedly offered
the leadership to him with the promise
to make him their emperor after the
massacre Of the hated GioUEs. More
than that When in 1875 a war with
Russia seemed imminent, the late NiZam
was one of the first of all the Indian
princes to come forward with an offer
to the Queen Of money and soldiers.
Several years later. at the time of the
Queens jubilee. he made fresh Offer
OF twenty lacks Of rupees 1ahout ""'""l
a year for three years for the purpose
of frontier defense in. the Hindu Kush
territory, whera the hrabi tribesmcn were
in revolt, to prevent the Russians from
taking advantage of the critical situa-
ton
II was he who was, in the first in
stance. responsible for the system under
which rulers of the native states were
encouraged to maintain small but we'll
equipped bodies of infantry and cavalry
for imperial defense; and both a.
soldier and as an organizer he did good
service TO the empire throughout his
reign. a title he was very proud of
was the ally of the English"
The NiZam was a keen sportsman and
one Of the best shots among the princes
of India. One of his favOrite pastimes
was to shoot at coin thrown into the
air The Nizam ruled over an area OF
about 10000 square miles in accordance
with the most enlightened and patriotic
ideas He introduced a scientific system
of revenue survey. developed enormously
the system of internal communications,
education, and sanitation.
"Once a King always a King" is the
royaIist axiom. Manuel of Portugal
rules no land. keeps no court. has no
army. is in fact nothing but a private
gentleman. but still ne is a King. And
England can boast another Of the same
cactcory. the Duke OF Orleans. Eng
land has always been noted as an asy-
Ium for kings out Of business and vet
Manuel has written letter to a Ger
man fnancier bemoaning the indiffer-
ence Of England to his troubles. Well,
he is young and ambitious, and doubtless
would like to emulate the deeds of other
pretenders and make rash bid for his
lost crown.
Great Britain cannot aid every king
who has lost his throne 1t has too
many irons in the fire as it is. Hence
1t stands aloOf from Portuguese affairs.
and youthful Manuel chafes and fumes
an no doubt plots and plans 1t is a
nice point Oh elNluelle "nelntT an en-
lied monarch. while enjoying the hospi-
tality of a foreign country, can be eX-
cused If he plots to recover his lost
crown and by so doing imperiIs the
good relations of his adopted COUNT
with other states. Most Englishmcn do
think King Manuel or the Duke of Or
leans grossly ungrateful If they use
their dOmiCile in England to hatch
schemes for the recovery of their lost
crowns. That point can be referred to
precedent.
The verdict upon it came from no less
autocratic a judge than Queen Victoria
Curiously enough, it was a French exile
who then caused the trouble only he was
the imperialist claimant and not the
Bourbon. After the fall of Napoleon III
and his escape to England the French
became greatly irritated at the alleged
plotting which went on upon English soil
Queen Victoria denied giving any en-
couragement or harbOrase to French
plots, but frankly admitted that it was