The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-19
La Marquise de Foneenoy

| ~ writing of the Gaekwar Of Baroda
IN th&se letters during the past two
4 years. l have frequently mentioned
that ne was persona non grata with
the rei2nins house of England. Per-
haps the news that he has been cited
! as correspondent In the Statham versus
Statham divorce case in London, tax
en- In conjunction with the fact that he
Is or an origin SO plebeian, and OF a
caste 50 low, that nearly all the other
Princes OF India, among whom pride OF
birth, blueness of blood and purity OF
lineage are carried to the extreme
look upoh him almost in the light of
Pariah, whose very touch Is con-
tamination, may serve to explain the
/ attitude of King George and of Queen
Mary towards him.
There is no prospect OF the Gaskwar
putting in an appearance In this d.
Norcc suit, for he is exempt from the
jurisdiction of the ordinary English
tribunals. This was determined by the
British Supreme Court of Appeal some
| fifteen years back, in the case of the
lato sultan OF Johorc. who. under the
lncosnito name of alfred Baker" first
wooed and then deserted, under circum-
lady Of the English middle classes. a
resident of Brighton, in Sussex She
thcrcupon brought suit against him
for breach of promise. the case being
. , T..
petition was thrown out of court, on
the ground that the Sultan of Jonore
was entitled to all the prerogatives in
the way of ex-territoriality. including
immunity from the jurisdiction OF the
British tribunals. rs Il sovereign ruler
OF the Orient subject to the suzerainty
OF the English crown, even though he
had masqueraded in England under the
incoEnito of alfred. Baker"
Ths same procedure will be followed
IN q oil nP
since the Secretary of state for India
has already furnished the president of
the divorce court with certificate to
the effect that the Gaekwar Is recog-
nized by Great Britain as relgning
sovereign, governing his own domin-
ions. under the suzerninty of Emperor
George.
do not know as vet whether the
Gaekwar OF Baroda was present at the
Durbar last week. But what can as
sert. in the most positive fashion, Is
that he was conspicuous by his absence
from the Dnrhar OF 1903 for Inc pro-
clamhtion OF Edward VII. as Kaisr-l-
Hind; also that after accepting tho
invitation to attend. and even after
starting on the Journey to Delhi. he
remained away al the last moment In
! conscuuencc Of his knowledge Of tho
insulting manner in which all the 9TH
Princes of India would hold alonf from,
him. and would subject him to tho most
contemptuous form OF ostracism and
hovcott.
Those who know India best do not
hesitate to assert that the Gaekwar
| (who has son studying at Harvard)
Is the prime mover and financial back
er of all the anti-English agitation In
india and It Is an undenlable fact
that in the case OF nearly every revo-
lutionist and terrorist outra &c by the
| natives against the English anthori-
| ties In tho last ten or fifteen years, tho
means and the Inspiration OF the
| crime have always been traced TO
Raroda. II the English government
continues to treat the Gaokwar with n
certain amount Of forbcarancc and
| consideration. instead OF removing him
| from his throne. as Il aid In tho case
] OF his predecessor, 1t Is because thsy