The Washington herald., 1911-06-26
INDIA At THE CORONATION

the Maharsja Of GwalIor-who have to
be content with nineteen guns apiece
The Maharaja Of Bil<aner and the Maha-
raJa Of ,Patiala have seventeen. the Ma.
haraja OF Idar fifteen. the Maharaja Of
Kuch Behar thirteen, and the Thakor
Sahib Of GondaL the Raja Of RajpipIa.
and the Rata of Pudukotai eleven.
Baroda, over which the Gaekwar (cow-
herd rules, has been fully described in
these letters on the occasion Of his visit
to this country last year. 1t is a compact
territory In the northwest of India and
is thickly populated. He is an enlight-
ened ruler, who was educated in England.
His country is perhaps the most pros
porous OF the whole of India
Bikaner and Jodhpur are the two larg-
est states in Rajputana. This district Is
inhabited by the ancient Hindu Aryan
tribes, collectively known as Raiputs.
which literally means "of princely de-
scent" Being frontier province, Raj
putana has always been the fighting
ground OF Hindustan, and all the inva-
sions have rolled along its borders. The
Maharaja of Patiala represents a state
which lies IN the Punjab.
This Maharaja Is a Sikh That
caste, from being the bravest enemies of
British rule. have become ,England's
closest friends; at least this IL the pre-
vailing opinion. The policy Of Lord Law
renee at the time Of the. Indian mutiny
was brave 1t was more than brave; 1t
was almost rash. But it did good deal
toward saving the Indian empire. Only
few years before the Sikh army had
made a determined stand at chiIlianwal-
TaA Av.N
fight at Gujerrat. Lord Lawrence when
the mutiny broke out threw himself and
the empire upon their loyalty and sent
Gen. Havelock down south. The Sikhs
stood by him, though the foreign ONCE
censlred him. The empire was saved.
Rajpipla, Gondal, and Idar are small
states grouped under the government of
Bombay. Indore, Gwalior, and Rhopal
are In Central India and form parts Of q
group which includes a number Of states,
some of which are very small in area,
but which have feudal relations with the
larger ones, the whole being under the
control Of the British government
The Kaiser's chancellor, Won Bethmann-
Hollweg, has declined the dignity Of
'graf' Cor count, q higher rung in the
ladder of the nobility of Prussia which
the Emperor had offered him as a token
Of his gratitude for the chancellors "able
assistance In passing the new constitu-
ton OF AlsaceS Lorraine, as well as the
amendments to the workmen's insurance
law" The Kaiser, after thanking the
chancellor for his statesmanship and per-
severance in the interests Of the empire.
presented him with his portrait, the sight
OF which, he said, always will remind
him OF the donors gratitude
Herr Won Bethmann-Hollweg recently
has risen high in the estimation Of the
more moderate wings OF the Liberal and
the Radical parties, owing to his free
dom from Conservative prejudice in his
treatment OF the Alsace-Lorraine bill
The chancelior's grant to the ReIchlande,
though conquered provinces of the Ger
man empire, of a franchise which prac-
tically is manhood suffrage has greatly
imbittered the Conservatives in their
fear Of French aggression. This irrita-
tion has been heightened still more by
the welcome given by him to the CO.
operation OF the Socialists not only In
this particular measure, but also in the
consideration Of the workingmen's in
surance bill before the Reichstag.
The "Junkers" (Agrarians and ultra
Conservatives) have suspected the chan
cellor for a long time OF a too liberal
leaning IN his treatment Of the Reichs.
lande. But since the Kaiser's open stand
in support and, worse still. in praise OF
his chancellor. the Junkers openly ac-
cuse the Kaiser of the same policy. There
is also much depression in the same
ranks over the Kaiser's interview with
Ramsey Macdonald. the British labor
leader, and the evident pleasure he took
in conversing with the man and hearing
his political ideas. The Agrarians may
retaliate by opposition to the next naval
budget They are by far the strongest
party, single-handed, IN the Reichstag.
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