The Washington herald., 1911-06-26

Wuo4 one cOuSloorb tnot Lno PE05cnOS
Of the East Indian rulers ct the corona
tion festivities, now in full swing in Eng
land. mainly was desired to add spectaou-
lar luster to the ceremonies Il must coma
as q surprise to the world that the SOW
ereigns Of the two greatest native states,
these Of Hyderabad and OF Mysore, have
declined the Invitation OF the British. gov
eminent. The excuse sent was that
neither Of these rulers cared to cross
the seas" OF course, there Is something
back Of this refusal 20 comply with what
IL regsrdsd generally az command"
and It is pretty near the truth to assert
that these naughty princes do not pro-
pose to run the risk Of being classed
az mere yassals' OF the British KING as
they were made at King Edwards coro-
nation durbar, when Lord Curzon, the
then viceroy Of India, failed to visit their
countries in return for the honor they
had bestowed upon their equal" the
King Of England. by accepting the h-
vitation to attend the durbar at Delhi"
Since the policy adopted by Great Brit
ain toward their East Indian depend
encies is to foster belief that the ma
tive princes are Independent" rulers-a
very pleasant and harmless sort Of fiction
IN times of peace. as British troops, COM
manded by British officers. are quartered
in all those territories-it certainly was a
faux pas" on the part OF the viceroy to
stir up bad blood and resentment quite
unnecessarily, and to-day the British
King and his government are being made
20 he ErrNt hA nd
yet. For II is foregone conclusion that
not only the Nizam Of Hyderabad (Asaf
Jah-ul- Mulk; Mir Sir Mabbub All Khan,
Fatch Jung. premier prince OF the In
dian empire) and the Maharaja of Ny
sore (Sir Krishnaraja Wadiyar BahaAur),
q close second in Importance to the for-
mer. but a number Of other native rulers
haVc decided to stay away from the dur
bar which Is planned in celebration Of
the coronation Of the present King Of
England. To tell the truth, do not like
the looks of II ALL In India more than
anywhere else on earth coming events
cast their shadows before.
Those Of the native East Indian rulers
who are attending the present coronation
festivities In London are:
MaharaJa Sir Madho Rao Scindhia, Ba-
hadur OF Gwalior.
Maharaje Sir Pratap Singh. Bahadur Of
Idar. n
MaharaJa sIr Nripendra Narayan Bhup,
Bahadur OF Kuch Behar, and his wife, the
Maharina Saheba of Kuca Behar.
Maharata Dhiraja Singh, Bahadur Of
Patiala.
Thakor saheb Sir DhagwatsinhJi, OF
Gondal, and his wife, the Rani saheba Of
Gondal
Maharana shri ChatrasinhJi Gambhir
Sinhji. of RaJpipla.
Rata Martanda Rhairava Tondiman. Ba-
hodr Of PudukotaL
Sultan Muhammai Shah. Agha Khan.
Maharaja Sir Gunga Singh, Bahadur Of
Bikaner.
Maharaja Sir 5ayaji Rao. Gaekwar Ba-
hadur of Baroda, and his wife. the Ma
harani Sahebi OF BaYoda CThe Gaekwar
and .tre Maharani are known to Ameri-
cans. having travelled In this country
only last year.)
Maharaja Dhiraja sawai TukoJ Rao
HoIkar. Bahadur Of Indore. and her high
ness MaharanI Sahebf OF Indore.
Nawab Sultan Jahan, Begun of Bhopal,
the only woman ruler, and Col Sahib-
zada Obaidulla Khan, son OF the Begun.
MaharaJa Samuraio Singh OF Jodhpur.
Nahar Singh, Raja Dhiraj. of Shahpura.
A mere handful Of what India ought to
have sent as her representation on such
an. occasion. Yet these princes are very
big people in their own country, and they
enjoy a carefully graded order Of pBece-
dence.as to the number OF gun salutes to
whicR the native princes are entitled in
their own states and also in other parts
OF India OF those given above the Gaek-
war Of Baroda comes highest on the list
In his own state he is entitled to a salute
OF twenty.one guns. Next to the Gaek-
war comes a group Of three-the Begun
OF .Bhopal, the Maharaja OF Indors, and