Evening star., 1912-06-30

faf ana VIDE Win tld1nSS OF the decision,
and there was great joy-on the part Of
the Hindu party. Everybody supposed
that the thing was settled, until, at a
meeting of the Mohammedans. a holy
dervish said: Friends. there Is still q
great power to whom We can appeal for
You mean AIlah?" asked one Of his
audience
NO" said the priest. mot Allah, but
a great instrument OF Allah on earth"
II you mean the English king he will
not hear us. He is too much surrounded
by courtiers and favorites."
20 my people. the English king IL great,
but tell you he is a child in the hands
Of this mighty power. Its name is Jud-
ish-al-Komih. The lawyer at Calcutta
has advised US to appeal to 1t and IL we
do will obtain true justice and defeat our
enemies.
Hail Judish- al -Komiti" cried his hear
ers. I'VE will send our lawyers to him,
and PROSTATE ourselves at his feet. Where
is this god to be found?'
I'm London replied the dervish. He
is very holy and austere and lives in a
little house near the palace of the i'm
peial mogul. but his wisdom is that Of
Solomon himself. and what he says is
and trembling, and what he Wills is
DONE
So, amidst intense enthusiasm. it was
decided to carry the Mohammedan case
Hindu people. however, either were
or pretended to be much entertained at
the innocence Of their rivals.
Foolish Ones" they jeered, don't you
know that there is no greater court than
the supreme court at Calcutta, which is
the court established by the emperor? ?
If you had audience Of the emperor he
would only say. These are my judges,
whom l pay to administer justice. What
they do they do in my name AS for
your new god, your Judish-al-Komiti.
who ever heard Of such being? You
deceive yourselves and waste your sub
stance amongst the lawyers.
Three months later the case came up
in the Downing street court, which re-
versed the decision Of the supreme court
Of Calcutta and found for the Mohamme-
dams. The cable sent to Calcutta was
telegraphed to the principal town OF the
province and from there to the villages
of the district. That evening the assist
ant commissioner Of Baghadr. alarmed
to see several bonf1res being lighted on
the nearby hilltops. hurriedly made IN
uuirieS. What Is the meaning oi tHhs
he asked, anxiously. Of a passing knit
matgar
1T is the people, o sahib," the native
replied, gravely, who are lighting fires
In honor Of tho new god who they say
rules the emperor-Judish-al-K l-Komit.r
whether q dusky potentate on tthe Gold
Coast would have relinQutshed, as ne did
quite readily, a throne which he firmly
believed belonged to him. had he known
that merely his majesty's lords OF ap-
peal, and not his majesty himself had de-
creed that he should do so, is question
able. This ebony monarch and neigh
boring chief Quarreled over boundary.
It would not have mattered much had 1t
not chanced that the boundary line passed
exactly through the site OF village con-
tanning a sacred chair or throne OF Office.
which each chief claimed belonged to him.
The wrangle got exciting and then seri-
GUS. but the chiefs were induced to adopt
the moro peaceful method Of going to law.
First they appeared before the local mag
istrate, and then, dissatisfied with his de-
cision. they appealed to the supreme
court Of the colony. 1t happened that one
of the first chiefs sons had been sent to
England to be educated, and, having been
called to the bar, had recently arrived In
Lagos, where he meant to practice.