The New York herald., 1921-07-13
DOUBT ENSHROUDS
AFGHAN PRINCESS
At Any Rate Her Royal
iHighness Visits the Mayor
and Mount W00lwOrth.
WHO'S WHO, ANYHOW?
Prince M0hammed Vail
Khan Never Hear1 OF Her
or Her Diamond.
AND HE'S AN AFGHAN TOO
Some Kind Of Mixup in Line
age Seems to Be Involved
in Matter.
AND HE'S AN AFGHAN TOO

The waldorfs Afghan Princess--the
lady Of the jewelled nostril, the stem
cilled eyebrows, the three-ply rope or
pearls. the diamond rivalling kohinoor
and the name -curiously like that OF a
certain brand of cigarettes-took her
three sons to visit Mayor Hylan at
City Hall yesterday. AS Sultan to
Sultana he conversed with her, and
she found him overfiowing with such
excellent facts as the area of her
native land, 245.oo0 square miles.
From the Mayors Office she ascended
Mount Woolworth for the sake Of the
to the Waldorf. and was resting there
in her corner suite when a courier
brought appalling news. 1t was no
less than this: An envoy from the
royal court OF Afghanistan. Prince Mo
hammed Wall Khan sent 10 this coun-
try to negotiate for the esta blishment
OF an embassy of his nation in Wash
ington. had said that he had never
heard Of her.
Prince Mohammed Wall Khan was at
the Hotel PlezA He was interviewed
One thing and another led to the ques-
ton. Have you called upon the Prirl-
cess at the Waldorf" His counsellor
and Interpreter Faiz Mohammed Khan,
translated Il from English to Persian
The two had long colloduy, turning
to the inter viewers. the interpreter said
"His Excellency wishes to say that
we do net know this Princess. We have
never heard of her. Mind, we do not
mean TO say anything against her. Tnere
are - 900 900 people in our country, ana
perhaps she may come from some OF
those who settled in India following our
war with England, forty years ago. but
i,f she calls upon His EEceleney the
Prince will be happy to receive heF'
Conflict Over who's Who.
The diamond was mentioned By the
callers They told the Prince about its
Atty karats. its romantic history pack 10
the days Of Alexander the Great, its ap-
nraisal at half a million dollars. lAe
Prince shook his head sadly.
wis Excellency says" offered the IN
te-preter. that he never heard OF the
diamond"
The Prince took the o'clock train 10Y
washington, where. IL was explained ne
had an appointment for conferences
with Secretary Of State Hughes
reporters duty took him next TO
the waldorf. turbanned young man
at the door OF the suite said that the
Princess. having just come from tne
functions of the afternoon. was little
tired and was not to be seen. But when
he learned what the Prince had said he
exclaimed Wait ten minutes, please
IN less than that time the visitor was
ushered into the presence OF the Princess
and her three sons. She sat on couch.
Her attire Was the same as 1t had been
AZ CITY Hall--fowered b-ocaded PINK
attn dress ending ~ the kneeeap'
brown silk ctockings. patent leather
shoes with gilt or perhaps golden buckles.
rauzy Nile green veil large enough TO
cover her whole person. now thrown over
her shoulders Her facial ornament, de-
ecribsd as white sapphire, nestled
against the right side Of her nose. Three
rings-turquoise ruby and diamond
great dangling yellow earrings, diamonds
in her hair golden bracelets on either
wrist Her two older sons had on their
red and blue turbans the 'ittle boy and
hstrachan fez.
This straightens II Out.
The Princess moved her hands rapidly.
and often shook forehnger for EN-
phasis. ns she told her oldest son, Prince
Mohammed Hsshim. what was to he
said. II was almost incredible. he told
the reporter, that Prince Wall had said
such things. but since IL was so tesfineu
here was the answer. The Princess was
IN direct line from Afghan royalty. the
Prince Wall was not. Her fathers father
was the Ameer Mohammed Zamann
Khan. ruler of the absolute monarchy
OF Afghanistan. That made her the
granddaughter of a King. AS for the
Prince. there was no Ameer among his
ancestors.
He was merely the greatgrandson Of
brother of the Ameer Dost Mohamned
Khan. who ascended the throne upon
the death Of her grandfather. Thus he
was related TO royalty. but not OF IL. I'm
possible. said the Princess. that he never
had heard OF her Indeed. he knew
much about her. He knew she said.
that years ago there had been a family
quarrel over the possession of the great
diamord and that the diamond had been
awarded 10 her father. Sirdar Amin
I-d-Daliah Khan. fact resented by the
rival branches OF the family and possi-
bly, accounting for Prince Wallis repu-
diation OF her now.
When she was a little girl her father.
to safeguard the diamond. crossed the
border into India and there. under the
protection Of the British. he lived and
reared his family. There a lawsuit had
been fought for the ownership OF this
great diamo1i and in 1914 she had won
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