The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-03
'PUSSYFOOT'
CAPTURES INDIA
Entertained by Royalty
and Hailed as
Godsend
A TRIUMPHAL TOUR
One Ruler Closes Up Saloons
and Distilleries and Pro-
claims Drought

DELHI, India, Nov. William
J.. C"pussyfoOtD johnson, the
American antisaloon crusader. who !
lost an eye In trying TO dry up the !
British Isles, IS getting another kind |
Of a reception in India. Moslom and |
Hindu, thousands OF thom in the
past two weeks, have rendered John
son honors rarely shown to any per-
son short OF royalty Indian jour
nallsts describe the Americans en-
try into this ancient capital some
what a. Thomas Moore In "Ialla
Rookh" pictures the brilliant and
triumphal arrival OF the sultan OF
Bucharia TO claim the heart and
hand OF Aurungzebe.
Mr.. Johnson has been lavishly en-
tertained by the thakOr sahib of
Limbrl and other ruling princes and
has been the recipient OF numerous
gifts. These include a case Of jew
els and gold watch, containing one
princes photograph and his en-
graycd coat OF arms inlaid I'm regal
purple enamel At Jaipur. a dctega-
tion OF leading citizens came To the
train at O'Clock in the morning
and begged Johnsons secretary 10
permit them to enter his car and
gaze at the sleeping foe of Robin
Hops and John BarleyCorn. The re-
quest was granted and "pussyfoot'
did not know of the affair until
breakfast.
The night before at 1880 o'clock,
JOhnson's train pulled into Ajmcr.
About 500 natives were at the station
and yelled FOR q speech The crusu-
der was awakened and as the stop
was only for n Few minutes he didnt
have time to dress. Whereupon the
American appeared on the platform
in slippers and pa1amas and gave the
crowd a vehement II brief broadside
agains; the drink evil.
Entertained in State.
Baroda, governed by a native rul-
er entertained "Pussyfoot as a
guest of the government. An entire
mansion. with coterie of servants
and a chief OF staff and Il carriage
with driver and footman, were as
signed TO him ana the reception was
attended by Indian raiahs and prin-
Ces5es AS well as officials of the state.
Mr.. johnson later was entertained 10y
the dramatic portrayal of an Indian
folklore play and examples Of native
household worship. The national
hymn was sung and flags were fly
ing as he entered the province. He
visited social settlement and in the
evening Spbht 10 OfouU at DIo-
hibition mass meeting presided over
by the prime minister of Baroda.
Ahmedabad. the great Indian
manufacturing center, was next vis-
tied and after a series of social funC-
tons the American dry leader was
taken to the home OF Mahatma Is.
trndndi. Speaking later before seV-
eral hundred students of the Nation
al university, the president, faculty
and student body Of. which were
seated on the floor, Mr.. johnson
made a good impression by refusing
TO accept a chair and. amid cheers,
sat on the floor himself In the
evening mass meeting was held
in the town hall, the largest assem-
blage place in the city, which was
able 10 accommodate not more than
half of the people who clamored for
admission.
Makes n Royal Convert.
The thakOr sahiD, ruler of Limbri,
a feudal state which is Independent
Of British rule. was the crusaders
host at his palace the next day. The
thakor sahib shut up the distillcry
and closed all the rum shops Of his
state and the prime minister of
Bhavanagar. regent OF neighbor-
ing province, announced that on No
vember / 1t would become dry.
A committee of 60 Delhi business
men, followed by a crowd that COM
pletely iammed the railroad station,
met Johnson upon his arrival here.
1t was with difficulty that the Amer
lean and his secretary, Tarini Pra-
sada Sinha, were able to reach their
-arriag- through Gordon Of police
Then followed three memorable days
in which "Pussyfoot" jumped from
one event 70 another. The largest
open air demonstration in the rear
of the city hall, was attended by
5000 ana was presided over by Pun
dit MADAM Mohan Maliviya head OF
the great Hindu university at Be
mares. The Hindu intellectual lead
eT travelled 400 miles to act as chair
man of the meeting which presented
Johnson with an address OF welcome
printed ia two languages on India \
hand-woyen cloth. Another gift
from the Delhi people was a gold
woven garland.
Leaders of the Delhi demonstra-
tion included the head Of the Khala-
fet movement in India, the political
head Of the Mosem Curch and Bi9h
op Warne OF America. Mr., Johnson
was acclaimed by one of the speak
ers our brother who came $4,000
miles from America 10 help the peo-
pie OF India"