The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1922-08-08
Emperor OF AMMAN Is
lncOgnito In Paris;
Avoids All Display

PARIS, July 12-(Associated Press
MaiD-Dressed in a business suit Of
sober black, a quiet, unobstrustive lit
tie yellow-skinned man has been a
constant visitor recently to the mu-
seums OF art, painting and sculpture
in the French capital.
Few people recognized Khai Dinh,
Far East POtentate, Emperor of Ann
am, Indo-China, who adorned in flow
ing robes of silk, his hair decorated
with gold lace, the Red and Yellow
Order of the Dragon of AMMAN on his
breast almost hidden by a large plaque
of pure gold set with huge diamonds.
was seen in the Presidential box at
Longchamp on the day of the Grand
PriX.
A few years ago no one in his CAPT
tai of Hue was permitted to stand
erect before the emperor or look him
squarely in the eye, yet in the muse
ums tourists pushed him about and
elbowed him out of the way when he
stood too long before a work of art.
One of the first questions Khai-Dinh
asked after he had been installed in
the Ministry of Colonies, his home
while in Paris, was: Where is there
a first-class tailor in town." A repre-
sentative of a leading Partisan tailor
ing firm called. but the emperor found
his cloths too gaudy and requested
him to return with blue. brown and
black samples. The emperor ordered
six suits Of the more sober patterns.
His official robes show practically all
the colors Of the rainbow.
A great lover of Art, Khai-Dinh has
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the residence of royalty in Hue prac-
tically remodeled, both inside and out
side, since his accession to the throne
in 1916. His visits to the monuments
of Paris have been made especially
for the purpose of finding a plan for
the reconstruction of the tomb of his
ancestor Dong-Khanh, the founder of
the dynasty. 90 centuries ago.
A strict follower of the doctrine of
Confucius, Khai-Dinh's respect for the
memory of his ancestors amounts to
religion, and the mausoleum which he
intends erecting to Dong-Khanh will
be one of the purest examples of far
east architecture known. Alexandra
Marcel official architect of the French
government, is collaborating in the
drawing up of the plan and the EN-
peror has made several calls upon the
architect, suggesting notifications and
ideas.
Khai-Dinh has given much trouble
to the secret service men entrusted
by the French government with the
task of protecting his sacred person.
He slips in and out of museums, at
tended only by a few of his encourage,
all dressed in the European fashion
and several times he has eluded their
vigilance.
Khai-Dinh, before he was allowed
to travel incognito in Paris, was the
guest at several official functions, in
GLIDING many dinners and luncheons.
He was present at all in full regalia,
but toward the end of his official stay,
he evinced some Impotence and an
earnest desire 10 enter room private
life. To one of the last invitations 10
a dinner, the emperor replied:
Eyes, I'll go providing there are nc
speeches"
The emperor will leave for Hue
in August but the heir ITO the throne
Vingh!Ty, aged nine, will remain IN
Paris. where French tutors will teach
him French literature and western
civilization and fit him for the high
place which he is to occupy n day
at Hue, one of the fundamental re
uuirements of which is that he be a
friend of France and a student OF
French culture.