The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-02

Sir John Hewett, lieutenant goVer- nor, and travelled to Allahabad. has. by specified route to occupy those believe, never been told. The prince was to have attended a great fete that evening which was ar ranged in his honor by the Talukdars or nobles of Ordh. But the crown prince, in spite of being told that time would not permit of the journey being accomplished, made up his mind in the morning he would motor to Allahabad and revisit lady of royal, though eastern, blood in that station, whom he had met on his way up-country, and by whom he had been much attracted.
 He ordered his motor car to wait outside the gates, and by pretending to be hungry he obtained some sand wiches. Next by the ruse of sending his aide camp to search in his room for some private papers which did not exist, he got rid of his officer on duty, slipped through tho exit, told the chauffeur he was his only pal. and went off at full speed for Allahabad. But the distance, which he believed to be 90 miles, was really 16o. Petrol ran out and the prince, after some walking for mile or two across the country, got into corn- try boat and floated for a short time down. the Ganges.
 The chauffeur who accompanied him told him more than once that he was quite sure he (the chauffeur) would be hung for his part in the ad- venture. Luckily by pure chance, after leaving the river, the prince struck the railway line, reached Ala habad, and carried out the object ot his journey. The return journey was made at night in an ordinary railway carriage in which he travel ed unrecognized in an upper bunk using a rug lent to him by one ot the other three passengers.
 Meanwhile, the disappearance oI the crown prince caused the utmost consternation and alarm in LUCK now, scores of >telegrams began to fly about, and motor cars with polee secured the district around for many miles The prince next morning OH his return expressed his regret to the Talukdars for missing their fete and alluded to his exploit as an lh- teresting adventure during which ne had seen "the real India" But 1t was an open secret that the senior mem ners of his staff were very seriously exercised at his conduct ana fehoii strated with him in no uncertain terms. At the time, too, no efforts were spared to hide the real facts from the press and public in lndla. tut there is good reason for beileN- ing that the news of this somewr9 romantic episode was Scommunica.eu to Berlin, and combined With otnen oit, incidents had something to dp wi.n the somewhat abrupt cancellation or the crown princes proposeu 'ou' the Far East.
 \ Consul Peeved.
 A German consul, who lived m Simla for two or three years anu who caused a good deal Of troupe to the British empire, owing 10 the part he played in Persia, in the re- D pa,,ss XXXII, whatever this title may mean.
 Prince Henry, who was a very official. once had con- yersation with me regarding the ,,'erifs of German officers as com nared with English officers He that English officers III India spent far too much oI tnelf time in racing, polo ana ple-sticNIhs@, soId;ers. | retorted that men in the hot weather must keep fit, ana asked him if he would prefer them to go ill for music and beer orinN- ing?
 He then quickly said, But you have stopped duelling in the bris, s,, ish army. Why have you done so I replied that so far as l was awars it had been due to the conduct or 2. Garman officer. How was that, ,na,,ired the prince. Well, said l. "Iil tell the story as it was told to me.
 "Not many years ago German and a British officer had some slieht quarrel and it was decided oy their friends in Berlin that a due, must be fought. After good deal of consultation by the respecsiNI friends it was settled that the duei should take place in an, empty dark room. each duellist being secureiy and also armed with six chambered revolver, and the two officers were conducted to the room, and their seconds carefully stood away from the door in the passage outside. Not sound occurred .os three minutes, and then there was a shot. a cry, and a heavy fall, The friends burst upen the door anu here I hesitated.
 "Whs.t did they find?" said the prince eagerly.
 "They found,' I continued, that the F.nglishman.l who was quite decent fellow, had very quietly crept on his hands and knees to the iire- place, and not caring to seriously injure his enemy, against whom ne only had a very slight grudge,, hao fired up the chimney, and down came the latter"
 Never shall I forget the German consul generals face as l finished' and he loved me no better after- wards when I laughingly said. TT YOU ever tell the story you can al- ways bring down a Frenchman.
 
 The Story Of A Bomb Attempt. '
 One of the most memorable scoops made by Reuters in India was that of the news of Lord Hardinge's at tempted assassination in the famous Chandni Chowk, the richest street Ill Asia. in Delhi, on December 23, l9l2. It will be remembered that a bomb which was thrown at the viceroy from a housetop pitched on the howdah of the elephant his eXcellency was riding en route to the Dunbar in the of the Delhi fort. The result was that an Indian attendant sitting behind the viceroy and holding up the state umbrella was killed on tke spot, a second was very badly hurt. Lord Hardinge was severely in- jured while Lady Hardinge most escaped,
 How Reuter- managed to get the news through to London by 10:15 a. m. to enable the head office to i'm form the world at large. and prac- tically be in sole possession of news of this event for several hours, eventually caused question to be asked in the House of Commons This is how it all happened.
 I remember the morning quite well. An elephant procession had been arranged in Delhi from the rail- way station through the Victoria