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Show I DEEM PICTURE OUT OF PLACE British Authorities Request Removal of Kaiser's Portrait From Tonga Kino's Palace, Germany's Intcccstlng rotations with tho tittle kingdom of Tonga In tl'o South I'nclllc itru recalled by recent Incidents there. A few years back n life-size portrait of the knlscr moiintcO within o innsslvo pllt frame was presented pre-sented by the Qennnn govcrniiicnt to King Ocorgo Tubori II, the present f mien of the nrchlpelngo. Forthwith thin picture ndorncd thu walls of tho wooden pnlaco nt Nukualofa, tho cap-ltnl cap-ltnl of tlio kingdom. Germans who, shortly before tho wnr, wero rnthcr conspicuous In Totign were wont to admire tho pulntlng when they en mo to pny their respects to King George. Moreover, close nt lutnd were busts of Emperor Frederick of Gcrmnny nnd 1'rlnco von Ulsmnrck. Ho delightfully Informal In many wnya Is tho Tongnn ' court that tho busts did excellent scrv-lco scrv-lco ns hat racks on festive occnslons. But not so with tho present from tho "All Highest." Hut nlnck for the bis picture of tho knlscr In little Tongn I After the war had been In progress for some time the fact of Its cxlstcnco nnd whoreuboifis come within the purview of the British government nnd' that government requested tho Tongnn govt ernnient to rcmovo It from tho palace, Tho pith of this request was thai Tonga Ton-ga Is a British protectorate. But noti withstanding Tonga Is n British proi tcctnrnto It Is tho last Independent, kingdom In the Pacific nnd It pridn Itself on having not only n monnrcb, hut n cabinet und n parliament. NoM York World. . |