Show I Cruiser Guards aas Maharajah 1 I- I I of in War Zone NEW TEW 1 YORK Aug 23 Somewhere Somewhere in the dangerous waters aters that I wash the British Isles tho the steamship Rotterdam is nearing the tho port of Falmouth tonight with an Indian prince aboard whoso whose chief chie apprehension hension bension is that he may be e captured b by the Germans and anti held for ran ran- som He is Singh Bahadur of whose rich principality lies in the punjab of India and who Wilo is is reckoned one 1 of the wealthiest and most powerful of Indian rulers and he lie sailed se secretly set se- se t from om this port August 21 on his way ray back to his kingdom after t a a. two months' months tour of the United States and and Canada J With tho the maharajah are his isis queen the queen the c a a Spanish i J beauty whom he wed wod in Madrid f five years ago his secretary M. M Ho Roy a considerable retinue of servants and an American girl Miss Maggio Maggie I Cullen to whom the took a liking while in the west I Friends of the royal r couple are very elJ much afraid that German submarine commanders might hear of the tile maharajahs maharajah's departure from New York were it published here and knowing mowing of his isis great r I wealth might lie in wait for the ship taking him off and holding him himI I for ransom So it was arranged that he should leave lea the United States f I se secretly and take the Rotterdam a Holland-American Holland liner for Pal Fal al I mouth I m i I ju Lu V hU I c certain nam mat UIaL no one cue save a i lew clOse menus and ana I Should know of his plans tho the maharajah anti and his isis party boarded the I J steamer two days das before she was due lue to sail anti and remained aboard in in seclusion t Through the tho agency of the British sh consulate here herc it was reported I arrangements have been heen made for a British cruiser to meet the Rotterdam Hot Hot- off Falmouth almouth and convoy her through the submarine fields of f I operation to port A special train will take him to london from FalI PalI Pal Fal- al- al I I mouth and at the British capital a special guard of his own Indian f I troops will be bc assigned to him as an nn escort From London in in the course of time the ro royal al party will proceed leisurely back hack to India 1 The maharajah an and his party reached this port lort on a v visit it to the I United States May 3 last The They have visited the chief American cities I including Salt Lake San Francisco where the they spent some time tune at ut utI atI I i I the Panama exposition and Cana Canada a. a r I |