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Show 190 TIIE MORNING EXAMINEE. SUNDAY. BrltUh m r, v; '1 tr-l- 'i, , tfjJL V--Vi , ,C7Tt- - r4 v' yi i'.t .v .xXMi river banka . Vri i w$(B ?. ; t ei Vi 1s the hand only of n friendly advisor. Tha Rajah baa tha same pomp of circumstance an the absolute king who went ahead of him. Ha signs documents, haa tho power of life and death, and. Indeed, may kill such of bis subjects aa ba selects, so long as Colonel Head does not think It may effect British Interests. Only now and again tha hot blood of tlia cattle driver desires gore and a real kingshfpi Not long ago tha Uarajah imagined that a nearby native prince had Insulted him. Ills anger forgot the quiet little man In tlia dingy uniform. Ha called his army tugetlisr. Ha mads an excellent speech to his troops; arms were prepared, cannon were drawn out and the great ruler of Uanida prepared for klngdom-sleulin- g war, as bad bla ancestor of M years back. cattle-drivin- These troops have been drilled by English omuers and today they are undoubtedly the crack body of Asiatic They troops on the entire continent. wear a uaiform somewhat resembling that of tha famous gikhs, upon whom the British place most of their reliance In cess of a second mutiny. Their turbans are huge allk affuirs. sparkling with gema The Rajah's horsemen wear a uniform which looks Uks that worn by tha hussars who followed Napoleon to hi os cow and never came back. Embroidery la scattered all over these silk coatumea Their clmltara are mads 'of Damascus 11, with begemmed hilts and are thrust through silken saabaa that go around the soldiers' waists acores of tlniea Every odor In the rainbow Is used la their garments and look tha mors strlk- - s&w r raspoa-alb- la worth of cloth of gold, velvet hangings and solid gold trapplnga Ha baa a spa. rial bodyguard of giants, for this East Indian Imitates Frederic the Great in giving enormous prlcts for gigantic barbarians whom he clothes with velvet and gold and marches around him when hs rides through the s! reels of Buroils to prayers or to tils royal baths on the mjr' t .t and directly lofimmiit to Colonel Head. Tha Maharajah has, In tart. 11,011 troops arbom l.a maintalna out of bis personal revenues. Ho pajra about HA uno.WO each year for tfac strictly royal pleasure of rsvicwlng these flittering regliuents and occasionally riding at their bead on a huge elephant which staggers by under millions of dollarF T?TeZA,W1$ How tho Rajah Was Taasad. But tho velvet hand waa still la and a few abort words flashed back to Baroda from tha vice regal palace at Bombay S00 miles away. Gulonet .dead humbly asked an audience with the great rajah. Tha monarch waa very busy he waa getting ready for war that business of kings. Tha Colonel sent again for an audience he was refused. Then Colonel Head, still In hla five dingy kahki. got a horse with Justn tiny soldiers, but one sergeant carried BrltUh ensign. 11a rods to tha palace, ns rode to the they big gate and tha soldiers hesitated knew the rajah did not want Head an-Intha palace, hu tha ensign stood for ' m ffl .I' ; k fami tit v ' : 7k ' 'V' ? ..'S 4, r- US' v'y Ma ' Em-- - 7'HK&XZlLUj QOY metal-sho- d horns of tho artillery cattle. While the Hahsidjah boa tha Eastern tendency for gorgeous coloring and for war, morally ha la beyond reproach from even ha moat puritan of Western people. He baa no harem, although British prejudice has always yielded to tho fancies of Indian monarch! in tha matter of wives, few or many. Consequently, tho mystery of tho steel gratings over tho harem la lacking in Baroda, and tha prince baa but one wife, and Is credited as a loyal huaband and affectlonato father to tho two children who occupy tha woman's section of tha Baroda royal residence. However, the Rajah cornea from an eccentric family. Ilia predecessor on tha Baroda throne was hla uncla. Candn Rao, who went mad with the lmt of power and extravagance. Two millions of dollars were spent by this mad potentate on the wedding of bla two fevorlta pigeons. Ta eelsbrata tha nuptials of these two birds Canda Rao spent this fabulous sum In elephant hunts, combats between tigers and rhinoceroses and dancing contests between famous nautch 'girls. During tba week of festivities thn two pigeons were attached to tho !m mensa turban of Canda Rao by heavy gold chains and spent their aerial honey moon nesting In tha folds of tha royal turban. Ha collected a hundred thou send pigeons and Anally had a royal battle between these birds and turned the survivors loose. Then ha collected tha moat loathsome beggars In Indl but, tiring of them ena day, ha drove thousands of these fakirs out of hla kingdom. At last CandgtRao commit ted tha unpardonable sin iddla port of tha worid its conspired agonist tha Brit lab resident. Colonel Thayer, and tried to poison him with diamond dust and In even which Then Canda Rao dlsap thorlty, strychnine. East Indian haa coma to on rth to pea red and tha present rajah turned up means tlia greatest thing over ruler of ta the him. Tho gsts opened "JJ Baroda,nightwhere ha imperishable will remain so long but for the tiny ensign. Colonel with ns ba keeps hla royal head away from walked straight through the guwdj tha paws of tho British Lion. preceding the ensigntrimmed-rooHaharw-ja- h the of THB RAJAH WAS EDUCATED INI the gold ENGLAND, went the flag and Coionel Head-Th- e talk was short what Colons! Head ta an enlightened mam Roo But RayaJI said the world will never know. But the aa Indian princes go. Hs was edueati and the in velvet hand cropped Its eoitnew and spent several years at England Indian office Oxford uftheEart teal steel grip sword made felP where University, hand of tha Manic progress In hla Studies. heBaroda on the closed hog a brood stret to, a stats library, -ly lai, and there waa no war-onpublta Mead and talk at which Colonel hospitals, two theaters, and altogether piece gods-in-t-l. the were Brother Englishman the subjects of this maharajah of Bo-roand pulled are as well ruled aa hair tha people puppets of British power la on tho face of tho globe. Ha calls bla flittering palace tha Lakahmt vllna. This superb edifice of granite and marbla Is not exMODERN ARTILLERY MANNED BY celled by half a doaen palaces In Europe. GIANTS. Hla bedroom ta stmplo and he has a huge lavatory with a swimming tank art of batteries five baa Tha Rajah leading off from hla chamber. But tin remainder of the palace Is fitted up with mad up of modern brench-loialmarvelous splendor. The long corridor of th palace are lined with marble of Incalculable value. Th and onyx steam-heated and electrio alo palace Is ara valors placed at frequent Intervals, Bronses. paintings, statuary, all Imported from Europe and worth hundreds of millions of dollars, ara scattered throughout the royal dwelling. The femfly of the Maharajah consist of his ron and heir, a lad of 10 years of age, who rides and American bicycle corridors, and through thee onyx-linea beautiful girl of H. who has been for whose hand splendidly educated and every Indian prince ta anxiously seeking. The wife of tho prince ta a modest little woman, with the most wonderful collection of Jewels In the world, besldo which those gema owned by tha New are trifling matters. port colonists This collection 1s kept In a tree sura chamber, guarded night and day by household troop of the Rajah. Thn eome from thee VORZ12:MlSl2lIJS3iS7T IM '? Ba-red- o. A wire to Lord Curaon was sent HK33Sfflaai KiV g, :;: m tfsstesfel m "' ds nf m : LH . Vj ' , 4 a2J.JVV3S2JOL7WiCJS. Jjusjzzhl India la tha land of famine; It la alas tha land of gold. India in llio land of tha beggar and the fakir; It U also tha riches unsurland of concentrated passed by any civilisation oa tha globs. India may still ba termed tlia treasure-hous- e of tha world. Despite tha scores af millions of Uhkn of rupees which have gone to build up tits wealth of England; despite the eacka of Delhi and 10 other lndiaa cilice, there is still today more actual value In gold and silver burled In native treasure-house- s thaa la contained In all the treeaury reserves of the mod era world powers. Al- Difficult of belief, undoubtedly. moat passing the comprehension of the Weatern mind and trend of thought, lmpoaalblo of explanation. It ta equally as Impossible to alter this concentration of gold and silver In the bulk, which has not changed la tha List M fears. Tha strenuous colonisation of Great Britain la India ban been purely political. Socially, financially and structurally, from the highest casta to tho lowest, from the palaces of tha rajaha to tho hovels with in tha guinea. India, thousands of years of tradition, chrjra- tr.llixrd Into an unchangeable and seem- Ing'.y Imperialiabla thought and mode of living, remains today the India of yeatertiay and of a thousand years ago. Were three tons upon tuns of absolute- ly puis gold and molten silver emptied and Into the pot of modvrn tlnam-started upon their proper Journey of commercial production, backed by on Intelligent and forcible Industrial condition. India, In place of Ms highly centralised and nearly useless riches, ta place of its famines and plagues. Its hovels and waits places, should, by a simbaoutna tha ple business calculation, richest country In the world. It will probably surprise the average American to learn that Mr. John D. Rockefeller ta not tha wealthiest man In thn world; nor are the Rothschilds, nor yet the Chinees princes who absorbed the wealth of U Hung Chaag. nor Mr. Andrew Cernegle. nor Mr. J. Plerpont Morgan; but that tha Individual on earth who can today by count produoo on S4 hours' notice g tha most gold and silver is an M shorn me dan. mots or less kingdom married, in a tucked away In the westers part of the Hindoo Peninsula namely, H:s Royal lliehness the Maharajah of Baroda. Or.a of tlia choice tildes oaned by the Rajah of Baroda Is a regiment of 2 uu household troops who carry solid gold rock-ribb- ao-tu- oua riches no one of tha princes sur- and wear gorgooiia uniforms so thickly covered with gema that each gigantic prlvule In this unique regiment carries nboul Ills person between K5.0UQ and Si&OW worth of diamonds and other rtflan passed the Maharajah of Baroda. In the parade where diamonds ns large as acorns were tha rule he wore aa armor i f glittering stones of highest brOIlaucy, ml not one worth leva than I3I.M, Hla followers carried rifles made of solid gnid, and at tlia parade of the Durbar ilia Rajah had a personal exhibition of richest worth KS,UOOlwA, WHERE TUB RICHES ARE HIDDEN Muiit ii. pm-iuii- 11 The rlcl.es tif lunula are the accumulation of centuries upon centuries. Tha of large else, of Rajah has 4v ami-iwhich even the very wheels and hubs are pure gold. 11c has two batteries qf a similar kind duplicated In solid silver. Ilia wire, the Huharanee of Baroda, personally wears on stats occasions Jewels wui th mors than those owned by lf of Europe and the arlsiot-racAmerica. Tha wealth of the Rajah eaa- not ba eetlmated. In Jewels and In actual gold and silver. In bullion or worked Into illtea and cannon, this Indian monarch must have tied up eer- tainly the equivalent of half a billion of duilsis. uno-lia- Tea , I j ( ! I Tlsiri as Klrb as Rsekefellee. To make tlia matter very clear. It eon ba said that at a rough estimate Mr. John Rockefeller, the richest alngla Individual In tlia United States and probably In the world, la rated at two hundred and fifty millions of dollars, This Is purely a speculative valuation, baaed on tho present earning capacity of Ills stock and bond holdings. Any at- tempt on the pert of Mr. Rockefeller to dump these securities on the market and to obtain tl.e actual rash for b.s paper would. In the Judgment of any fliiander, produce such a crash that he would be fortunate to rvalue forty or fitly millions Alongside of this stale of affalis the rajah, with actual cash assets of over twiro tha spaoulatlss value of Mr. Rockcfulltr'a fortune, can readily ba seen to be probably U times wealthier tnaa tlia Standard Oil King. Probably no more magalflcent festival, ne feat on a larger scale and more rwsplendent with tin gorgeous colors ta which the orientals so much delight has ever been held since tha days of King guionion than tha Durbar at Delhi. when the Viceroy of India announced there the accession to the throne of King Edward. India's new gieat Befrom tha house of sides the hundred thousands of IniLans from all the classes of the Immense em-- 1 pi re, hundreds of native princes ware there with numerous retinues to demon-- j Struts their lojalty. Never before bos Delhi had so many strangers. In poial of precious Jewels and a show of marvel I. -i ! ! j i Mr-iiu- l English-speakin- Base-Cobur- ld , i f&mSM I This wonderful reincarnation of all tha tales of tho "Arabian marvelous Nights," whose piles of gold and diamonds would accm Impossible except to tha real owners of King Solomon's fabled mines, rulas the native State of between Baroda, which lies half-wa-y Bombay and AAdhmer, In thn western part 0f tha Hindoo peninsula.4 This monarch haa as Ida capital a city overflowing with oriental mystery. Baroda la one of tho biggest cities of tha worid, although lost to the swift procession of modern days and lying wrapped In a gulden aloud, cradled ta hidden riches which have accumulated like the dust of the eges almost without effort and almost without the notice af modern seek1 ers after gold. Until M years ago tha old family of tha ho ruled there, were la bloody wars with tha great Moguls, who ruled from Delhi, Mohammedan Asia, lu their army fought a glacour, or cattle driver, named Plllad-eli- l, who was a Mahratie, the lowest of nil the tribes enrolled under Indian society. lie was a natural lighter who loved hie business aa must men crave riches or love or the tint of the oplum-doudpipe nt dusk. After whipping tlia enemies of hie monarch, ha decided to taka the Job himself, and as his army adored him tha task was a alight om Thus the rattle driver became the maharajah by one of those social turning movements which are the nioet natural events la ' East Indian history. But like most aoldlrrs Pilladslil waa poor, so he robbed the neighboring rajah of Itadshputana. which lay to the west of Rnioda and is now Included In Its territory. The bulk of the wealth of the present rajah la derived from this orksutal assimilation of riches. Bayaji Roo at present rules in Baroda, eud manes a fine figure for aa oriental monarch, be.ng tall and stalwart, and he is pi cud o: Hu oiigln of his dynasty and u..i l,lii)tlf t.iaccur. or cattle driver, lu oil his official document. Jlo V thereby Imitates Mahomet, the carnal driver, who drove his herds over of tha old world. Ho is the beet educated prince In Asia, Visitors flud the rajuh has bad a plaxa mads In front of tba railway station at Baroda and tba chief streets era Illuminated with tliuuaands or electrio lights, and Baroda has streets that equal tha efforts of tha whlta wings on Broadway for cleanliness. The houses are picturesque. The public buildings and tha royal palaces and tha swall residences of tha rajah's favorites are built Ilka the splendid homes on Joing Island, and note strike a curiously against tha Old World architecture that lies all about them. two-thir- ds ed ad K Tho British Aeteally Control Baroda. While the rajah la permitted to sur- i j ' round hie person with the most glittering bodyguard In the aorld. Including tha regiment with tha solid gold rtllea, the actual government lies In tlie English. and tha telns at t:,ls time era securely held by that affable personage, Colonel Mend, of tha British Foreign Service Colonel Uuil la content to wear a simple uniform with little gold lace and la known simp y as tha British ambassador to that great monarch. Sayajl Roo, son of l lie stars and brother ing from the serious faces of the men to many goda and giuilcssvs. Colonel as they march before their prince. In Mead has Insisted on one tiling only. ': tact, lue British government has played game here with riijierli cleverness, nnd that Is that native In tha court of tha Mai.arsJ: Is balanced by CH III l)l I rillll) COUIltl,'. HT an Englishman who hri near the raj in. Murajah lias lu foe; that the velvet and la actual! a treat agent af the i band, a Inch has the steel grip within It, math enr I' 149 i most famous diamond necklace In world, worth Bt2.00(k0on and stones each aa large .. 'no A collaret consisting nut. Is there. 600 of the diamond of purest water and ranged In five strings 1s sometime worn Maharanee. In this collaret ns by thelees thsn 30 karats ta shown. Em stone eralds equally aa large set off enclt of diamonds, and the world string famous ''Star of the Smith, a diamond In alia In tha worid. hsnen fourth tha from thin biasing collar of pure white atones. Several hundred pearls form another collaret second only in value to collar. RuMen. emeralds, the diamond are made Into bracelets or sapphires brno-he- s, end, moat curious of all. ring for the toes, which were worn by th tha Maharanee. Even predecessors of noaa rings of diamonds were there. In foot, this collection of Jewels ta worth as much aa those of all tha reigning monarch of Europe, although the Orioff diamond, belonging to the- Russian Em peror. and the Kohlnoor, of tha British crown, are larger In else. Tn this palace Is the most wonderful carnet In the world. It la four square in surface, and la made up enyards of of fine diamonds, pesria tirelyrubiesropes woven into a regular warn and and woof. It required S4.0M.nno worth of precious stones and three yrsrri labor to IP? produce, and It once ndornsd tha sleeping spaitment of a fevorlta slave of Candn Thus tn a corner of this marvel oua pataca of the Rajah of Baroda Is thrust away one of the worlds real marveldutoday could not ba tied something that millions plicated for is.nno.ono-ll- ve four In paltry square yard of th up most wonderful web that human hands have ever woven. No other such accumulation of riches In the history of tho world could possibly have equaled this absolute barbaric congestion of bulk ruble and gold and silver, diamonds, known other presapphire and every haa ao gradually cious stone which atone treasure chain cumulated tn tho neeeo Protected of this of hers rajah. tha British from outatd rob slty by by popular super berr and prevented etitkm and traditional affection for on the part of the poputhese treasures lace from ever disposing of this tm tha Maharajah equaled treasure, tn morn ways than one Ota fabled Midas, within whose grasp each article of life changed into guttering b wouldT not be too much to say that It tho future of this tremendous treasure the financial markets of may yet affectworld. the Western availableDumped on a sudgold supply. Its den into tho would extend Into tho very machine guns of heavy caliber, which Influence finance and modern of recesses farthest are handled by giant artillerymen. credit. Meanwhile th treasures remain snow-whitha six Maharajah, Each gun Is drawn by utterly unappreciated by oxen. No price ta thought too high to venerated by tha millions of his sub steers for the Iert and no doubt carefully watchedaro pay for these Mend under a meat Hr. ah's guns. They wear on their hoi ns order from the British East mrui points of gold or silver, and In tha stringentOffice maneuvers great danger of accident Indian te milk-color- -et |