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'HJVUDATAL DNOMDNOH ́3HJ TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1947.
The Indian Princes
are
tough
FROM where I sit can be seen within the framework of the Cabinet
seven
ni least
little monarchs; they are, in the main, Portly and preocoupled men drinking lemon squanhes,
Round the corner are one or two more. The town is full of them, colouring the lobbies with opulent retinues. riding up avenues in pastel limousines.
They are not to be smiled at nor taken lightly; on what they do depends the political future of a population greater than two Britains.
The princes of India, that fabulous and varitgated company of maha- rajabs and nawabs who still rule two-thirds of this country and 99,000,000 of its inhabitants, met to close their ranks for what is certainly the'r most urgent campaign yet--to fight, in short, for their existence.
The Chamber of Princes, voice of this expensive multitude of major and minor potentates, started the big conference.
The purpose: to brief the princely Negotiating Committeo which will determine from the Constituent Assembly a vital and paradoxical point-What futuro have these assorted enclaves of rigid monarchy in the new democratic India?
Chief among India's internal 'divisions which are holding up the formation of a united indepen- dent country is the Hindu-Moslem c-lit. There is also another problem-the· atti.de of the autonomous States ruled by virtz: y autocratic Princes. Territorially, these States cover Iwo- thirds of India, and their combined popula. tion is greater than one-fourth of India's total.
The odd thing la that they are Man's plan for independence; likely to get a great deal of what
Many of the States are monarchice they ask. Time and again Jawahar abintimed with Magna in the potent rer.on that, England lal Nehru has insisted on demperatic Carth representation for the Siated the bund by no much restrictive inhibi- himself originated in Kashmir, tions no babeas corpus, friedom of Sinte with a not unquestioned re- cech, or liberty of the Press; clect- eord) though he has no objection to el legislatures, or the separation of a nominal monarchy if they want the jud'eature from the executive.
They are not bound by British lows or Delhi decrees. Their rulers are the boss: sometimes good, some limes bad.
By James
As a goup they constitute a unique
politieni phenonienos.
one.
How far his cross words have been aimed at placating the unruly Left is hard to say until the show- down comes,
Cameron
Apetly monarchies
Tthe same time, it la vain to talk when
among them are Stotea like ydern- bad, as big as England and Wales, MORE than 60 of the leading
with twice as many inhabitants 1 maharajahy and princts-allo Portugal, and n Ninm who is reput- gether 168 are members of the Chamedly the richest character in the ber-voted unanimously In favour world, or Mynore, with about 013 of a five-point resolution to safe- many people as Belgium and re- garded as being four tincs better administered than was British India.
guard their covereignty:
In town under the chairmanship of the Nawab of Bhopal were the Maharaja of l'atiala, the Maharajah of Scindia of Gillar, the Nawab Bahawalpur, the Maharajah' of Bĺka- ner, the Jam Sah'b of Nawanagar, the Maharajahu of Jaipur, Alwar, Bandi, Dewas and many another of less circumstance but equal pomp.
The biggest gun of'all, hin Exaited highness of Hyderabad, who, they always say, could pave Piccadilly with pearls, was absent; like Mysore, Baroda and Travancore, Invisibly at home.
THE princes
and hard,
ne stayed)
are going to fight
shrewd
They are most of them and determined men. They are ad- viard by one of the keenest, as well as most engaging poiltical Intelll- Rences, Sir Salyed Sulton Ahmed who told me qu'te firmly: "We'll get everything we asit for."
will
Nehru says "the Assembly talk with the princes but Siale r presentatives in the Assembly must representatives of the people." The princes will not dispute this. they come in, their 03 represen- tatives will not be rulers but well-
Nor is it logical to kump the Ir on
princely territoris together as malor
That entry of the States into the Union, would be solely the basis of negotiation, the final decision resting with each State.
The States will retain all sub- jects and powers except those ceded to the Unlon desence, con- munications and foreign affairs-and will continue to retain constitutions.
their
own
Now the princer, who so far have rather played *possun in India's Their Lerritorial integrity, confused and rancorous preparations 5 dynasty and boundaries must for freedom, are all set to be tough. not be interfered with except by It is certain they are not going
be to absorbed without a struggle into the independent republic of India, which the Constituent Assembly has pro- claimed as Its objective.
And the Constituent Assembly which, in the continuing absence of Mr Jinnah's Moslim Lengue, prae- tically means Congress alone is not dealing with a naive crowd of be- jewelled mediovallets, but n group of powerful and well-organized men who have a lot to lose and, do not want to lose it,
0
VER "Independence" there is no quarrel; it is the word "republic" which has a sour sound to rulero who control autocracies, some of the principles of which have not been seen in the West since the days of the Czars.
At the first meeting,. the Chamber of Princes passed a resolution pro- mising "fullest possible co-operation"
consent.
4.
So far as the States are con- Ecerned, the Constituent Asambly is authorised only to settle the Union
nd- tho
Constitution and not to deal with questions bearing on internal
lustrations or constitutions of States,
Uchnicians.
Inctors when they include places drilled atmosphere of bazaar hair-
Ilke Bilbar in Gujerat, which has an arb of two square miles and a population of 27.
In this
gling which permeates national rebirth, some will,
Fill, ne supposen, bo
India's
foundmises
It is not too much to expect that coun-
When during the day's discusions, the question of the representation some day in this remarkable of sinall States was raised, the try n system will be dreamed up Nawab of Bhopal, Chancellor of the whtreby a man can contrive to line Chamber, gave a guarantee that the his waistcoat with dialectical demo- Chamber would protect the interests, cratie diamonds while he relaxes of non-Chamber States.
quletly on a solid republican throne.
BY
THE WAY
by Beachcomber
POCKET CARTOON
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According To Culbertson
(Copyright 1947, by Ely Culbertson)
"Taking the setting "trick" moy
Ob and may not be good bridge. Berve today's doni,
South, dealer Both sides vulnerable
WEST
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NORTH +0.3
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Fom
South was too insistent on a spade contract he should have.respected North's repeated denials and accept-
Tthe risk of being called (a) was evidently horse," As the dietressed the three no trump. That con- a highbrow, (b) an utfected said to the cavalry officer, prodding tract, too, might have come to grief, It has been made clear in Par-
Majesty's fool, I state here that I do not her meat daintly, "One of your but it at least had a chance. llament by
chargers, I pr.sume. Covernment "That it is
what for the know
boogie-woogle Riviere?" States freely, to come in or not as
they choose."
In other words the princes say they won't play unless they hold a system of absolutism and personal
power.
The resolution also authorised the inces Negotiating Committee to confer with the Constituent Assem- bly Committee on the terms of the princes' participation in the Consti- tuent Assembly, and on their ulti-
India,
means.
Captain de la
Cutler
Defending against four spudes. West led the heart jack. Declarer drew three rounds of trumps, and
I have heard the term used, but. No wonder have mover asked any questions,
ex-Master chiefly through lack of intellettual REING an curiosity. And now I read that a
D Shefeld and ex-organist
of when the suit failed to break-West "boogie-woogie planist" has earned Bodmin Cathedral, I was interested having discarded a low club-iaid over £33,000 in one year at the age to read that even professional roller-down the club king. West should of seven. My Imagination gets to skaters have started to strike. As work, and I prefer to remain in ignorance of the meaning of boogie- Woogie.
Cosy corner for two
13,
lady with firm grip on things put have held up his ace to injure that it, "With a Socialist
Gowemment dummy's long club sult could not be promising everybody free trips to the moon as soon as flying in run, but he put up the ace und led nationalised, what would you expect another heart. roller skaters {u,do?" **Especially said her friend.
in framing the Constitution, but they mate position in the Union of All- ["Le complained," says a news item, when they can't even get houses,"
(mphasised that this must be done
Genius at chess
•
how he hates it!
Wan
"that it was eatled mutton. but
•
but
He spends all his time after Lournament in travelling to the next one in another country;
City notes
ONE
of
As it happened, West's haste in parting with his club ace should
have been profitable, because now,
in a desperate effort to win Lwo
NE aspect of the latest clearing club tricks, declarer finessed to the
bank statements which has not club ten. Enat
carefully won, been noticed is the tendency to in-counted the three tricks in front of clude stocks of paper money in the him, and put down the diamond pce
gures of Government borrowing.
with an air of triumph. Later, West Large-scale borrowing against the
д diamond instead of He has played so hard that he has issue of Treasury Bills can only tem discarded only bring to take vitamin pills to safeguard his gilt-edged holdings, But when it
porarily influmes the sue of the guarding the queen, and the con- THEN the waves breaking tinental tournament can
health.
la tract was down only one. the Sussex ahore him £200. Exhibitions net £10 2
Since leaving the navy last sum- accompanied by a plentiful supply
It was comforting, of course, for awaken him shortly after six in time. His book sales are his main-
mer, Yanofsky has played chess in cheap money, thin the demands for the morning, Dr Savielly Tar£15.
stay. First prize at Hastings Holland, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain funds are naturally dependent on East to be able to each the setting
Britain: Af takower rises from his hotel bed
ordinary bank. The
After Hastings he must-the-increase-of-... in Hastings.
an Englishman, Staunton. Britons play in Denmark, Iceland, New deposits. This may result in a cht ciccin the diamond ace-but-the-
more logien, play was to cash the York, Canada and Czecho-Slovakia. on credit expansion and a cessation
high trump, thereby giving Weal He does physical jerks for kept the lead until 1800, but this een-
of renewals of stock. He said: "When I have had a foreigners hove
the chance to discard another club five minutes, eats all the break- leaders.
tournament game unconcluded at
if he had it. After that discard Stocking-hunger fast he can get, then goes to
night I stay awake in bed planning
{which West certainly the moves in my mind. Twice
would the White Rock Pavilion to play a game he finds no pleasure in
have solved the problem and jumped
choose) and in the knowledge that South had no club with which to reach dummy, East could exlt with a heart and force South to start the diamonds.
chess.
It may seem strange that Dr Thr- Lakower dislikes chess, for Dr Tar takower is the French chess master and ont of the finest players in the world.
In private games he has beaten Alekhine, the last world champion, AGE!| now dead. Despite his 60 years he backs himself to bent Alekhine's op- ponent, Dr D.we, the Dutchman.
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He was Itading in the Hastings in- temational chess tournament, and la now second. Last year he won it
Greater problem
But to this tubby, unemotional man chess is just his.living. He has played it, written about it, taught it and exhibited it to pay for his room In Paris, his clothes and his food,
He says: "That is about all it has done for me. I have played chess well, but my life is not so well, for life is a greater problem than any to be found on the chess board."
Experts belleved Dr Tartalc-wer's advancing years might have impair-
'his z។
tury
first world chess master was
been the
Dr Tartakower gives this reason: world "If man sets out to be a beater he must give all his time to
leam the theory of the game.
"There are at least 10000 varin- tions of the
be opening play to nenorised, as well as many thou- sands of endings. He must study. many books.
"Too practical" "Britens are too practical to ruin a business or professional in order to devote their lives to chess.
career
"I a Briton is to be world cham- plan it will probably have to be a wealthy Briton who is a genius at Mathematics with a photographic memory,"
There are 200,000 chess players In Britain. The game soared in popularity after the Forces took it up officially.
But Dr Tartakower waris: "Un- less a chess player has strong character. the game may gain such a grip on him that, if he is a young man,
It may divert too much energy away from his normal work.
"To play six hours in a tourria- ment is the
We all the other great any desk invalent of 12 hours of
players excrpt one are under 40-an but they have been wrong.
The
French
professional explains: "When I ned money I work harder to-day to play my best. am forced It costs mere to live and chess brings
in less money than prewar.".
The game, indeed, hay .oblained wich a hold over 21-year-old Daniel "Abe" Yanofsky, champion of Canada and youngest player at Hastings, that--
He has not seen his fiancee for six months;
He has had to postpone his mettical
If he won the world title the prizė. might be £2,000. But a good Con- studies;
NANCY Take It from Nancy!
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|COUSIN JUDY— SHE'S
VISITING US FOR
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路
SO LONG, 60
SEE
You
LATER
"and"
out of bed to test it on a chess board"
Yanofsity in rated one of the 15 best players in the world,
But, unlike Tartakower, Yanofsky
loves chesS.
Sidney Rodin
THE other day large barrels of betr
were being rolled into a West End public house. A man standing by tapped a barrel and applied his car to it. "Nylons," he said. Within 20 minutes the barrels had been torn to shreds by maddened, women, who retreated muttering angrily and recking of beer.
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