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THE RASPUTIN OF INDORE.

SINISTER MYSTERY MAN

THRONES TOTTERING.

The mighty thrones of India are tottering..

Princes and rulers who controlled the destinies of millions are being swept dway into the oblivion of private, life. Age-old dynasties are crumbling; proud nomas and fair reputations are falling into disrepute; scandal and intrigue are undermining the ruling caste like dry

rot.

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Since 1924 no fewer than nine mighty rulers have either-vasated their thrones voluntarily, "been involved in "internal troubles, been concerned in some un- savoury scandal which has trailed their names in the dust, or been driven into exile. And there are rumours of further sensational developments.

RASPUTIE OF INDORE.

Despite their vast wealth, and 'enor- mous possessions few Indian princes are really happy in their rule. Behind the glitter and panoply of their lives as often as not is a web of intrigue and s bost of fanatical and revolutionary in- Auences.

The power of the mighty princes is undoubtedly on the wane. Even those. with the widest sway cannot view, the present trend of events without alarm.

The appearance of a sinister mystery man who has been termed the Rasputin of Indore-a religions fanatic who has played a part in more than one intrigue which has resulted in international com- plications is believed to have some con- nection with recent sensational dis-

closures...

|_ KING GEORGE I. ON THE TOP OF A CHURCH.

200 FEET UP.

Repair work was started recently on a status two hundred feet above the ground, Bloomsbury, which is stated to be the on the top of the steeple of St. George's, only church in England with a statue, in such a position.

Larking, the steeplejack, who has repair- The work is being done by Mr.” W.

the Nelson Column and Big Ben The statue has been in its position 200 secrated until 1731. It is made of stone. years, although the church was not con- and represents King George 1. in a Roman toga.

Owing to the action of the Loadon face have disappeared. A large part of atmosphere the toes and nearly. ali the the sceptre or staff which the King holda is decayed...mmm

The steeple is a copy of a mausoleum erected at Halicarnasses to Mausolus, King of Caria, by his wife, Artemisia, 1 358 B.C.

CLYDE YACHT MYSTERY.

MAN AND TWO WOMEN FOUND DROWNED.

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Three persons-a man and two women- lost their lives on the Clyde in an accident to a yacht which was brought to light by the discovery of three bodies at Greenock

shipyard at Greenock early in the morn- A watchman in the Harland and Wolff

ing saw two bodies floating in the water below a vessel on the stocks. A search In one case that of the abdication of revealed a third body in the water on the the Maharajah of Indore following upon other side of the vessel. Close by were the ghastly tragedy at Malabar Hill found the broken mast of a yacht and a when an attempt was made to abduct the hatch cover. Investigation showed that beautiful dancing girl Mumtaz Beguma yacht was missing from its moorings the mystery man is known to have play ed a sinister part.

NINE BULLS,'

There is also a suggestion that he may have had something to do with the ruin and the troubles of other princes. He is known to have been busy in the State of the Maharajah of Nabha shortly be fore, that ruler was removed by the British authorities. And he was at work fomenting trouble and dissension in an other State which is now passing through

an anxious time.

The nine rulers who have been involved -in-difficulties of various kinds are as

follow:-

The Maharajah of Indore-abdicated. The Goekwer of Baroda involved in internal troubles and at present domicil ed in France.

The Begum of Bhopal-abdicated, in favour of her son.

Mr. A, the Maharajah of Kashmir- involved in the notorious Robinson case. The Maharajah of Alwar-involved. In internal troubles.

The Mir of Khairpur-involved in trouble resulting from his alleged ex- travagance.

The Maharajah of Jodhpur-faced with a serious crisis in his State

The Nizam of Hyderabad-involved in trouble with the Government of India:

The Maharajah of Nabha-removed from his throne by the British Govern- ment.

FORTUNE OF £10,000,000. Lack of gold to the Indian Princes would be as inconceivable as thirst to a man at Niagara. Sir Hari Singh had rows of exquisite pearls as big as pigeons eggs, head ornaments like bandeaus Bet with square-shaped diamonds as big as forins, and hung over the ears, with Cabochon emeralds.

Even-the most modest estimate credits him with & fortune of £10,000,000, and at State reception recently he was reput ed to be wearing jewels worth £3,000,000 Gold chairs and bejewelled canopies were brought over by the Maharajahs of Jodhpur and Bikanir when they came on a visit to England and before he abdicated the Maharajah of Indore lived a life recalling the golden prime of Haroun-Al-Raschid His glorious palace of Indore alone cost six million rupees to build.

Yet some of these gorgeous thrones are tattering, and their magnificent rulers are being swept into exile.

The latest ruler to vacate a throne is the Begum of Bhopal, who announced her abdication in favour of her son Hamidullah Khan, who has been officially recognised as her successor by the Government.

BEGUM'S FIGHT.

in the East India Harbour, and it was assumed that the yacht had been taken with a view to sailing across the Firth to Helensburgh.

The two women, who are strangers to the district and have not yet beer identi. fied, were reported to have made inquiries as to whether they could get a boat to take them across to Helensburgh. The drowned man was identified as James Greenock. Later it was learned that Coyle, from St. Lawrence street, Joseph Wallace, aged 61, of Nicholson- street, Greenock, who left his house say- ing he was going for a sail, was missing, and it is feared that he also was one of the party who met their deaths.

A sunken yacht was located near the shipyard, and an unsuccessful attempt was made to raise it by grappling irons from a smack.

case

*** MR. A." Then the notorious Robinson brought into the limelight the name of Mr. A" the young nephew of the Maharajah of Kashmir, the most influen tial frontier state in North-Western India.

The disclosure of Sir "Hari Singh's name drove the Prince into exile, and sent at the deathbed of his uncle. For a he only returned to Kashmir to be pre time the question of his succession to the throne hung in the balance, but looked, and he was made ruler. eventually his part in the case was over-

sational crime of jealousy and revenge, Early in 1025 there occurred the sen when Mumtaz Begum, the favourite dancing girl of the Maharajah of Indore, Bawla, her wealthy friend, was killed in was shot at, and Mr. Abdul Kadir,

an attempt to save her from kidnappers.. determication to recover, possession of The Maharajah was credited with a his favourite at all costs, and it was alleged that he bad instructed some of his most trusted courtiers to carry out bis wishes. The plot failed until Muntaz had passed through all the native states, and had arrived in Bombay. with her lover..

MUMTAZ BEGUM.

The attack was made when the couple

·were driving along Malabar Hill in their motor-car. Masked men blocked the way, and shots rang out, Bawla attempted to beat the attackers off, but was immediate ly shot dead. Another minute and the plot would have succeeded, but at the very moment the kidnappers were lifting the struggling girl from the car a party of British officers dashed up, and put them to flight.

A number of State officials were ar Behind the Begum's action is a romance rested and executed, and subsequently of her determined fight to secure her the Maharajah was given the choice of soo's future. She came to London reappearing before a tribunal of his peers, cently to attempt to bring about a legal or abdicating settlement of the question of succession. 1 When he first heard of the beauty to the throne to which her grandson was and charms of Mumtaz Begum the heir

Alaharajah stood up, and looking at one of his Ministers, he said: "I want Mumtaz here within a week." He never attended to any affairs of State until the girl had been presented to him.

The Begum, however, desired her only surviving son to succeed her, and enter ed into negotiations with the British Government to attain this end Her de termination won her the battle, and the moment the Government agreed to her proposal, she announced her abdication and returned to India.

To-day this monarch, who gave his dancing girls gifts worth £50,000 as lightly as an ordinary man would give

cigarette, spends his time in a lone ly bungalow in Switzerland, with only a small staff of personal servants end a few intimate friends for company

The Nizam of Hyderabad, India's premier rulor, is another prince whose affairs are not running very smoothly.

In the case of some of the other rulers, however, their downfall was brought about by their own folly and weakness. The rot started when the Maharajah Bir Ripudaman Singh of Nablis became involved in a dispute with his neigh bouring chief, the Maharajah of Patiala The Nizam insists on maintaining his Suspected of lending active support to position. equal to that of the Govern the Black Sikh movement, which had ment of India, and is not prepared at been stirring up trouble in various any price to admit the right to intervene states, the Maharajah, in the words of in the internal affairs of Hyderabad Lord Reading, ceased for all time to. He has informed the Government of rule Nabha

India of his resolve to adhere to his treaty Armed British troops were dispatched rights, and to concede not an inch beyond to his capital, and, under the escort of them.

an officer, he was taken across the border Ramour is also busy with the affairs of several other princes who are stated to

to the hill station of Dehra Dun, whers he remains in exile.

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