SEDITION IN INDIA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14144, 20 August 1909, Page 5

SEDITION IN INDIA.

" A MAD, WICKED MOVEMENT/'

MAHARAJA'S / WARNING.

By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. Calcutta, August 18. The Maharaja of Jaipur has warned his subjects to avoid the mad, wicked movement against English rule, and has ordered the prosecution and punishment of preachers of sedition, whether their campaign be conducted publicly or privately.

' The Maharaja of Jaipur •is head of Kuchhwaha, clan of Rajputs, tracing descent from Rama, the celebrated King of Ayodhya (modern Oudh). The modern capital, Jaipur, was built in 1728 a.d. by Maharaja Jai Singh, the ancient capital being Amber, founded in 1150 a.d. The administration is carried on by a council consisting of ten members, the Maharaja exercising the supreme civil and criminal authority within his territories. The State of Jaipur comprises an area, of 15,579 square miles, and has a population of 2,658,666. The State maintains an Imperial Transport Corps, organised in 1890, the strength of which is one superintendent, eight officers, and 695 non-commissioned officers and men. The present Maharaja, apart from being a wise and capable administrator, takes a deep interest in all matters affecting the welfare of the British Empire. Among his many princely liberalities mav be mentioned his subscription of £100,000 towards founding a. permanent famine ' fund for India, £7000 towards the Transvaal war fund, £25,000 added to the famine fund in memory of the QueenEmpress Victoria, £15,000 towards the All India Victoria memorial, £18,000 for the promotion of the Imperial Institute, London, and £5000 towards King Edward's Hospital fund; in commemoration of the visit of the Prince of Wales to Jaipur in 1905 he gave an additional £18,000 to the famine fund; on the occasion of the Delhi .Durbar of January 1903, his senior Maharanee, Her Highness Maharanee Jadanjee, subscribed £7000 to the famine fund, and added to the same fund another £7000 in honour of the visit of the Princess of Wales in 1905. He is a very catholic Hindu in his religion, and when invited in 1902 to be present at the coronation of King Edward VII. he travelled to England in a strict orthodox style with 125 of his officers and attendants, a' whole ship being chartered for the voyage, and all eatables and drinking water being brought from India.