Shivering Spines Royal

What sends shivers up an Indian potentate's languid spine is the nightmare that Britain may some day confiscate his realm. Last week to the Emir of Khairpur came a messenger with worst tidings.

The Emir was informed that his State, the only one unconfiscated in the great province of Sind, was then & there confiscated by the Government of Bombay under orders from Viscount Willingdon, new Viceroy of India.

Why?

The reason was crisp, British. According to the decree of confiscation, "H. H. Mir Ali Nawaz Khan Talpur, Emir of Khairpur, has been guilty of consistent, disastrous mismanagement of the financial affairs of Khairpur and of indifference to his subjects' welfare evinced through his continued prolonged absences from his State."

Emir Ali did the only thing he could: lodged an appeal with the Indian Chamber of Princes. If they solidly back him up (as they were not expected last week to do) unseated Emir Ali may regain his seat.

In St. Germain-en-Laye, outside Paris, last week the Ex-Maharaja of Indore, forced to abdicate by Britain for "immorality" (TIME, March 8, 1926), moved out of his $1,000,000 Chateau Holkar, offered it for sale. With his U. S. wife, former Miss Nancy Ann Miller of Seattle, the Ex-Maharaja will live at a Paris hotel, will continue to give champagne suppers to whites and browns.

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