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faith in the justice of the Moglai Courts and insists on the case being tried by the British Magistrate—is an interesting production, interesting as giving one an idea of the manipulation and tergiversation that some of His Highness' officials are adepts at. It blames all but the right persons for the offenders' not being 'spotted' through the instrumentality of the Nizam's servants, exculpates all the responsible men in a very ingenious manner and winds up with an order—q uite unnecessary—for the appointment of a commission. The robbery, committed as it was in Salar Jung 1P's time, is put down to the credit of the days af the late Peishkar—the Raja Naraindar Peishkar Bahdur—and to the Peishkar is allotted the failure to take immediate steps to enquire into the matter. The derliction of duty the then Judicial Secretary, the Nawab Fateh Nawaz Jung, was guilty of in not bringing the robbery to the notice of Sir Asman Jah on his assumption of office as Prime Minister, is passed over, and Sir Asman Jali's ignorance of the affair is made to explain his not doing anything to have the robbery traced to the culprits. All this is in unmistakable terms pointed out by the "Deccan Times." As regards pensions, the Nizam's Government's decision to abolish pensions to Military officers in its service furnishes the occasion for the "Deccan Times" article thereon. How the decision will affect the services, how it will induce men to be in harness in spite of the disabilities and impediments of age, how this will lead to young and sound men being out of all useful work, and how it will tend to make the work turned out inefficient; all this is clearly explained by the article. And it is to be hoped that the responsible men of the Government will read it to 'some purpose.'
