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The Diamond case is the subject of talk everywhere. Every man of intelligence thinks it but right that His Highness the Nizam should have consented to give evidence before a Commission, though no one could bring himself to approve of the way in which, and the flourish of trumpets with which, it was made known that he had consented to do so. There is little doubt in the minds of the people here as to where the mainfesto which has come in for much severe, but richly-deserved criticism in the Calcutta press, originated. When the real writer of it goes out of his way to eulogize Judges and other officials who have made sorry exhibitions of themselves before all the world, he betrays the closen foot.
How successful Sir Syed Ahmed of Allighur has been in his mission to Hyderabad all India knows. But the secret of the success few can know outside Hyderabad. It needs to be told It is all nonsense to say that the object of the old man's visit prevailed with His Highness and a portion of his subjects, so far as to make them loosen their purse strings readily, for grander and more useful "objects" to be realized nearer homo receive little real sympathy from them. The Nawab Vicarul-mulk is a friend and admirer of Sir Syed Ahmed's; this accounts for the raising of the monthly grant to the Allyghur College from Rs. 1,000 to Rs. 2,000 a month. The Nawab Framroze Jung is a creature of Vicarul-mulk's; but for this Syed Ahmed would not have got 26 thousand rupees from the "people" of Warangal. These are unquestionable facts, I assure you. Sir Syed Ahmed accompanied by the Nawab Vicarul-mulk, Feteh Nawaz Jung, Imadol-mulk and others reached Warangal, by special train, on an evening. And within 24 hours of his arrival 24 bags of money, each containing Rs. 1,000 were offered to him in due 'style' by the Warangalites. How this came about it is interesting to enquire. Four Tahsildars had been told off, four days previously, to go about the town and prepare people for the giving of big donations; several officials in the surrounding
