Word: sarawak
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...your article in TIME, April 21, entitled "Sarawak," you attribute to me the authorship of a book entitled Relations and Complications, which you say reveals the details of the Raja's courtship of me and our marital relations. I did not write the book. It was authored by the wife of the Tuan Muda (Captain Bertram Brooke), my brother-in-law, and it does not contain any details of the type you refer...
Last week, as he issued his constitutional decree from the Raja's palace in Kuching, Sarawak's capital, Sir Charles made up his mind. Said he: "I hereby pronounce my brother, Bertram Brooke, at present the Tuan Muda, to be my heir...
...Charles chose to abandon some of his autocratic power might have remained a mystery if Sir Charles's family troubles were not so well known. It takes a strong hand to govern Sarawak's tough, native populace and, like many a European dynasty, the Brookes have waxed no stronger as their line grew old. Sir Charles sired three daughters, no son to follow him as Sarawak's Tuan Muda (Crown Prince...
...these complications undermined the Raja's prestige in Sarawak. Two years ago Sir Charles, looking about for a suitable heir to the throne, decided his brother, Bertram Willes Dayrell Brooke (now 64), was too old. Besides, Bertram's wife had also got her name in the papers by embracing Mohammedanism after being successively a Protestant, Christian Scientist, Roman Catholic. So Sir Charles appointed Bertram's son, Antoni Walter Dayrell Brooke, to be Sarawak's Tuan Muda. Then he sailed for England...
Antoni Brooke promptly went to Rangoon, married a pretty young commoner, Kathleen Hudden. Back in Sarawak, Sir Charles showed his displeasure by removing Antoni as Tuan Muda. Said he tersely: "It appears to us that our nephew is not yet fitted for the exercise of the responsibilities of this high office." Then Sir Charles retired into solitude to think things over...