A Sultan in Micronesia apparently wants Parvati for himself and is resorting to some obscure law on mysogenation that was passed some time ago in the days of Gauguin to preserve the South Sea islander race. He claims Parvati is part micronesian (hence her name). James is currently under arrest, which is why he's not at Ponderosa. It could all be bs, I'm not vouching for it, but you can read all about it here:
Micronesia Gazette