UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

I have a xterm window opening from my Java code. This xterm is opened from the code in this manner:

// to run shell command in a xterm window
public synchronized void rshd(String title, String commd) {
String xt = "xterm -sb -T ";
String xtm = xt + title + " -e " + commd;
Runtime run = Runtime.getRuntime();
System.out.println("The command is: " + xtm);
try {
run.exec(xtm);
}
catch(java.io.IOException e) {}
}

The problem I face is that when the command passed 'commd' involves remote login as in 'rsh abc.xyx.com -l user' , I do not get a scrollbar on the xterm if the user id 'user' is valid on the server 'abc.xyz.com'. If its an invalid login, I can see a scrollbar in the resulting xterm.

Can someone please help me with this issue?