The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-12-27
The . Delhi OF To-day
a City OF Factories and midas Chief
Railway centef.

| a City OF Factories and midas Chief
Railway centof.
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| @. Describe Delhi. E7.6s7 Is
| A The ancient capital of India, built
| or red granite, on the banks of the River
Jumna: The grand moguls reigned there.
| tured. Lord Roberts-little 'iRobs,', the
and won a y. G. In January they are
SONG to have a Durbar there. = =. =
| 9. What is. Delhi: famous for? ~.
a. Ruins. memories and historic
breaches. There are - or.three mosques,
npaaee fort Of p sieteFy aad
| or may mean Silver street. = .,f :,
| @. Is that all?
A. What more do you want? ~
lhese answers describe with no undue
exaggeration the very vague ideas which
! widely prevail regarding that city of In
| ola which is to figure 50 prominently In
! the English newspapers during the next
Even it's pronunciation does not always
come trippinglyy to the tongue-""Delly,"
Is net Hehigh 1or nIes haa as
Wnen forty years. ago he made his bitter,
biting pun 'sss $3.50 w. s'.-0' =, = =
- i. A Busy, BustIing City. :
But. Delhi is by no means a splendid
| Golgotha 1t is busy, bustlng city. with
a strong dash Of Crewe and Gapham
IN india Fen me Of its
people find daily work In the railway
yards and railway workshops which are
| congregated within and without It's battle
| Scared walls. ''
| Where the cannon roared five-and-forty
| the screaming whistles which call togeth-
err the armies Of industry make louder
music than ever did the bugles when they
summoned men to the slaughter.
| M 1{oY
cities res Of the Orient 1t Is considerably g;
population Of 2OS,OO0 falls only a little
short Of Leicester, Newcastle and Hull,
and Is growing steadily.
! Before the mutiny, Hihdus and Mohaua-,
medans We're nearly equally divided, but
the census Of 1902 returns ia, 400 Hindus
Delhi only -thirty-five Parsees, the keenest
traders Of India, and but four Jews, fig
'ures which demonstrate more plainly
| than words that the Hindu and Moham-
! medan merchant Of Delhi is man who
does not, require to be taught the tricks
| of his trade. -
It may help to remove a. little Of the
false glamor which is gathering over the
ancient seat Of Mohammedan dynasties
Pc OF fo9d NO that 5o op stes III psb so
soap factory and steam bakery and
that the manner in which the prociama-
| ZION or k1ng Edward as emperor Of India
IS to be permanently COMMUNICATED Isl
/
fare through the city, down which win
" ~ Modem Cities.
foundries in Delhi. Nearly 10000 men
and women earn their living within its
walls by working in modern factories,
equipped with the latest machinery from.
England and the United States.
| 1t Is the very heart of the great rail-
way systems of Northern India And
these systems are indeed great: For ex-
railway, which connects Delhi with the
northwest frontier, controls greater
length OF ra1lroad Than any other railway
manager in the world, with a single ex-
s seeett{en: which occurs in the United
! So let 1t be understood that Delhi, with
all It's historical memories and splendid
relics. throbs with vigorous vitality.
Calcutta. the winter seat of the govern
| ment of India, is. tucked away In one cor
ner of the peninsula. Bombay the most
a e the the most ag ntef
tucked away in another. Apart from tra-
dition, Delhi. from it's locality in the mid
die: Of the plains of Hindustan, with iron
roads running through it's gates from
north, south, east and west, is the most
convenient and the most suitable city for
I Tradition, however, counts for, perhaps,
| even more in the East than in the West.
| though we have, realized during the past
year now very large a part 1t still plays
5as any dt fzf muster
Nor can the natives of India comprehend
other city but Delhi" ::
There was no jealousy among the pro-
| that London might reap a golden harvest
| in the summer. So. there is no jealousy
in India over Delhis good fortune at the
fe her foFeu1 W nave
Ing toiled laboriously for many years in
the forefron: OF industrial progress.
20 Meaning Of Durbar.
What is this Durbar95 The word itself
Is of Persian origin. signifying originally
a kings a. audience lens chamber; and /, hence the
chamber Probably the briefest and most
vivid account Of a Durbar in the English
language is to- be found in the second
Terss OF the third ehapter Of the book OF
king sent to gather together the princes,
the governors, and the captains the
judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the
sheriffs and all the rulers of the pro-
t @heR che king
had set up Such was an Eastern Dur
bar six centuries before Christ. SO is It
in this twentieth century of the Christian
era. ~. - 800 rh' = & - .. -
Princes. governors, captains, ETC., when
bnSs @t watn of
and many shekels Of gold They spend
the coin lavishly. And the ancient arts
and industries Of the Orient-for which
Delhi is still famous-wiH receive a. new
and vigorous stimulus. p ~
Electric light Is to be installed for the
Durbar camp, and Delhi will in future be
lighted with electricity Motor cars are
to be allowed, but not within the city
walls. We hear SO much of horses being
frightened by motor car; but imagine
the scene IL forty horse power Panhard
I ran teuf-teuf-teufing down an avenue Of
l1.,accustor1ed elephants it is. the al1-
tEorities have been warned that the noise
and excitement Of the bands and salutes
may upset the equilibrium of the more
emotional pachyderms. At the Durbar Of
1877 several accidents occurred from run
away elephants.
But the captains and the kings
depart Delhi will count up her material
gains. Her trade Will have received a
new impetus, her ways and her methods
vii. have been even more modernized. In
a little while the boast will be heard that
Delhi, the rose: red city Of history, the
claims to be called the Battersea Of India,