Arizona republican., 1902-10-04

soon after his, return from his lengthy tip around the world on board the Ophir. Moreover, the princess oi Wales is locking forward to an a3di- ton to her famAy soon after Christ mas. and, urahle to travel herself, will not hear of the prince going alone. So l. was resolved to send the kings i brother, the duke of Connaught.
 As soca, however, as this was off c.ally announced very pronounced feeling of disappointment and dissat- isfaCtion became apparent in India. The duke has spent many years in that country as g military c0n,sE2Eder. sub jeCt t9 the orders of tce gov eruor of Bombay; that is to say, a mere divis- iOlal Coumander, and in that rela- lively subordinate capacity had at tended the durbar at Delhi years ago, when Queen Victoria was first pro- ! claimed empress Of India. From the point e. view of precedence and rank 1 his status is inferior now to what 1t was then. Tn those days he was the faNoiits son Of the reiSning monarch, | whereas today he is merely the brother ! who is obliged to yield the pas" to his uepheU and nieces. the children of the i king.
 So strong did this feeling of discon- ! tent become that Lord CurZOn was i'm pelied thereby to cable and to write l personally to the king, urging him in | the strongest possible fashion to en- 1 dcavcr to preside at the durbar ia per l son; and, not content with this he dis 1 pIJched his private secretary, MT. Lawrence, one of the most capable and i eminent members Of the civil service of India, to England for the purpose of i communicating verbally to the king arguments which it was impossible to l communicate by letter.
 Mr. Lawrence has been staying for mere than a week at Balmoral as the guest of the king, and it is understood that the result O: his conferences with the sovereign, and of the manner in which he has put the entire matter be- fore the monarch, the latter will pre- cecd to India in person and preside at { the durbar, thus endowinG it with an l importance and with a grandeur which ! ii would not otherwise possess, and at the same time fulfilling that Indian tradition, according to which each em- ] pCrOr of Hindustan must be proclaimed in person at Delhi, the ancient capital l cf the empire of the Moguls.
 The late Queen Victoria was the first | ruler of the empire of India in all it's history who had never set her foot in the holy city of Delhi. There were Ob- vious obstacles in the way of her com | plying with Indian national tradition in the matter. These obstacles do not exist in the case of King Edward, and in these days, when locomotion is so easy and cables keep those far a1ield iI touch with the center, there are no longer any insuperable difficulties to trips by the sovereign to distant parts C.; the empire. Indeed, it is recognized that the time has come when British i uClal chs, if they are to continue to rule Q worldwide empire, must make arrangements to periodically visit the various portions Of that empire.
 There are no constitutional obstacles or any statutes which render it impos- sible for the king to absent himself frcm England or from Europe for q couple Of rlonths, and so strong is the feeling that he should go that people do not hesitate to claim that if he remains away the milli ,ns of dollars which are t5 be spent on the durbar will pa wasted, and that the object which it was expected .o eff ,ct will i've been lost, it being added that if the kinG cannot go hin sell, nCr yet his immedi- ate heir, it would be preferable for no other member of the royal family to at tend, since his presence would only contribute to dim the iUster and She prestige Of the viceroy.
 If King Edward goes it is extremely probable that the queen win accom- pany him. Unlike the pri9cess ci Wales, she is an excellent sailor and she is extremely anxious to see India about which she has heard so much The royal yacht would probably he employed to convey the royal party tc Bombay. Ii is a floating palace and probably tEe finest, largest in exist enCe. while the members of the suite would be accommodated on board tho great liner Ophir, on which the prince and princess of Wales made theil memora blc trip to the various colo nies, and which has not as yet been re stored to passenger traffic on the EnC to which she belongs. Indeed, she t still fitted up as she was when th' prince and princess completed theil tour. and it is generally understood that Ter charter has been retained bl the government just for an eventualitN of this kind.
 Some people have put forward tho idea that the king would be crowned as emperor Of India at the durbar o