New-York tribune., 1903-01-06
DELHI AND THE DURBAR.
The Ancient Capital of India and Its Mod
ern Business Interests.

In writing of Delhi. where the great durbsr is to
be given in January. Francis stopford has this
TO say in -'The London Express
Delhi is the ancient capital of India built Of
Grand Moguls reigned there It was beselged IN
the mutiny and captured, Lora KooeF,sri,le t,nj,s
party and won Y C In January they are going
Delhi is famous for ruins memories and historic
breaches. There are two or three mosques, 99heSa q
palace, a fort. pillar of victory and the Snanon
Chowk. which may be a chutney, or may mean
These statements describe with no undue exag
seration the very vague ideas which widely prevail
prominently in the English newspapers during the
''iS Even its pronunciation does not always come
tppingy to the oaL enSeII + 5S noI Homes
would have had it, when forty years ago he made
NE Hut Delhi IS BY no means splendid Gogotha
Il is q busy. bustling cry: with strong dash OF
s-eetesf rafHay centre in India Ten thousand Of
It's people find daily work in the railway yards and
and without its battle SCARED walls
Where the cannon ToaTed ye and f5ty yssFs ago
astes Shs GeszsS Which caI together the armies ndsS
they summoned men to the slaughter.
Delhi is one Of the hyest commerciai cues a,.o OF
r ar and its population Of 2oSco Ialh falls only
Before the nnuttny Hindoos and Mahometans
turns lfs4o0 Hindoos to s. 400 ahcetans- There
are ses n Dfhr f a Gay and but four Jews gures which
5enoons-rate mere plainly than words that the
Tlindoo and Mahometan merchant of Delhi is
man who does require to be taught the tricks
n NAV help TO remove little the false glamour
which is gathering over the ancient seat OF Ma
was year or two ago opened IN Delhi also soap
factory and steam bakery. and that the manner
IN which the proclamation OF King Edward as
er,ueror OF India is TO be permanently commem-
-aTsd Is by the construction Of new thoroughfare
through the city. down which wil-run an electric
rhe~e are cotton mills and iron foundries in Delhi
Nearly thirty thousand men ano women earn their
fsct9rtes equipped with the latest machinery from
England and the United States.
Of Northern India And these systems are indeed
great For example. the manager OF the North
western Railway. which connects Delhi with the
northwest frontier. controls greater length nI
railroad than any other railway manager in the
world with single exception, which occurs in the
81 Iet 81 be understood that Delhi with all its
historical memories and splendid relics. throbs with
vigorous vitality j.
India is tucked away in one corner OF the penin-
slIla: Bombay the most important seaport and the
most enterprising commercial city IN the EaSt Is
Delhi its locality in the rnidole OF the plains
OF Hfndostan, with iron roads running through
its gates from north, south. east ano west Is the
most convenient and the most suitable city for
''11s TraSitior however counts for. perhaps. ever
realized during the last year how very large part
n still PLAYS in our national life We could not
been soemnized in any other minister or cathedral
EXCEPT Westminster Abbey: Nor can the natives
Of India comprehend their emperor oeing pro-
claimed In any other city but Delhi.
There was no jealousy among the provincial
r;ttes last spring the thought that London might
reap q golden harvest in the summer 80 there Is
~. - 'SreU Year And Delhi herself have
- is wen worthy Of her fortune having toed