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THE CORONATION OURBAR
Gorgeous Display at the viceroy's
Entry Into Delhi.
EDWARD VII. HAILED EMPEROR

Oriental Rulers Beoecked Win Joweis
Follow Lord and Lady Cur7on Into the
Capital Of the Mssuls-Many Mounted
on Elephants Duke Of connaught
King Edunrd's Representative.
Delhi. India.-The opening ceremo.
niles Of the great coronation durbar. at
which King Edward VII. of England
was formally proclaimed Emperor Of
India. began here on Monday. The
Viceroy, Lord Curzon Of Kedleston.
made his state entry into Delhi. He
was accompanied by the Duke Of Con-
naughe. who was sent by King Edward
to represent him. and by the Duchess.
Lord Curzon reached the railway sta.
ton ut 11.30 o'clock. and was received
by the ruling chiefs. the Governors Of
Presidencies, the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Of Provinces and the Lieutenant-Gener-
ais commanding the troops.
As Lord and Lady Curzon and the
Duke and Duchess Of Connaught
mounted elephants and passed through
the line Of ruling chiefs, the elephants
Of the chiefs saluted by trumpetins
and throwing their trunks In the air.
Then they fell In line behind the vice
regal and royal parties, the whole max
ing q procession Of seventy colossal
elephants. The parade started with
the dragons and horse artillery in
gorgeous attire leading. The heralds
and trumpeters, six English soldiers
and six natives, clad In crimson coats,
heavily braided with gold. followed.
Just as the party arrived. q salute
Of thirty-one guns was fired from the
fort. The Duke and Duchess received
every honor from the Viceroy and
chiefs. The chiefs were presented IN
turn to the members Of the royal and
viceregai parties. Afterward all the
mounted elephants and set out for the
great camp.
No triumphal procession Of the Mo"
guls or the Hindu kings ever dazzied
the Indians as did this parade moving
over q six-mile route through the city.
First came the viceroy on the best
elephant that he owns. In his great
silver howdah. and followed by the
Duke and Duchess Of Connaught and
Lady Curzon on elephants with gilded
tusks and jeweled foreheads. generals
and Governors on elephants, the aides
de-camp OIL horseback, the black vice.
regal cavalry bodyguard in scarlet
turbans, with the vlceregal standards
and the flags, the native princes.
mounted on silk and gem.covered' ele-
plants and with their trains In Silk
and velvet, and the foreign represen-
tatives In brilliant carriages and on
horseback. Following these came the
troops with music. Sikh cavalry and
English, Goorkha regiments In green.
BengaIi and Rajputana In brown ana
red. and English infantry In red and
white. Forty thousand troops marched
to the music Of scores OF bands Into
Delhi.
After the procession through Delhi
city the viceroy led to the plain. where
the great army of many nations went
into camp for the night.
On Tuesday the Viceroy opened the
Arts Exhibition. In the Kudsia Gar.
dens. outside the Kashmir gate OF the
city.
On Thursday. the object Of the occa.
sion, the actual proclamation Of Ed.
ward VII. as King Of England ana
Emperor of India occurred In the great
horseshoe anphItheatre on the plain.
two miles beyond the camp.
The Viceroy's camp. for his guests
of honor. the Duke and Duchess or
Connaught and for his immediate Of
ficers and attaches. bodysuard and ser
wants, with elephant lines and horse
stables adjoining, is on the Mutiny
Ridge. where the rebellion Of the Sc
poys was finally broken. His stan.
retinue and attendants includes some
5000 souls. His personal camp Is mag
nlficent. The state pavllions. Of white
and gold. are reached by straight
road three quarters of a mile long and
fifty yards wide. The largest OF these
tents is 1O8x6O feet; the drawing room
Is SSx36 feet and the dining room.
where Lord and Lady Curzon and their
1o5 personal guests dine. Is 130x4O feet
and is hung with magnificent examples
of native needlework and Of the loom.
About this central and viceregai
camp on Mutiny Ridge are the camps
Of the Governors of the Madras and
Bombay PresidencIes. the Lieutenant
Governors. Lord Kitchener and the
other high military and civil officers
of the Angie. Indian Government.
At some distance are the local gov
ernment camps Of the maharajahs
and rajahs Of forty two feudatory
states and tribes. the independent
chiefs and Asiatlc rulers. with their
trains of elephants. wrapped In Jew.
eled silks. their barbaric squadrons OF
horsemen In strange garb and their
armies Of slaves. Twelve thousand or
these Indians and Asintics are under
canvas.
The camp covers an area OF ftty
square miles and there are 2oO0OO
dwellers under canvas. 1t Is gar
risoned by $4,000 troops. The electric
installation Is the largest ever known
for n temporary affair. The overhead
wires weigh some sixty tons and there
are fifty miles Of underground cable.
Blus FacIncs For Army Uniforms.