The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-02

Neen found necessary to curtail some
fW1at the military portion of the I'M
\ ,rial Durbar to be held in Delhi in
December. this great assemblage will
afford spectacle probably never be-
fore equalled, even in this home of
Oriental display
Delhi has for centuries been the
chosen place for all great Indian cele-
brations. Here the Grand Moguls once
held court, and when the British gov
eminent after the mutiny decided
that it was impossible to continue to
rule the country through John Com
pany," Queen Victoria was proclaimed
Empress of India. Her son, King Ed
ward, was thirty years later proclaim
ed Emperor in the same city, and now
comes the turn of her grandson, King
George.
He, as is well known, takes more
personal interest in Britain's colonial
possessions than did his predecessors,
and as a mark of this interest has de-
Nycided to travel to India with his con-
,jsoIt to be present at the ceremony
: which accompanies his formal as
sumption of the title of King Emper-
or. Thus, for the first time, India is
to be visited by a ruling King Emper-
or.
The King and Queen travel to India
on the new liner Medina" which has
been fitted up even more sumptuously
than any royal yacht. The Medina
will be escorted by four first-class
cruisers, the "Cochrane," Argyll,
Defense" and Natal in command
of Sir Colin Keppel, one of the Cap
tains of the royal yachts This fleet
will leave England about the middle
of November, reaching Calcutta the
first week of December There will be
an official reception at Calcutta and
what promises to be a wonderful pro
cession of military and the civil ser
vices, with Indian princes, in theil
spectacular uniforms, along the Rec
Road to Government House. Two
=, days will be spent here, their males
ties taking train as soon as they have
= rested, for Delhi, where they are due
TO arrive on December T.
At Delhi the King and Queen will
be received by $50 Indian princes
the veceroy and Lady Hardinge, b!
whom they will be accompanied
through the city. The royal part.
will alight at a special station immedi
ately opposite the historic King
Gate, which will be opened for tn
first time since 1875.
The Durbar proper, or ceremonial
gathering. will be held on Decembe
70. The days preceding that win b.
given over to the reception Of tn
Indian chiefs and princes, a review o
troops, and on the day following tn
King will lay the foundation stone O
the All-India King Edward memoria
The proclamation of the King-Empel
or will take place in an arena SUI
rounded by the brilliantly bedecke
tents of the princes and other Wis
tors, and in the presence of an in
mense assemblage of English and II
dian subjects of King George. Their
Wis no browning of the King and Queer
\but in some respects the ceremon
will resemble that held in Westmini
ter Abbey in June last. The King an
Queen will be seated in a pavilion
brilliant in hangings of red, white an
blue silk or satin embroidered in gol'
in front of which the ruling India
princes and higher British Official
will be seated in semicircle, eac
Indian with his own banner floatin
over his chair Each in turn doe
homage to the King-Emperor with ii
strictest attention to formalitie