The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-12
lndia's vassaIage
 To Great Britain The Dunbar at Delhi-Rep- resentatives of 300, 100000
 People Plague, Starvation and Sedi- tion, Contrasted with the Millions of Gems Worn by Individuals.

Delhi, India, Dec. 12-India's vassa- lage to Great Britain was again for mally proclaimed to the world today when, in the presence of 100000 per- sons, representing some 300,OO0.00O subjects, 150 native rulers knelt in homage to the head of the alien house of Hanover and Saxe-Coburg.
 Amid scenes of barbaric ponp and magnificence, uneQualled in the his- tory of India, in the great arena where Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress by viceroy Lord Lytton in 1877, and where King Edward was proclaimed by Viceroy Lord Cur0on in 1903 King George the Fifth-the first reigning English sovereign to visit the Far East-announced his own succession to the imperial throne.
 The fact that every week more than 5000 natives are dying from plague, that hundreds of thousands are on the verge of starvation, and that the spirit of sedition abroad, in the land is reported only by England's strong display of force, was apparently for gotten for the moment.
 The Oriental setting, the glitter of the Royal crowns, the gorgeous robes and jewels of the Indian princes, the thousands of brilliantly uniformed and superbly disciplined troops, and the vari-clad host of people of hundreds of races and creeds, combined to make a series of tableaux of surpassing splendor.
 In order that the momentous cere- mony-known as the Durbar-might be conducted with safety, Delhi was turned into an armed camp, and from early morning the streets of the an- cient capital of the Mogul ernperors resounded with the tramp of soldiers marching to take up their positions along the procession route from the royal encampment Fifty the nd British and native troops. und 1e personal direction of General Sir O'Moore Creagh. Commander in Chief possible protest against the ceremony or British rule generally.
 The Durbar arena, situated about three miles from the royal camp, con- sists of two semi-circular amphithea- tres, an inner one, seating about 5000 reserved for the King and the native princes and British officials. and the between the Fort (the former Mogul stronghold) and the Ridge, scene of the desperate fighting which finally assured the. British conquest of In- dia in 1857. -r
 In the center of the inner amphi- theatre stood the Royal pavilion with the. two thrones, and ranged round were the pavilions for the British gov- ernors and high officials, and the na- tive rulers. The Eastern potentates started from their different camps early and arrived in full state with bodyguards, 'viziers. and court off cials. The troops and attendants took up the positions allotted to them and each chief seated himself in his gilt chair over which floated his own ban- ner banners that had been seen on iee n battlefields hundreds of years be the British royal standard was thought of.
 The canopies of blue and white sat- in embroidered with the gold "star of India and the national flower, the lotus, shaded a mass of color that was positively bewildering. The chiefs were all clad in their state robes of brightly silks and cloth of gold, and to avoid any squabbles about prece- dence, they had been we'll mixed up, so that there were no patches of color representing any particular states or religions.
 Shortly before noon the booming of cannon announced the departure of the King and Queen from their camp, and when they arrived at the arena the one vacant space in the color scheme was filled. Six horses weight ed down by gold-spangled harness. drew the royal carriage, and their Majesties were escorted by badly of ihCCCp ACII lO 6O1lG Ol llG pTOuQSSI thrones in India, and squadrons of cavalry British and native. The blue white and gold of the princely squad ron was accentuated by the innumer- able twinkling points of light where the sun shone on priceless jewels in turbans and sword hilts, while the white uniformed troopers of Kings special body guard of the Imperial Cadets. the brilliant apparel of the regular native cavalrymen, and the colors displayed by the British and native infantry lining the route added to the picturesqueness of the scene.
 General Sir O'Moore Creagh rode on the right of the royal carriage. which was preceded by that of the Viceroy and Lady Hardinge With so many enormously wealthy native princes, doing their utmost to outshine each other. it beloved the King Emperor to see that he was not put in the shade, so accordingly the King and Queen were their Coronation robes, Iightened as much as possible to allow for the difference in climate, and their crowns and scepters.
 Queen Mary wore the same crown that did duty in Westminster Abbey last June. Blazing in the center of it was the famous Koh-i-noor dia- mond which once graced the Peacock Throne of Shah Johan-last of the great Moguls." King Georges was not the imperial crown, but a new one especially made for the occasion The utmost secrecy had been maintained