Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-09-30
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IN DeCemDer, ILLS great dSScMOld6e
will afford a spectacle probably never
before equalled, even in this home OF
oriental display.
Delhi has for centuries been the
chosen place of all great Indian cele.
brations. Here the grand m0guls
once held court, and when the British
government after the mutiny decid'
ed that it was impossible to continue
to rule the country through John
Company" Queen Victoria was pro-
claimed empress of India. Her son.
King Edward, was thirty years later
proclaimed emperor In the same city,
son, King George.
He, as is we'll known, takes a
more personal interest in Britain's
colonial possessions than did his pre-
decessors, and as mark of this In
terest has decided to travel to India
with his consort to be present at
the ceremony which accompanies his
formal assumption Of. the title OF
king emperor: Thus, for the first
time India is. to- be visited by a rul'
ing king-emperor.
The king and queen travel to India
on the new liner Medina, which has
been fitted up even more sumptuous'
| ~ than any royal yacht. The Medina
will be escorted. by four first class
cruisers, the Cochrane, Argyll, DE-
fence and Natal, in command Of Sir
Colin Keppel, one of the captains OF
the royal yachts This fleet will
leave England about the middle of
November, reaching Calcutta the first
week In December. There will be
an official reception at Calcutta and
what promises to be wonderful
procession of military and the civil
! services, with Indian princes, in their
spectacular uniforms, along the Red
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 Z.
At Delhi the king and queen will
be received by $50 Indian princes,
the viceroy and Lady Hardinge, by
whom they will be accompanied
through the city. The royal party
will alight at a special station imme-
diately opposite the historic Kings
Gate, which will be opened for the
first time since 1857.
The Dunbar proper, or ceremonial
gathering, will be held on December
IL. The days preceding that will be
given over to the reception of the
Indian chiefs and princes, review
of troops, and on the day following
the king will lay the foundation
stone of the All.Indian King Edward
memorial. The proclamation of the
king-emperor will take place in an
arena surrounded 'by the brilliantly
bedecked tents of the princes and
other visitors, and in the presence
of an immense assemblage of English
and Indian subjects of King George.
There is no browning of the king
and queen, but in some respects the
ceremony will resemble that held In
| Westminster abbey in June last. The
king and queen will be seated In a
pavilion, brilliant in 'hangings of red,
white and blue silk or satin en-
broidered in gold in front of which
the ruling Indian princes and higher
British officials will be seated in, a
semi-circle, each Indian with his own
banner floating over his chair. Each
in turn does homage to the king.
emperor with the strictest attention
to formalities, which the Indian con-
| siders so important. Homage having
been paid, the proclamation of the
kings coronation will be read and
his portrait displayed to the specta-
tors, batteries will belch forth a
salute of 101 guns while the bands
of the regiments camped on the plain
will play the national anthem. The
reading of the proclamation display
of the portrait and firing of salutes
will be repeated in every town and
village throughout India while the
after celebrations will take on many
forms. Everywhere in the evening,
however, there will be fireworks and
Examinations. In Delhi itself the
celebrations will extend over five days
and include military tournament,
hockey and polo matches, garden
fetes, races and many other forms
of sports. From Delhi the king will
proceed on a tiger hunt, while the
queen will visit q number of places
Of interest, including Agra. The cost
to the government of England and
India of the Dunbar has been esti-
mated at nearly $6,0O0,00O, but this
will be but a small portion of the
amount that will be spent
Two matters are giving the au-
thorities some anxiety. The first is
the danger of an outbreak of cholera,
or rather the spread of that disease.
Delhi has been threatened with an
epidemic and officials have been
working day and night to prevent It.
The other is the protection of their
majesties. There are scores of secret
societies in India which aim at driv-
ing England out of the country.
They are very closely watched, so
that any organized attack would
probably be easily frustrated. The
greater danger arises from fanatics,
with which India swarms.. Scotland
Yard has already sent out some of its
best men to work in conjunction with
the Indian secret service and uni
formed police force and spot all dan
gerous characters and keep the clos
est guard over their majesties.
The British Postoffice Savings bank
celebrated Its jubilee on September
16. it having been established in