The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-10-05
King and Queen Will Attend
the Indian Celebration
at Delhi.


has been found necessary to curtail
somewhat the military portion Of the
Imperial Durbar to be held in Delhi
in December, this great assemblage
viii 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
celebrations. Here the Grand Mo
guls once held court, and when the
British government after the mutiny
decided that it was impossible to
continue to rule the country through
John Company" Queen Victoria
was proclaimed Empress OF India. !
Her son, King Edward, was thirty
years later proclaimed emperor in
the same city, and now comes the
turn of her grandson, King George.
He, as is we'll known, takes more
4 personal interest in Brltain's colo
NAL possessions than did his
predecessors, and as mark OF this
interest has decided to travel to In
dia 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
ruling King-Emperor
The King and Queen will travel
to India on the 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, Defence and
Natal, in command OF Sir Colin Keep
pei. one of the captains Of the royal
yachts. This fleet will leave Eng
land about the middle of'November,
reaching Calcutta the first week of
December. There will be an official
PERCEPTION at Calcutta and what
promises TO be a wonderful process
sion of military and the civil SER
vices, with Indian princes in their
spectacular uniforms, along the Red
road to Government House. Two
days will be spentthere, their
mnjesties taking train, as soon as
they have rested. for Delhi, where
they are due to arrive December I.
At Delhi he King. and Queen
will be received by $50 Indian
princes, the yiceroy and Lady
Hardinge, by whom they will be ac-
companied through the city. The
royal party will alight at a special
station Immediately opposite the
historic Kings Gate, which will be
opened for the first time since
1857.
The Durbar proper, or ceremonial
gathering, will be held December u.
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-Indla 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 Eng
fish and Indian subjects of King
George. There is no browning of
the King and Queen, but in some re-
Ispects the ceremony will resemble
that held in Westminster Abbey IN
June last The King and Queen
will be seated in pavilion, brilliant
in hangings of red, white and blue
silk or satin embroidered 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 Il
strictest attention to formalfties,
which the Indian considers so i'm
portant. Homage having been paid.
the proclamation of the Kings cor
onation win be read and his Dor
trait displayed to the spectators,
batteries will belch forth salute Of
lO1 guns, while the bands of the
regiments, camped on the plain.
viii play the national anthem. The
reading OF the proclamation. dis
play 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
DE fireworks and illumlnations. Int
Delhi itself, the celebrations VIM
extend over five days and include
military tournament, hockey and !