Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-07
IBY UNITED PRESS Assoc1AT1oNsl

[BY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIAT1ONS1
DELHI, India, Dec: 7.-Scenes of
splendor and magnifcence
marked the arrival in Delhi today of
the royal train which brought King
George and Queen Mary to the an
cient capital of India, here to be pro-
claimed and crowned as Emperor and
Empress of their vast Asiatic domin-
ion. During the coming week their
majesties will play the leading roles
in a spectacle which in grandeur and
lavishness of display will have no
in history.
AS when Prince Sidhartha issued
from the city gates to view his realm,
and "all the path was Kept with glad
some looks and flied with fair sights, y
so it was today in Delhi, when fiaunt-
ing flags and joyous crowds gave well
come to the king, and poverty and
rags were hidden from the sight of
royal eyes. But the fact remains that
the India of today differs little from
the India of Lord Buddha's time
when midway in the road,
Slow tottering from the hovel where
he hid,
Crept forth a wretch in rags, haggard
and foul,
An old, old man, whose shrivelled skin,
sun-tanned,
Clung like a beasts hide to it's flesh
less bones,
Bent was his back with load, of many
days,
His eyepits red with rust of anSent
tears,
His dim orbs belbar with rheum, his
toothless jaws
Wagging with palsy and the fright to
see .v -.,--e-.
So many and such JOY"
The royal party landed in Delhi to
day at a railway station built espe-
cially for their use in a bastion OF
the Delhi fort. Nearly $5,0O0,000 has
been spent by the government in prep
aration for the reception of the king
and queen, and the municipality has
also disbursed vast sums in improv-
ing and widening the streets, install
ing waterworks and arranging to in
sure against contagidn, The latter
precaution is very necessary in view
of the fact that hundreds of thousands
of people from all over the empire are
gathering here to witness the durbar
spectacles.
Their majesties were greeted at the
station by a deputation headed by
Lord and Lady Hardinge, viceroy and
vicereine of India, and including the
governors and heads of provinces, the
commander in chief, members of the
executive council and high civil and
military officials.
The emperor and empress then pro
ceeded to a pavilion inside the walls
of the fort, where they held recep
ton for the ruling chiefs of India, who
had assembled, clad in all the colors
of the rainbow and bedecked with
priceless jewels, to de obeisance to
their monarch. This function was
highly impressive and distinctly orr
entail in its pomp and display Ma
harajahs, rajahs, thakores and nawabs
competed with each other in the mat
ter of raiment. Richest silks, velvets
and satins, crusted with gold embroid-
cry and gems worth the ransome OF
all the kings and potentates on earth
made up their costumes, so brilliant
as to dazzle the eyes Of the beholders
Foremost among the native princes
presented to. their majesties was the
Nizam Of Hyderabad. whose state il
$4,000 square mile sin area and has
a population of 14,000.OO0. His dusky
highness wore on his turban a string
OF diamonds of fabulous value and OF
his arm an amulet Of precious stones
Another mighty potentate in today''
assemblage was the Gaekwar of Ba.
roda, who has 100000 subjects. The
Gaekwar is a well educated man ani
has travelled all over Europe, Asia ant
America. He was decked with his en-
tire collection of precious stones, said
to be the most valuable in the world
worth about $1O,OOO,O00. He is &C
companied to Delhi by the Maharan
Chimpabai, who is the foremost Indiar
lady at the durbar, since the Nizam o.
Hyderabad has not emancipated hii
wives and consequently does not per
NIT them, to participate in public func-
tions. e. Seindia, Maharajah of Gwa.
lior, is also accompanied by his newest
wife. the only daughter Of the Gaekwal
of Baroda,, whom he recently married
forcing his, former, queen to take sec.