Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-10-05

" HE query on the lips or those
who know India is whether
the new viceroy, Lord Chelms-
ford. will be able to soothe
the "City Of Discord" This Is Lahore,
writes Charles M. Pepper In the WASH
ington Star. There are plenty Of 9th
err discontinued and dissatisfied Sec
tons of India, but 1t is the unspoken
belief that whoever can keep Lahore
quiet can tranquillize the rest of India.
Lahore is well to the north. 1t is
the capital and commercial center of
the fertile Punjab. This is known as
the flye-river region, because of the
important streams which water it. La
S hore itself is on the River Raw.
~ The Punjab, by means of its rivers,
Mas been enabled to develop a very
complete system of irrigation canals.
It's wheat crop helps to feed England
and to stabilize prices of food in the
United Kingdom. 1t also has abundant
crops of corn, oil seeds, cotton, cane
and rice 1T is the most varied and
productive agricultural region of In
dia.
Lahore is the gateway of northern
India. The railway runs to Rawalpindi
and beyond to Peshawar at the mouth
of the Kabul pass into Afghanistan.
Lahore also is considered the gate
way to and from Kashmir. A splendid
highway runs from Rawalpindi to
: Srinagar, the capital Of Kashmir. The
mail coaches and the tongas, or native
buggies. and the bullock carts once
monopolized this road, but the auto
mobiles now have crowded them out,
: although there is still some traffic by
means of the bulloeks.
There is also another road from La
hore to Srinagar, more direct but less
convenient and consequently less trav-
eled. The commerce of northern In
dia which reaches Lahore flows out
through the port of Karachi, on the
Arabian sea. gThere is through railway
communication.
The railways also keep Lahore in
direct communication with Bombay
and Calcutta, so that as the city of
discomfort it is in touch with the dis
satisfied elements in all parts Of In
dia. The city itself is an industrial
center. There are cotton and flour
! mills, potteries, Woodworking and,
j numerous minor Industrial activities.
There are also the hand looms, since
the mills have not yet entirely dis
placed this ancient form of Hindu
weaving.
Punjab Museum Is Interesting.
The Punjab museum, for those who
wish to know something Of the indus
trial life, is the most Interesting place
in Punjab. The Buddhist sculptures
from Peshawar are very striking.
There are carpets and rugs and glazed
tiles, mosaics, pottery and examples
of exquisite Woodworking, along with
screens and doors which illustrate the
delicacy of the lacquer wood carving.
There are also the old doors of the
sixteenth century, in themselves an
interesting exhibit. Then there are
numerous drawings and reproductions
by art students.
The most interesting exhibits, how
ever, are the throngs of native Wis
itors, whose comments are very char
i acteristic. A local munchi, or teach
er, who showed me through the mu-
scum, interpreted some remarks of
one of the Punajabese visitors as ex-
pressive of his satisfaction that there
was nothing English" in the museum.
There is, however, great deal that
is English in Lahore.
Out Shalimar gardens way are nu-
merous English bungalows, and also
the English college in the Lawrence
gardens, which is at once a tribute to
British educational policy and mon
ument to the progressive Englishmen
who have not been afraid to teach the
natives lest that should increase their
discomfort. The group of college build
ings are not out Of harmony with their
environment.
The government buildings, while
comfortable, are not imposing. They
are in the midst of shaded grounds
and their graceful towers and arcade
balconies are in keeping with the sur
roundings.
The Shalimar gardens usually are
described in the tourist guide books
as hanging gardens. They lie beyond
a half-ruined Moslem village. There
are three terraces, Or grassy platforms,
4dlmost distressing in their mathemat-