The Tomahawk., 1916-07-20

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~ HE query on the lips or 1nose
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
lions of India, but it is the unspoken
belief that whoever can keep Lahore
quiet can tranquillize the rest of India.
Lahore is we'll to the north. 1t is
the capital and commercial center or
the fertile Punjab. This is known as
the tive-river region, because of the
important streams which water 1T. LII
hore itself is on the River Ravi.
The Punjab, by means of its rivers
has been enabled to develop 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. It is the most varied ana
| productive agricultural region of In
dia.
| Lahore is the gateway of northern
India The railway runs to Rawnlplndl
| and beyond to Peshawar, ut the mouth
of the Kabul pass into Afghnnistan.
Lahore also Is considered the gate
| way to and from Kashmir. A splendid
highway runs from Rawalpindi to
Srinagar, the capital Of Knshmir. 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 bullOcks.
| 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
dfa which reaches Lahore flows out
through the port Of Karnchi, on the
| Arabian sea- There Is through railway
communication.
The railways also keep Lahore In
direct communication with Bombay
| and Calcutta, so that as the city or
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 Hour
| mills, pOtterics, Woodworking ana
| 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 Puniab museum, for those who
! wish to know something Of the indus
| trial life, is the most interesting place
| In Punjab. The Buddhist sculptures
| from Peshnwar 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
deIicacy 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
acteristic. A local munchi, or teach
| err who showed me through the mu-
| scum, interpreted some remarks OF
one Of the Punajabese visitors as eX-
| prcssivc Of his satisfaction that there
was "nOthing English" In the museum.
| There is however, a great deal that
Is English in Lahore.
| Out ShaliInar gardens way are MI
! merous English bungalows and also
| the English college in the Lawrence
| gardens. which IS ut once Il tribute to
British educational policy and mon
| ument to the progressive English;nen
! 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 arc in keeping with the SUI
| r0unLingS.
| The s;naIiIn2r gardens usually ere
! described in the tourist guild" hGGi'S
| as hanging gardens. They lie beyond
q half-rufned hiosicm village. There
| are three terraces. or grassy platforms,
Utmost distressing IN their mathcmat-