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Baron Von Sternbure is slated to succeed Dr. Von Holleben as German
minister to Washington. This is his latest photograph. Also that of his
charming wife, who will rule over the German embassy at "Washington.
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By Fellow of Punjab Oriental University.
I was present at the Delhi durbar in
the year 1877, and as reminiscence is one
of the consolations, if not one of the vir
tues, of age, I should like to trouble you
with a few observations on that great
historic event.
That great oriental pageant was the
creation of the Semitic mind. It origin
ated with Lord Beaconsfleld, the prime
minister of England, and was carried
out by his secretary for India, then Lord
Salisbury, strictly In accordance with
the prime minister's wishes. It is well
known that Lord Beaconsfleld had hoped,
to make Queen Victoria empress of Great
Britain. But the British people thought
such a title contrary to constitutional
government. The case was otherwise with
regard to India. The title was singularly
suitable, and the prime minister said he
had discovered that in certain almanacs
the queen had already been styled Em
press of India. He set about to make her
one In great earnest. The good old queen
who was always Imperial in her concep
tions of things, was immensely flattered.
Lord Beaconsfleld rose in favor.
For such a distinctively poetic concep
tion of Imperial rule in India, it was
necessary to have a poet viceroy, and so
K came to pass that the author of "L.u
cile" was Intrusted with all the details
of the great Imperial durbar at Delhi.
He was made viceroy for this very pur
pose, and not to fight the Afghans. This
is important as a distinction, because it
has been said that, If Lord Beaconsfleld
was distinguished for his knowledge of
men, why did he send out a man of Lord
Lyton's stamp to fight Russia In Cabul?
It was never contemplated. It waB hoped
that an Imperial durbar at Delhi would
settle once and for all England's prestige
in Asia.
A suitable Persian title must be found
to express the English word emperor. A
wide search was made and it was found
that all the emperors had claimed the
title of "Shah-un-Shah," or king of kings.
It was a title with which the native mind
was accustomed. But an objection was
raised by the bishop of Calcutta, who
called attention to the fact that in the
Hindustani prayer books this term was
applied to the Almighty, in the prayer for
the queen.
Dr. Leitner, an Anglo-German educa
tionalist, and the founder of the Punjab
Oriental university, came to the rescue.
He suggested the title of "Kalsar-1-Hind"
or the "Caesar of Hindustan."
The title commended itself to every one,
and almost every one has claimed to" be
the originator of It! But the credit be
longs exclusively to my old friend the
late Dr. Leitner, and to no one else.
Then an imperial salute had to be
fixed. The ordinary royal salute of
twenty-one guns was given to certain
native princes, such as the nizam of
Hyderabad, the rajah of Mysore, and the
maharajah of Cashmlr; and so a great
Imperial salute of 101 guns was assigned
to the viceroy. What a blazing away of
powder there was! Each of the forty
two native rulers entered Delhi under
salute ranging from nine to twenty-one
guns. Then all the high English officials,
secretaries of states, governors, and
commissioners, had their share of pow
der. But the native princess liked It. How
well do I remember the intense delight
of a great rajah as he entered Delhi on a
splendid charger, at the head of some
magnificent troops, as his twenty-one
guns were booming. The whole Anglo
official community laughed at it, and
there was something In "Owen Mer
edith," the poet viceroy, the little man
In uniform on the great golden elephant,
to excite the risibility of his brother
Britishers. But there were 250,000,000 na
tives of India, from Peshawur to Cape
Comorin, who did not laugh, but who
said it was a revival of the days of
Akbar the Great.
Yes, "Little Bobs" was there. He was
a man of no account. But he performed
his duties as quartermaster general with
satisfaction to every one. He had to see
that every one had tents and boots and
knapsacks and swords. The commissary
department took care of the rest. He
was only a colonel. And no one for a
moment dreamed that this little man
who hustled from camp to camp would
in time be Field Marshal Earl Roberts,
K. G., the greatest of English generals,
Wellington excluded. There were men
in that camp such as John Watson, V.
C, and Sam Brown, V. C, of whom this
may have been predicted, but not Rob
erts. It is almost impossible for the average
American to realize what this imperial
durbar at Delhi means. British India
and the United States are so different in
their whole make-up. The great native
princes of India, some of whom have
large standing armies, would not care
two straws about a Brooklyn bridge over
the Chenab, or a rapid transit through
the Afghan hills, but they do care about
their historic dignity and their state In
dependence. And this Is what the Im
perial durbar of 1877 assured them, and
this is what the Imperial durbar of 1903
confirms.
No matter who rules England, Queen
Victoria, or King Edward, or King
George, the great rulers of the native
states will still retain their royal rank,
and are as much a part of the British
empire as the lord mayor of London and
General De Wet. The Independent state
rule of India is as closely bound up with
the Interest of the empire as independent
state rule is essential in the United
States of America.
The expense of this durbar Is enormous.
But It gives employment to hundreds of
thousands, and the great rajahs, sultans,
nizams, gulkwars, nawabs, and ameers
are scattering gifts at Delhi at the pres
ent time as freely as a divine Providence
gives rain In its season. It fact, It Is m
possible to catalogue all that this Im
perial durbar does give. But, In the con
crete, it assures a population of about
300,000,000 people in India of everything
which Mr. Chamberlain Is endeavoring
to Impress upon the lesser millions of
South Africa, namely, that the imperial
rule of Great Britain Is firm, stable, and
enduring.
It Is a notable incident in this durbar
that the duke of Connaught, although he
Is a royal prince, and represents the king
of England, ranks below the viceroy, who
in his person represents the emperor of
India. Only twenty-one guns of explos
ives are expended on Prince Arthur and
his royal princess, while 101 honor the
presence of Lord Curzon and his Ameri
can wife.
I have often been asked how It is that
75.000 Britishers keep In check 300,000,000
people, some of whom are the finest sol
diers In the world. My reply Is that if
carefully studied the answer will be
found In the Intensely cosmopolitan and
democratic condition of Delhi durbar.
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This Picture
was made from a kodak
photo of a Nebraska baby
.whose parents reside at
Fairfield, Nebraska, and
own a
Schaff Bros. Piano.
The Schaff Bros. Co. are
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at Play on the Schaff Bros.
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