(Sinpao of 20th January.)
Todi now proclaiming (or honoring) the Que of England HE TE) a" Ruler of the ion (Ff A) literally head or mis. tress of India.) The Governors of the various Provinces and native Princes (f+ =F) had already assembled (for the occasion) at Delhi, the ancient capital. The Governor-General also arrived at that town on the 23rd of December, and was met by the officials and chiefs (-f- Fi], same characters as those used for the chiefs on the Yunnan border) at the railway station. The various officials were then ordered (or caused) to proceed in advance on elephants, and six regiments of infantry and two batteries accompanied as a guard of honor, forming a procession ten hsin Tength. In four houra the palace appointed for the promulgation of the edict was reached. Several tens of thousands of troops. met the cortege on the road. The whole formed a grand spectacle, (Siunpao of 24th January.)
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