THE STATE BANQUET.
By telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright. BOMBAY, January 1. Lord Curzon, speaking to the toast of King Edward at a State banquet, said that the durbar musthave convinced everyone present that India was not a mere dead weight tied to the heels of the Empire, but in itself was an empire, self-confident in its own strength, aglow with abundant potentialities. India had left a. deeper mark on history, philanthropy and religion of mankind than any other territorial unit of the universe. The Duke m" Connaught, who had a specially selected escort from the Ninth Lancers, was greatly cheered. The famous regiment played a conspicuous part at Dlchi during the mutiny, but was forbidden to take part in the Durbar, as a punishment ! for the maltreatment of two natives, after the regiment recently returned from South Africa. The sentence was meted out because the men declined to disclose the perpetrators ot the outrage. Lorh Curzon gave a garden party to minor chiefs and provincial native gentlemen, Lord Curzon and the Duke of Connaught shaking hands with the hundreds presented to them.
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 710, 5 January 1903, Page 2
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180THE STATE BANQUET. Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 710, 5 January 1903, Page 2
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