PRINCE OF WALES

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17291, 1 November 1921, Page 7

PRINCE OF WALES

HIS VOYAGE TO INDIA. WARM RECEPTION AT GIBRALTAR. (By Cable—Press Afaociatior— Copyright', (Australian mid S.Z. Cable Association 1 LONDON, October 30. Tho Prince of Wales arrived at Gibraltar and landed for a few hours. Ih«' entire population joined in ii tumultuous welcome. The Prince tnado t«n speeches. The town was decorated am! illuminated, though the Prince was t' l leave before nightfall. The official itinerary of the Pnnco Of "Wales's visit to India shows that ho will reach Malta on the Ist NoveniM'r. Port Saul on the iith November, Sue/, on tho "th November, Aden 011 the 12th November, and Bombay on the l<th November. Tho Prinze's tour of India will conclude 011 the 17th March, when it is understood that lie will depart for Japnn on a short visit. Recent Indian papers show that intensive preparations are in progress in the chief centres for tho fitting reception and entorlninmont ol the Prince of Wales, whose tour of the count rv promises an even more strenuous tasif than his visits to Canada and his world tour last j-er.r. In accordance with the resolution •<> boycott the Prince of Wales's visit, passed by tho All-India Conpress Committee some months ago, the non-co-operation leaders in Calcutta, Lahore, and other ports of Tndia are making vigorous efforts to combat the work of reception committees, and are passing resolutions condemning tho net 10ns of municipalities and other bodies. The Prince of Wales is to pay a visir to Ceylon. Ho will niso make a tour of Burma from January 2nd to 10th. visiting Rangoon and Alandalay, and the districts of Upper Burma. The inclusion of Peshawar, on the North-West Frontier, in. tho Prince of Wales's Indian tour has been regarded with somo natural misgiving, hut it is doclared in official circles that the Prince will receive tho same unfailing respect there as in England, savs n London paper of September 19th. Riflomen will bo posted alone the route and village pickets will watch the hills nnd valleys when tho Prince drives to the Khyber Pass from Peshawar. The brilliant colours of Rajnutana anil Central India will bo left behind nnd only the quiet blacks and whites or the sheepskin coats of tho hard-featured border tribesmen will bo seen. The Prince will receivo the frontier chiefs, and it is stated that he will deliver a message from tho King-Emperor. After _ three days m Fcihawar tho Prince will go on to Rawal Pindi, where the pick of India's military forces will assemble for review and manoeuvres, and two great armieß engage in mimic combat. British ana Sikn, Rajput nnd Ghurka will march or gallop past tho saluting base in a formation designed to show a whole war division. , Tho Prince will afterwards visit tho camps to greet the officers of the various regiments. '