INDIAN AFFAIRS.

Mataura Ensign, 15 December 1911, Page 5

INDIAN AFFAIRS.

i THE CAPITAL TRANSFERENCE. PT ELECTBIC TELEGRAPH. —COPYRIGHT, PKR ntJTTTTT) PRESS ASSOCIATION. Received December 15, 8.5 a.m. LONDON, Dec. 14. The 'Times' Delhi correspondent says: "It is noticeable that the overwhelming importance of the change of capital is not fully grasped even by prominent administrators. The predominant feeling throughout Bengal in the absence of reasons is that the violence of the agitation has won the victory. The Mahominedans are unmoved at the change of capital and feel that the Moslems of Eastern Bengal have been deserted. The Indians are- enormously impressed with the power and attributes of the Crown and the spectacle when the Emperor announced his intention to shift the. capital struck all." THE FOUNDATION STONES. Received December 15, 10.45 a.m. DELHI, Dec. 14. The King and Queen will to-morrow each lay a foundation-stone of the new capital.