Salt Lake Tribune | 1903-01-18 | Page 26 | The Moon and the Emperor

The Moon rand the Emperor At Delhi gay and festive durbar yesterday yes-terday Edward flex and Imjienilor was deftly sidetracked by the moon The astronomers always a popular branch of the government in Oriental countries hud scheduled a new moon to appear f at a certain hour in tho morning Every new moons first appearance In India lethe le-the occasion nf a highly Important function known as tIme ceremony of Id l in which all pious Mahometans I participate Aa India Fwarrns with followers fol-lowers of the prophet it made a very awkward situation when the new moon I appeared half an hour Inter than the native astronomers had calculated thus I bringing the grand crowning by proxy pf Emperor Edward and the ceremony of Id into collision Lord Curzon was happily equal to the emergency As between the Emperor nnd the moon ho like a true statesman gave his decision for the moon By hill tactful order the coronation was deferred half an hour while Ithe oercmony flf Id was concluded con-cluded and time religious sentiments of milllona of Mahometans were spared a itIm edt Curzon Justifies his Vlccroyship by this highly diplomatic decision that axles a-xles moon Is a bigger thing in India than a new Emperor If he had been Viceroy in 1S57 when the cartridges greased with lard were glv n out to the great z disgust of the imUve Mahometan soldiers there would have boon no mutiny mu-tiny New York World