31 DECEMBER 1904, Page 2

with great ceremony in the Throne-Room of Government House. The

Prince was attended by a detachment of Bengal Cavalry and accompanied by his Afghan suite, and the Viceroy was surrounded by his staff and the members of the Govern- ment. No Viceroy has ever been more skilled than Lord Curzon in carrying through gorgeous and i:npressive cere- monies,—a talent of the greatest value in dealing with an Eastern raze, and especially such a people as the Afghans, who like the visible signs of power. What is elsewhere display is there statecraft.