When fourteen years ago the King commanded that Delhi should
be the future capital of India, there was a great deal of criticism, partly on the ground of expense and partly on the ground that Calcutta ought not to be superseded. To-day it is universally admitted that owing to the cheaper land at Delhi scarcely more money has been spent at Delhi than would in the long run have been spent in Calcutta. And there are to the good the original and majestic new buildings and the scheme of town-planning, which is a model for a capital city. The Times correspondent at Delhi reports a leading Swarajist as being so overwhelmed by the impressiveness of the place and buildings that he exclaimed : "If we had been sitting in this building last year there would have been no 'walk-out,' for this great building means reality and permanence."
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