The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-08-17
ONE WHO KNOWS CROWDS.
Curious Story of the Hawaiian Revo-
luton by Londoner.

lutlon by a Londoner.
The following article by Clement
Scott, of the staff of the Illustrated
London News, is from the issue of
that journal of July 15:
THE ROYAL wEDDlNa-MpREssIoN OF
THE CROWD.
/ have had a considerable expert
ence Of crowds during an anxious
and busy life. / don't mean the
mere looking at crowds from balco-
ny or bow window-anyone can do
that. The most appalling crowd
that [ ever saw from comfortable
bow window was on the occasion of
the Trafalgar Square riots, when,
from a plate glass window at the
Union Club, Trafalgar Square, on
the occasion of the memorable riots
| saw with my own eyes the most
splendid example of law and author
ity as against recklessness and mob
rule. saw the police behave on
that occasion as only the police of
London can behave. l saw the
special constables assemble to assist
the police. l saw the coward crowd
testing the patience of the police to
the verge of madness. / heard the
Riot Act read, and then I saw the
troops come cut secretly in the
silence of the night from hidden
quarters. / saw the London magis--
trate riding at the head of the Life
Guards, and from that moment the
defiant crowd skunk home ignomini-
ously defeated. They can "bash"
bobby, but they don't like the look
of the soldiers with loaded firearms:
they will face truncheon but don't
like the look of revolver. That
was very nasty crowd in Trafalgar
Square, as l watched it hour after
hour from the Union Club. But Of
peace-loving crowds l could tell
stories without end. The most en-
thusiastic crowd l ever saw was
when H. r. II. the Prince of Wales
came through London with Princess
Alexandra, the bride-elect, and was
greeted with triple volley of cheers
all the way from Gravesend to Wind
sor Castle. l was in balcony in
Pail Mall at the War Office on that
memorable occasion. The most de-
vout and solemn crowd | ever saw
was when the Prince of Wales drove
in an open carriage with Her Majes-
ty to return thanks at St. Paul'ss
Cathedral after his recovery from an
almost fatal illness. Then l was on
foot among the crowd. | stood un-
der St. Clement Danes Church, close
to the Illustrated London News,
when the procession passed. The
most loyal crowd assembled to
see the grandest procession that
eyes will ever see was at the
Queens jubilee Then l stood close
by the western portico of West
minister Abbey, and while life lasts
shall never forget the procession
of kings, queens, emperors and
princes that swept from the Victoria
Tower to the Abbey door. 1t al
most. took your breath away. The
figure shall always see in that
memorable procession is that of the
beloved Fritz, afterwards Emperor
of Germany for too brief a time.
What hero looked Fritz in his
white uniform, "ona1 andron, "a king
among men! Yes, the Prince Of
Wales's marriage procession was the
most enthusiastic, the thanksgiving
procession was the most solemn, the
jubilee show was the most pictures
que, but the recent Duke of York
and Princess May procession was the
most remarkable in all my recollec-
ton for two things. What were
they7 Well, first, the absolute self
control of the crowd; secondly, the
splendid discipline of the London
police. have been round the world
and seen many sights, but l declare
that there is no crowd in the uni
verse that can discipline itself better
than an English crowd, and there is
no police force in existence that can
hold candle to the London police.
Don't let this fact be forgotten. We
all of us ought to be proud of our
crowds and our police. They under
stand one another to a nicely.
studied that crowd at the recent
royal wedding very carefully, and
when came home enthusiastic and
delighted with what l had seen,
said to myself, "Why on earth do we
not give the people more holidays
like this7" See how they humanize
the masses! See what happiness is
attained by sunshine, music and
color! We have Court-why
should it be bound up in Grape and
black-edged paper2 We have an
aristocracy-why should it not
plume its feathers and show it's dia-
monds, as it did at the state visit to
the Opera, little more frequentlys
We have Guards and Life Guards,
and Horse Guards Blue, and House.
hold Troops, all in gold and scarlet
and blue, and Cuirasses in helmets
and trappings--why on earth are
they all hidden away in barracks?
We have bands of music, the best
in the world, bands capable of
giving everlasting delight-why are
they not compelled to play to
the people in the parks as they
used to do when 1 was a child,
peremptorily and regularly, in Ken,
sington Gardens2 No one knows suf-
ficiently the power of music. When
| was in Honolulu recently the
opera boutfe revolution was abso.
lntely checked by popular band
The people wanted to revolt. They
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