The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-28
VICTORIES SIXTY YEARS
POMP AND PAGEANTRY WILL CHAR
ACTERIZE THE CELEBR ALTON.
A Vast Empire VIII Pay Homage, and
Princes of Royal Blood from All
Europe VIII Participate.

| Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
LONDON. March 20-Not since the days
Of imperial Caesar has the world witnessed
such a celebration as will take place here
in June-the Queens diamond jubilee. 1t
will be in commemoration OF the arrival of
the sixtieth year of Victoria's reign. This
is in every sense the Queens year. In all
the lands which own her sovereignty
throughout an empire some portion of
which is always sunlit, it will be the day
We celebrate. The preparations for this
event are now well under way, and every
man, woman and child I'm the United King
dom seems TO feel as If each would have
at least a small part In the great rejoicings
of this series of days. Properly the observ-
ance will begin June 20, Ascension day,
but the day of days will be June %, and
this is the real occasion of the diamond
jubilee. Around this date have been grouped
the plans Of a celebration such as no one,
at least in modern days, ever imagined
would take place. The original scope OF
the idea was magnificent. Its development
is superb.
Oddly enough, the jubilee itself is proof
positive Of the somewhat surprising NODES
ty Of one of the worlds great rulers. 1t
Is the people who have brought about the
jubilee, and not the Queen. In fact, that
lady was originally opposed to it, for in
her motherly heart she objects TO what the
Americans call fuss and feathers, and finds
to-day, as she ever has, more enjoyment
in her own home, royal though it be, even
in its simplicity. However. Victoria is an
earneAt believer in vox populi, vox Del.
The head Of the most liberal monarchy
which ever enjoyed existence, she, while
4 nrpSAryinO tho ~iObtf,,I nOe;tio- 90 A.
house of Guelph, constantly remembers
that the wants and wishes of the majority
of the millions who bow to the sway of
her scepter should be paramount. AS a
matter of fact. the use of the personal
pronoun in the Queens address to Parlia-
ment has become a figure of speech. Near
to the people she has always been, and in
each OF the sixty years that have elapsed
since she assembled the throne, barely more
than a child, she has grown more demo-
cratic.
At all times the Queens influence has
been of exceeding strength, both within
and without her own realm. Carlyle says
the history Of mankind is the history of its
great men. He might have said its great
women, for in the annals of this century
the Queen must take high place. When one
stops to think that during her experience
with the men who ruled millions she has
met the briarlike intellect of Napoleon III,
the genius and hauteur of that monarch
Of the Russias, Nicholas /, the crafty in
telligence of Louis Philippe, the unswerv-
ing determination of the iron chancellor.
Bismarck, the skill of Guizot and the
Chesterfieldian diplomacy of Metternich. II
can be realized how strong a mind she
must have. how firm a grasp on the af-
fairs of men, how keen an intelligence.
These are the things which English:nen
the world over remember and love eaeir
sovereign for. Anyone who has ever heard
a Briton sing God Save the Queen knows
what a wealth of genuineness there is in
the conclusion, and how Justify he sings:
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long TO reign over US;
God save the Queen,'
All England, therefore, is looking forward
to June. While the Goth is Ascension day
and the day following an occasion for re-
joicing. June % is the time set for the
ceremonial. 1t will include a religious
service outside St. PauI's Cathedral. the
acceptance of an address outside the Man
sion House from the lord mayor and citi-
zens of London, a presentation from the
children of England and a tour through
vi lit IT, III w est
End.
THE QUEENS COMING.
While the ceremonial is on Tuesday. the
Queen will come to London Monday. June
q. About IL o'clock Tuesday morning Her
Majesty. accompanied by an escort in
which every power of the world will be rep
resented as we'll as all her colonies, will
start from Buckingham Palace for St.
Pauis Cathedral. The immediate attend
ants of the Queen will fill twelve carriages.
These attendants include the Royal Prin-
Nsses and the maids of honor and other
feminine dignitaries of the court in waiting.
The guard of honor of the Queen will be
composed entirely of the princes of the
reigning houses of Europe who may then
be in England. The Queen herself will drive
in an open carriage drawn by those famous
cream-colored Flemish horses, which every
Londoner has learned to knew. The Prin-
cess OF Wales will occupy the carriage with
the Queen.
Before and behind the procession of car
riages will be an escort of troops formed
OF representative regiments of every colony
In the British empire, besides representa-
tives of all the arms of the regular Brit
ish service. There will be other process
sicns in the vicinity of that in which the
Queen is the feature, consisting of the
suites OF foreign countries and other nota-
bles. After leaving the great central gates
of Buckingham palace, the Queen Will be
slowly driven down St. James mall. Turn
ing by Marlborough House. she will pass
along Pail Mall TO Cockspur street. TrafaI-
gar square, into the Strand. Thence on TO
Fleet street 10 Ludgate Hill and thence 10
the west front of st. Pauls Cathedral.
Upon arriving beneath the great steps. the
carriage of the Queen will stop and those
OF the ladies attending on her will be
drawn up behind ana on either side of the
Queens carriage. Selected members of the
clergy will then take up a position on the
center of the steps and a short service will
be carried out. consisting of a prayer. a
special anthem. and an address by His
Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. This
will be followed by a professional hymn
or some other jubilant music. The princes
who are acting as the Queens escort will
remain seated on horseback during the
service. IL is expected that about twenty
minutes will be occupied by this ceremonial.
Then the Queens procession will be re-
formed and proceed TO the Mansion House.
where Her Majesty will be presented with
"A special address from the citizens OF Lon
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