New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-31
THE COMING FETE.
IMPERIAL ASPECTS OF THE QUEENS
JUBILEE,
London. Nav 10.

There Is only one topic In London-the APP
nroaching Jubilee, and IL Is an imperial one II
Is In the capital Of worldwide empire that the
sixtieth year Of a glorious reign Is to be COM
memorated by the subjects of the Queen En-
press This is the distinctive note Of the festi
val chorus. which is to be taken up and re-
heated far and wide wherever the British flag
futters in the winds of heaven and wherever
the gracious covereign's health Is pledged. An
appeal will be made to English Imagination as
the traditional yories of the Roman Empire are
revived n the greatest and riches, city Of the
world. 1t will be the high feast Of imperialism
at which the faith of the Queens subjects In the
unity of the Empire will be renewed and
strengthened. In this sense the Jubilee Will be
q unique event in the history of Anglo-Saxon
civilization
There will be thirty or forty princes and prin-
cesses from foreign courts, and. with their suites
there will be no fewer than hundred and
fifty persons Of rank among the Queens guests
from the Continent at the buckingham Palace
Hotel, which has been hired for the occasion.
The court functions in honor of these royal
guests will co nprise several State dinners and
parties at Buckingham Palace. a banquet In St
Georges Hall, Windsor Castle; a royal command
night at the opera. royal garden party and
other brilliant entertainments. The royal guests
from the Continent will not. however, be the
conspicuous figures Of the gala week. At the
Hotel Cecil are to be entertained the Premiers
Of the self governing colonies. and the Indian
princes with their suites will be the guests or
the Crown at the Alexandra Hotel. These Will
be the guests Of honor who will be received with
special marks Of distinction. For the first time
the Empire is 10 be personally represented at
London town show by eleven Premers and
large body Of Indian princes, with civilian or
ficias and military escorts. To them will be ac-
corded the places of honor in the Jubilee pa
rade, and the exceptional dignity OF personal
audience with the sovereign. In this way VIII
be secured. in Mr.. Chamberlans phrase, a
demonstration that no other country can MAKE
a demonstration OF power. influence ana oi
benefcent work which will be fitting tribute
to the best and most revered Of English SOW
ereigns"
THE THANKSGIVING SERVICE.
The imperial note is to be struck IN the
THANKSGIVING service on Sunday. June ~, WHICH
will be the opening event Of the festlVai "eeh
In every English church OF the United Kingdom
and probably in every other place OF worship
there will be a special service at the same hour
and on the same day throughout the Empire
the national anthem will follow the TIE Deum
and praise
After the Queen has made her entry with
cavalry escort from Paddington Station to
Buckingham Palace. the great pageant will be
ordered on June o. with the imperial mill
tary contingents vas the chief attraction
There will be detachments Of the finest regi-
ments of Indian cavalry in native costume;
mounted r.aemen from New South Wales Vic
tora and Queensland. artillerymen cavalry ana
a file of Maoris from NewZealand, troop or
Zaptiehs from Cyprus, an artillery corps from
Canada, mounted troops from Cape Colony and
Natal and detachments Of infantry from the
West Indies and other Crown colonies. II Will
be the first time In which representative dls-
play Of the military resources OF the Empire mas
been attempted In London. The presence OF
these thousand or more troopers from lndia an
the colonies will be the distinctive feature OF
the parade 1t will transform the town show
into an imperial triumph.
The procession, moreover, with its Indian and
colonial contingents. its body-guard of princes
OF the royal house the Queens open State coach
horsed by the eight famous creams" with pos
tilions grooms and outrders. and the House
hold cavalry and other military forces, Is TO
pass for six miles along route embellished at
every turn with imperial devices. From Plcca-
dilly 1t will turn into st. James's-st underneath
a triumphal arch representing an Indian DUR
bar. Further on there will be columns OF pam
boo surmoun,ed by Indian ensigns Pal Mall
will be SPAWNED by another arch, representing
the royal arms and the lines Of imperial de-
fence On the northern border Of Trafalgar
Square there will be columns thirty feet high
crowned with the figure Of Victory or the ia
n,iiar lion and bearing on the shafts the names
of military and naval heroes who have enlarged
the Empire In the Strand there will be an
arch embemotic of Canada, without figure
of "Our Lady Of the Shows" and at Ludgate
Circus there will be archways decorated with
colonial fauna and columns surmounted with
Indian elephants When the route OF the pa
rade is illuminated at night with gas, electricity
and lamp there will be imperial devices and
emblems displayed in every block. No specta-
tor whether by day night. will be allowed
10 forget the greatness and glory Of the Empire
which loves and hOnors the Queen.
A SPLENDID HOMAGE
Jubilee week, with its open-ar Thanksgiving
service In front Of St Paul's. the bonfres on the
biltops the ancient city Illuminated as it has
never been before On its proudest night, the mill
tarv and naval reviews at Aldershot and Ports
mouth and all the court ceremonies and paS-
eants at Buckingham Palace and Windsor, VIII
be a revel of British royalty and pride. What
will impress mems imagination3 is the inperiai
splendor of the homage paid TO the Queen as the
ruler of 35OO00000 of subjects. The rulers OF
every self-dependent colony, the Princes OF
India and the military forces Of every great
British dependency will be marching to and
from ST Pauls in honor Of sovereign upon
whose realm the sun never sets. The loyalty OF
the worldwide empire can hardly fail to be
closer bond Of union after Jubilee week than
II was before Mr.. Chamberlain and Premiers
NAV not fnd II easy to agree upon the common
terms OF a British Zollverein in any conferences
which NAV be held; but imperial federation VIII
se4r, Lace nrohlematic and more natural in