The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-10
EDWARD is CROWNED
All APPREHENSION ON THIS
SCORE ENDED.
IN OLD WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
BRILLIANT AND SUCCESSFUL
CEREMONY.


worn. But Bore His Part Wonder
fully WeII-The Aged and Feeble
Archbishop of Canterbury, Almost
Succumbed During the Ceremony
and Had to Be Aided by the King
in Placing the CrOwn-Queen Alex
nndra Bore Her Part SpIendidIy
md Excited Much Admiration by
Her Manner and Appearance.
Great Enthusiasm Displayed by
the brilliant Assemblage, and old
Westminster Abbey ResOunded
with Cheers at the Successful
PopuIace Displayed Its Enthus-
iasm as Usual.
London, Aug. 9.-Edward VII, r. l.,
BY the grace of God, of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire
land and of the British dominions be-
yond the seas, King, Defender of the
Faith, Emperor of India, was to-day
crowned without hitch or harm, and
tonight London is noisily celebrating
the event, for which the world has
waited as perhaps it never awaited
any other coronation.
In all respects the celebration was
impressive, and it was carried out
with a perfection of detail and lack
of accidents that has rarely charac-
terized similar displays.
That pride of empire which marked
Queen Victorias jubilee was lacking
and in its stead there pervaded all
classes a keen recollection that only
six weeks ago their king lay in dam
ger of death and this to-day produced
thankfulness and genuine sympathy
for the man rather than adula ton of
the king This feeling was voiced by
the Archbishop of Canterbury when he
inserted in one of the coronation pray
ers the words. for whose recovery We
now give thee heartfelt thanks" Yet
this did not prevent the public from
voicing appreciation of such military
display as the short procession gave
them a chance to see.
Earl Roberts, communicative chief of
the forces, was once more the hero
of the hour and, next to the King
himself, received the heartiest well
come of the assembled crowds. Here
the signal for all the reserve power
OF british lungs to be brought into
play. Lord Roberts rode alone and
constantly bowed ana smiled acknowl-
edgments of his greeting. Lord Kitch-
ener was not so easily recognized,
but he was seen as he
rode with Gen. Sir Alfred Gaselee and
Admiral Sir Edward Hobart Seymour
and was the crowds next favorite. At
a NJ
procession Lord Kitchener received
thunderous ovations, which he ac-
knoWledged neither by look nor bow.
but as English crowds are used to this
treatment from Lord Kitchener, it
quite failed to suppress the enthus-
iasm.
But it was for the King and Queen
themselves that the people really let
themselves loose. Throughout the day
wherever and whenever their majesties
were seen the cheers were long and
loud, and especially was this so on the
return journey of the King and Queen
to Buckingham Palace.
People Were Apprehensive.
Until the booming of guns announced
that the browning of King Edward
and Queen Alexandra had been achiev-
ed there fingered in thousands of
minds a nervous apprehension that
even at the last moment some unto
ward event might once more plunge
the nation into CONSERVATION. When
this was passed the unrestrained jul
hilatiCn was as much tribute to the
Kings personal popularity as it was
on evidence of relief from the tension
of the last few weeks. So. while the
scenes Oh the streets, were robbed of
many of those elements that usually
accompany great pageant they will
long be remembered, perhaps some
what tenderly, by those who
stood on the stands, at windows and
on the sidewalks to see King Edward
after he had won almost from the
jaws of death his crown.
The Scene in Westminster.
In Westminster Abbey the scene was
Aothing less than marvellous. Nearly
1000 members of the nobility, the
clergy and the gentry had gathered.
with foreign princes, ambassadors, CO.
lonial rulers, Indian potentates and
leaders from the furthest quarter of
the globe where the Union Jack flies,
10 do honor to the King. Two incl
dents in the service in the Abbey will
i've in the memory of all
who witnessed them. The first of
these which almost developed
INTO a dramatic contretemps, conferred
around the aged Archbishop of Can
terbury. From the commencement of
me service the Archbishop had the
greatest difficulty in reading or remem-
uerlng the prayers. The book from
which his almost blind eyes endeav-
Oieu TO read shook in his hands, and
when he came to place the crown
upon King Edwards head, his huge
frame, towering above the seated
Ning. swayed so violently that the
blshop of Winchester had to support
Hin, while the Dean of Westminster
Put a guarding hand under the crown.
- was evident that the Archbishop of
canterbury could not see the
Alns's head, and, after cropping
sound he was just about
~ complete the most important
Pay Of the ceremony when it was dis
toNered that he had the crown with
Nle back to the front.
HloWly he raised it, but too late to
IleVent the choir from prematurely
uuIstlng out with a loud "God Save
~ hlng!" Amid a tension that had
sloWn TO a pitch of painful nervous
- the Archbishop finally managed
- pace the crown correctly upon the
ing head. A few minutes later
- came the climax of his feeble
9s lie was kneeling to do the first
Image of all the subjects of the
s1s' when suddenly he almost tainted
So, would have fallen upon his
"a ereign's knees had not King
"ard tenderly but firmly
iiftsPea both the prelate's hands and