Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-17
MAY BE A FRISCO
Fears That The Coronation May
 Prove 8 Failure.
ALARMIST LETTERS PRINTED


 The Street Police Regulations and
 Price of Seats Condemned-King
 Better, But Confined to His Room
 Brilliant Assemblage at Ascot
 Kitchener Reports Final Surrender
 in TransvaaL.
 London, June 1.-The coronation, as 8 public spectacle, threatens to De M-Sco. So serious and imminent nas this possibility become that the Lon don Times and other papers are print ing alarmist letters, urging the author ltieS to take steps to prevent it's fall ure before it is too late. The rapacity of the hotel keepers and greed of the seat spectators are having their just reward. h lth scarcely more than week before the coronation, not 50 per cetn of the seats on the huge stands have been sold. Frightened by the ex- orbitant demands. thousands of people residing in the suburbs and country who had planned to come and see the king crowned have now decided to stay away, while large proportion of Lon- doners will avail themselves of the op- portunity to enjoy holiday at the sea- side or elsewhere, in preference to sub- hitting to the inconvenience of the eX- traordinary police regulations which will be enforced on the coronation days. The health resorts and hotels on the south coast, and rooms in quiet coun- try clubs throughout the United King iom which are generally empty at the Height of the season. are all booked for coronation week. What chiefly con- tributes to the present serious state of affairs are the police precautions to make the procession to Westminster Abbey one which ticket holders only can witness. except in the case of St James's park, where but a few thou sands will be able to see the royal party. The published regulations, whereby all traffic within about mile of the first days route is to be stopped at o'clock in the morning and pedes- trians are to be stopped at s a. m.. con- vey but faint inkling of what remark able indignities London will be sub- mitted to.
 A personal stirvey of the streets as they are to-day could alone convey an Idea of the extent to which the author 1ties intend to go. From the appear ance of Westminster the capital might well be preparing to resist any invasion or be contemplating a communistic ris- ing Solid timber baTicades. twenty 10 thirty feet high, rise ominously at the entrance of all streets and alleys leading anywhere near the route, and barrier entrances for foot passengers and arcnways for vehicles await the gates which are to be swung on them. By the eve of the coronation these will De in place. Westminster bridge. Vic toria street, the Thames embankment and all the perlieus of parliament. the government OfnceS and the approaches to Whitehall already present these un- slightly evidences of a siege As a cor respondent in to-day's Times points out, the police, because they bungled badly ln the case of the fatal city imperial volunteer parade, have now framed rules calculated in effect if not in de sign to keep hundreds from taking their places. owing to the probability or being unable to get to their destina- tlons.' and this applies to the seat holders who. having perhaps been fool lsh enough to pay several guineas for places on stands, will be unable to oc- cupy them.
 nat will happen to the unfortunate general public is a problem which has caused many of these protests in the papers. In the first place even ticket | noidefs must all sleep in London on | coronation eve and then get out in the streets at about } 8. m. According to | the present arrangements only ticket | holders will be allowed through the barrier wickets, so the streets within | Ihese are likely to be scenes of camns |
 or patient enthusiasts who will take | up their places June Z5. Even theSa may De driven out by the police should | lucy tnlnk the route too thick1y 1inad | as these conditions are becomino | known, thousands are relinouish;no ai1 | idea of trying to see the show.
 London, June 17.-The king passed 8 good night and his progress towards | complete recovery is uninterrupted | The precautionary measures ordered | Dy hls physicians are due to the ne | cesslty for husbanding his strength in view of the fatigues of coronation week. Therefore the King will re- main at Windsor castle to-day. He was keenly disappointed at being un- able to attend the Ascot Heath race meeting to-day, which he intended to opea with all the state ceremonial of the early days of Queen Victoria. His majesty hopes, however, to be present Thursday for the gold cup day.
 Queen Alexandra and the Prince and Princess of Wales went to the races to-day.
 London, June 17.-Rock Sand. (AIa- her) won the Coventry stakes. of 10 | sovereigns each. for two year oIds. The Ia pIocha fiIlu TAfo,.+in( x,,as, s,,1 |