The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-11
WHAT LONDON DID
. TO PROTECT A 0 KING
Extra Precautions Taken
to Safeguard Alfonso
Of Spain.
SIGNIFICANT TONE
OF BRITISH PRESS
Enthusiastic Over the Visit Of
Youthful Monarch While Pay
ing Scant Attention to Ger
man Royal Wedding De-
scription Of the Bril-
liant Scene.
lspeeial cable to rhe Tlmes-pIspatch and

Special Gable to The rlmes-D Dispatch and
New York Herald.) z4 81 z
(Copyright, by the New York Herald Co) IS
LONDON, June 10.-Never before has 33
Scotland Yard taken such measures to
safeguard the royal visitor as were taken
to protect the King Of Spain.
A staffs of special detectives took pre-
cautions to make the King. as safe as hu-
man foresight and ingenuity could make
him. ~ "a S9
Not only were there rows Of policemen
between the professions and the public
when His Majesty drove out. but the 4sS
crowd itself was peppered with many n
hundreds Of plain clothes officers. DURING
the royal progress at least two hundred 81
detectives were stationed ~ 1I1,, 1ns .a,a
alone in addition to the police. When the ii
crowds HAD scattered after the sprocesston
to the city, the plain clothes men stood u
revealed in scores, sedulously endeavorinE 8 e.,
to look as though they had no connection Y
with Scotland Yard. II y g{5 833 55 6s
Cathedral Searched.
Then, most terrible of all in the eyes
Of the anarchists, were the detectives OF III
the special branch OF scotland s9 ara .ss g M
every turn here and there, quite unns ticed. u.
were men who between them speak eve ~ 4,
8civilizd language OF the world, and who, ,a
IN some instances. have sat In anarchist
gatherings, at the risk OF tkeir lives.
Every known anarchist was closely
watched, and all incoming boats at Eng
slish ports have been examined with spe-S5
cial care since the bomb outrage In Paris
n The Cathedral at Westminster was tho-3
roughly searched In every corner before n
the King went there to mass.
III 1t has been interesting and sign f.canta
ITO note that wh.le3the London papers have 4
1,tr i f,a
\ Spain down to the minutestl detail. and
Will In their ed ditorial columns
Wed with one anot her d daily in pay n ss
lis ajeHty al Kind OF comp lime
the brilliant functions in Berlin in ~ n
tom with sithe roya maria ge here
the wedding itself received. conn pa d tissSssss
i4ly& speaking, little attention. u.
81 For ins tnnce, the Daily Telegraph Ss.ll.-
ply used Reuters description of the M
riage, while the Times restricted it, 81
to salreport In the baldest and br.etest3
OF records. "A IS 5 Sss
Scene at Covent Garden. rs:
Socially speaking the festlv!ties IN hons
or of King Al fonso reached a climax
with the gala performance at the opera
I on Thursday night. g ri 81 II IS,
Nearly two years ago @Coyent Garden
Opera House blossonled into roses y In
honor OF President Loubet but the King 4
aof$ Spain looked down on q & spectacle
OF even greater magnifcence. The great
4 house blushed In roses OF pink and red. .S
among which diamonds sparkled like rs
i frozen drops of dew. The spaces be-
n tween the ascending tiers were hidden
under trellises Of leaves upon which
i flowers were curved In garlands or hung
I In graceful wreaths. q
Il Above the royal box was set a great n
crown, to the right and left Of which
open work cages stood out in outlines "A
Il OF yellow.
Beneath it were crossed the hags Of
H Britain and Spain, formed from the same
British flower ~
Roses outlined the stage and hid the
galleries and edged the upper curtains
4 In snow white garlands. It was as II a
I scene from fairyland had been brought
q from behind the footllghts by the touch
Igof8a magician's wand
The greatest Of Britain's aristocracy
'ifllled the boves and stalls, wearing tho ~
historic Jewels OF their houses, and mak-
Ing a. reality OF what Beaconsdeld once ].
. POLITICALLY described as ropes of pearls L
land rivers of diamonds" b
Upon the clustering flowers the stones
winked and sparkled as II all the. Jew 4
elers Of the West End had united to
1 display their wares, Their value was
and must have reached
to millions. u
Mr.. Reid There.
To the right of the royal box, where 4
all the foreign ambassadors were seated.
were to be soon Mr.. and Mrs. White 8
|. law Reid, making their first appearance
in public since Mr.. Reid arrived to take Z
charge Of the United States embassy
here. M
Mrs. Reid was beautifully dressed In
white satin, with'fa big diamond tiara,
Mr.. Reid himself was wearing two med
ais. one OF which appeared to be King
Edwards coronation medal
In the omnibus box. where the King &
usually sits, were. among others, Lady