New-York tribune., 1910-05-08
BRITAIN IN GLOOM;
KING TAKES OATH
George v Announces Adherence
to Policies of His Father
for Good of People.
RECOGNIZES QUEENS HELP
Respect for New Sovereign
Americas Sympathy Ex-
pressed - ALI Busi-
ness Suspended.
RECOGNIZES QUEENS HELP
.IRx The Associated Press ]

sIBy The Associated Press.l
London. May saturday is usually
the gayest night of the week in London
but tonight a Sabbathlike quiet per
vades the city. 1t is Il capital in mourn
ing All the theatres and music mans
have closed their doors, and the bano
concerts in the parks, which draw tens
of thousands of the working people dur
ing the long spring twilight, are aban-
doned The people wander IDLY ABOUT
the streets. looking at the portraits Oh
Edward VII wreatled in crepe In the
shop windows. Multitudes drift into ST
James's Park, staring at the oarheheu
windows of Buckingham Palace, where
the body of the dead King lies, and MARI
borough House near by. through the
gates of which officials and messengers
come and go constantly Here the ne"
King has had 20 set aside his personal
grief to busy himself with the affairs OF
crown and family.
Many wear badges of mourning The
whole kingdom. indeed. Is nation in
mourning ireland has forgotten her po-
htical grievances against her sister isle.
The Irish papers speak kindly and ap-
preciatively of Edward VII The mayors
of such Nationalist strongholds as Dub
lin and Limerick have sent messages OF
sympathy to the royal widow.
municipalities. churches and societes
of all sorts have met to pass eulogles or
the late monarch and offer good wishes
to his successor. The courts and busl-
ness houses have been closed; sports and
enterta inments of every type have been
dropped; SOC iety has cancelled its en-
gagements. The managers of most OF
the metropolitan theatres have decided
to suspend the season until after the
funeral
The Kings First Address.
While King George was signing the
proclamation of his accession in the
presence of his Privy Councillors. VINO
came in uniform and wearing brilliant
decorations. in the medieval little 81
James's Palace this afternoon. battery
in the adjoining park was firing sixty
eight guns. denoting the age of his pred
ecessor The first official utterance OF
the new King was marked by feeling and
eIoquence, and made a deep impression
1t follows:
My Lords and Gentlemen
Ny heart is too full for me to address
you TO-DAY in more than few words
II is my sorrowful duty to announce 10
YOU the death of my dearly loved father.
the King In this irreparable loss. when
has so suddenly fallen upon me and the
whole empire, | am comforted by the
feeling that | have the sympathy OF my
future subjects who will mourn with me
for their beloved sovereign. whose own
happiness was found in sharing and pro-
noting theirs. I have lost not only
fathers love, but the affectionate and in
innate relations of a dear friend and ad-
wiser.
No less confident am in the universal
and loving sympathy which is assured 10
my dearest mother in her overwhelming
grief.
Standing here little more than nine
wears ago our beloved King declared
that 50 long there was breath IN his
body he would work for the good ana
confederation of his subjects. | am sure
that the opinion of the whole nation
viii be that this declaration has been
fully carried out.
TO endeavor to follow in his footsteps
and at the same time to uphold the con-
stitutional government of these realms
will he the earnest object of my life. l
am deeply sensible of the very heavy re-
sponsibilities which have fallen upon me
1 know that / can rely upon the Parila-
rnent and upon the people or these
islands and my dominionS beyond the
seas for their help in the discharge or
these arduous duties, and their prayers
that God will grant me strength ana
guidance am encouraged by the
knowledge that I have in my dear wife
one who will be a constant helpmate in
every endeavor for our peoples good.
An immense but quiet multitude
messed about the palace for sight Of
George V, who passed with little ap-
pearance of state. He wore an admirafs
uniform and was attended only by two
oficials from Marlborough House He
was greeted in silence and with bowed
heads as he went to the palace, only
stones throw away. while his two sons
watched him from over the wall.
The Lord Mayor of London. with the
Sheriffs in state coaches and robes of
office. made d gaudy show, but Viscount
Morley of Blackburn and Other eminent
priyy Councillors arrived in hansoms
and pushed their way through the
crowd.
Scenes in the Death Chamber.
Edward VII still lies in the chamber
where he died. His features are much
more natural than If he had suffered
from a long illness. The Queen Dowager
Alexandra, King George and Queen
Mary, with the two boy princes and
other members of the royal family,
visited the chamber this afternoon. The
palace attendants and servants were ad-
nitted afterward.
The plans for the funeral have not
vet been determined. but the royal cere-
moniaI and public mourning will follow
the same procedure as when Queen Vic
toria died. The court viii move to
Windsor Castle on Tuesday, and il is
supposed that the funeral will be held
there the body of the late King either
resting in St Georges chapel there. or In
Il u,ausoleum To be built In Frogmore.
near that which Victoria erected for
herself and consort. II was announced
to- night that there would be no lying in
state.
More royal persorages are expected To