Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-10
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II proclaimed king throughout the
- empire today with all the tradi-
tiona1 ceremony Of centuries. In Dub
lin the Ulster king-at-arms read the
proclamation in the presence of Lord
Aberdeen, lord lieutenant of Ireland,
and Lady Aberdeen.
The country is now beginning to re-
sumo it's normal life the kings earnest
desire being that except on the day of
the funeral of Edward VII, which IS
fixed for May 20, the national mourning
should inflict no unnecessary sacrifice
upon the people.
Premier Asquith and Reginald Nc
Kenna, first lord of the admiralty, ar
rived in London tonight. Other men,
bers of the cabinet and officials hold
ing important positions under the gov
ernment are fastening to the capital.
King Haakon and Queen Maud of
Norway were met at the station to-
night by King George and Queen Mary.
and young Prince Olaf threw his arms
aronud his uncle's neck. The party
drove Immediately to Buckingham pal
| ace, where they viewed the body of the
late king.
A brief religious service was held in
| the chapel.
! King George, in a letter to the theat-
rical managers, expressed the wish that
| the theaters reopen until the day of the
| funeral, on account of the number of
! people that would be thrown out of
work by the closing of the houses.
| This plan will be carried out.
ADVISES AGAINST MOURNING
The king issued another letter, In
which he said:
KNOWING SO well the feelings of my
beloved father, I am sure it would be
contrary to his best wishes that there
| should be any interruption to the en-
| joyment of the public during the Whit
suntide holiday. 1 therefore hope the
general mourning will not prevent my
| people from taking the usual advan-
tage of the various opportunities af-
| orded them for the coming days"
Many of King Edwards personal
| friends, including Earl Roberts, A. j.
| Balfour, Lord Curzon of Kedleston,
and Lord Kitchener, were permitted
! to view the body today, and late to-
night, after a brief, solemn service,
which was attended by the widow and
all members of the royal family, in
cluding King George and Queen Mary,
| the body was transferred to the casket
shell, which was kept open until after
the arrival of Queen Maud of Norway.
The young queen took touching rare
well of her royal father.
Then followed a service that was held
mainly for the king and queen of Nor
way and the shell was placed in the
lead envelope and sealed. 1t VIII re-
main in a temporary coffin made OF
elm while a special oaken casket IS
being hewn from a tree relied IN
Windsor forest.
The body will be removed May II
| from buckingham palace to West
minister hall where it will lie in state
for three days, thence being taken In
the evening to st. Georges chapel.
The body of the monarch VIII pc
horne on a gun carriage through the
| streets of London to Paddington sta
tion and again through the streets OF
windsor to the castle. The process
sion will be similar to that upon the
| occasion of the funeral of queen VIC
toria in 1901.
ROYAL INSIGNIA ABOVE CAShET
Above the casket will be placed the
royal insignia, the crown and sceptre-
| King George, mounted, viii rlde llnlne-
| diatelysbehind the casket, followed by
o+her male members of the royal fam
| ily, foreign monarchs ana speclal am
| bassadors.
The queen, queen mother and ladies'
| of the roval family will come next IN
| carriages. The remainder or the cor
tege will be made up of representatives
from the army ana navy, L1etipS tlioI, ~ 81
| the imperial householo anu Nien
| ficers of state.
France probably will be represented
o+ +he funeral by former President
| Toubet. although there is talk that
president Fallieres may come. EN-
neror William will be here, as also
will the kings of Greece, Spain, Por-
| tugal Denmark, Norway, Belgium
and Bulgaria and the heirs to tne
| thrones of Austria, Italy, Turkey ana
| Roumania. +,
Prince Fushimi, who already is in
London, will represent Japan. Grana
Duke Michael Alexandrovitch' young
brother of Emperor Nicholas, Will rep
resent Russia, while Hollands repre-
sentative will be Prince Henry nus
hand of Queen Wilhelmina.
During a recent visit to Wlndsor
castle the late monarch visited the
royal mausoleum in st. Georges chap
el. when. it is said. he selected the
spot in which he wished his body to
rest.
Immediately after the funeral OF her
husband it is expected that the queen
mother will retire to Sandringham
palace, which King Edward some
years ago made over to her as dover
| house.
The lords reassembled today and the
ceremony of taking the oath of alle-
glance to the new king was continued.
Fifty peers were so sworn.
| The house of commons also met
| today to permit it's members to swear
allegiance to King George. The at
| tendance was large and all those pres
ent wore symbols of mourning.
The law courts upon resuming their
sessions today made it the first busi-