Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-10
LONDON IS IN MOURNING
FOR ENGLAND'S MONARCH
Continued from Page One

The speaker of the house Of commons
and the deputy speaker being out of the
country there was no one empowered
to preside over the house. and imme
diately upon Home Secretary Churchilfs
motion the house adjourned.
great representative congregation
attended service in ST. Pauls the bishop
OF London officiating. Many Catholi's
gathered in Westminster Cathedral while
special services were held in various
churches throughout the country and
others have been arranged for tomor-
row. .'' -.t
On Monday morning the proclamation of
King Georges accession will be read in
all the principal towns in the Kingdom
Trumpeters clad in scarlet and gold,
and escorted by life guards will enter the
city Of LONDON and the lord mayor and
aldermen in robes of office will meet
them at Temple Bar. This ceremony was
expected to take. place in London to
day and great crowds assembled at Tenn
pie Bar and the royal exchange waiting
there for hours only to be disappointed.
Politics for the time seem to be for
gotten. The newspapers ignore the sub
iect and devote themselves entirely To
eulogies and biographies of the late
king. With the members of the cabinet
tinent. il has been impossible for the par
~ in power to discuss its policy, but IT is
assumed that parliament Will adjourn
after the budget is settled.
The ceremonies in connection with the
opening of the Anglo-Japanese eXposl-
ton. for which Prince Fushima, cousin
of the emperor of Japan, arrived today
have been given up, as we'll as hundreds
of other entertainments and enterprises
great and small.
FOES CAUSED DEATH?
There are signs already that some of
the conservatives will practically accuse
the liberals Of responsibility for the
kings death by worry brought upon him
through threats of the party TO call Oh
him to swamp the lords by the creation
of a host of liberal peers.
The question as to whether Premier AS
ouith should announce what advice nc
intended to give the king has been debat-
ed bitterly for some time Only a few
DAYS ago Lord Knollys. secretary to the
king, took pains. to publish letter IN
which he told correspondent:
sYou are correct in thinking that the
king deplores having his name brought
into political controversies
The Globe in an editorial says:
1.-THE king was in constant consulta ton
with his ministers. His holiday was GU.
short and had not a keen sense of pubic
duty compelled him to return to England
he might still be alive and well. Those
who have stirred up strife within the ma
ton. who would have wrecked the consti-
tuition and who did not hesitate to at
tack the crown itself in pursuance OF
their own ends. will now realize that they
must take their share of the responsible
ity of the death of great king. They
have done their work"
BUSINESS SUSPENDED. -
Telesranis from the British colonies
over the world tell the same story of
grief. Business is suspended and flags
are half-masted. Church services have
been held everywhere.
The conservative Sunday Observer de-
votes four columns to, arguing for
truce between the political parties on
the constitutional question necessitatei
by the death Of King Edward. If King
George invites the statesmen on both
sides to confer before the prerogative
of the crown is made a uirect issue in
the party light, the paper says, he Will
be supported by the overwh Ginning mass
of the nation, and the nations hand
will fall heavy on those who attempt
to cast out the spirit of peace and de-
stroy the golden promise of the provi-
Dental hour.
GEORGE is DISCUSSED.
The Observer discusses the personality
of King George. 1t says he is practi-
cally unknown to the people Of the
United Kingdom, as he was much less
conspicuously identified with the gener-
al activities of society than was Edward
as Prince of Wales.
ION the whole" adds the paper, king
George is better understood in other
parts of the empire than at home, but
his subjects in Great Britain will soon
know his worth. his serious set his pa
triotism, his passion for the imperial
ideal, the directnes and candor of his ma
ture, his sympathy and courage.
Owing to his self-imposed quiet role.
some thought him of reaotionary mind,
others as unlikely to set his own impress
on affairs. Both are absurd errors
Prince George was indoctrinated with the
true meaning of empire during his early
world tours. With all the fervor of his
belief in empire. his majesty is not like
~ to forget that twentieth century king
ship demands social service and which is
In special sense the monarch of the
Masses