New-York tribune., 1910-05-10
ALL ENGLAND
GREETS NEW KING
Ancient Ceremonies of ProcIa-
nation Carried Out in Cap
itai of the Empire.
TRUCE IN WAR OF HOUSES
Desire to Give the New Ruler
Time to Decide on Policy
Plans for Funeral-Royal
Children at Pageant.
ley Cable to The Tribune.


London. May 9.-London took sudden
plunge into medieval tradition to-day
when George V was proclaimed with
ancient ceremonial. No detail of her
aldry or coloring was neglected Trum-
peters in gold lace. heralds in gorgeous
tabards, the Earl Marshal with his
plumes and garter, the king at arms and
pursuivants with Splendor galore, made
a picturesque group at st. James's Pal
ace, and wilen the proclamation had been
read in clear voice which the great as
semblage could hear the band of the
Coldstream Guards played the national
anthem and the boom of guns came from
the park.
1t was a well ordered military pageant,
with seven thousand troopers keeping
the line for the royal carriages to the
Mansion House. but the unrehearsed Incl
dents had more human interest than the
medieval mummery. One was the group
Of the royal children in plain sight on the
terrace of Marlborough House and sa-
luting like soldiers. with Lord Kitchener
behind them. Another was the singing
of the national anthem by the thousands
of spectators when the unknown leader.
with a powerful voice, had started the
opening bars alone.
The cavalcade. under the escort of the
Life Guards, halted at Charing Cross for
second reading of the proclamation by
another herald and at Temple Bar Tor
the traditional challenge from the city
trumpeters and the Lord Mayor and the
removal of the scarlet silken cord. There
was final ceremony at the Mansion
House. with the singing of the national
anthem.
Queen Mary was not proclaimed, al
though. like Queen Alexandra, she was
destined to be crowned at Westminster
Abbey by the Archbishop of York. The
King did not appear at a window as
Queen Victoria had done. but, like King
Edward was a spectator of the cere-
monies. This was the first of the series
of splendid if melancholy pageants con-
nected with the change in reign
The programme for the funeral which
was announced to-day, provides for three
days of living in state at Westminster
Hall. a march across London, similar to
the solemn pageant at the closing OF the
Victorian reign, and burial at Windsor
with equal stateliness. The circle OF
family mourners has been completed to-
night bv the arrival of the Queen OF
Norway with the King.
The Prime Minister, returning from a
holiday voyage, has found the political
situation entirely transformed. Even the
fiery Radical press concludes that the
King must be allowed a breathing space
and that the question of royal guarantees
must be deferred to a more convenient
season. Without doubt an armistice VIII
be arranged by the Prime Minister and
Mr. Ralfour and the session will be
brought to a close after the passage OF
the new budget and the civil list The
ways and means for avoiding a Crisis
over the veto bill are not clear, but pub
lie opinion prohibits unsportsmanlike
treatment of the new monarch. 1t is as
unmistakable as the Burgundian Truce
of God enforced by communication and
the suspension of private war.