Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-05-09
GEORGE Y. IS
PROCLAIMED KING
Impressive Ceremonies Took
Place Today in Drizzling
Rain
CROWDS CHEER MONARCH
Queen Dowager Bursts Blood
Vessel in Paroxysm
of Grief

London, May with time+honored
ceremony of brilliant and impressive
character, George V. was this morning
| proclaimed king of the United King
! dom Of Great Britain and Ireland, and
| the British Dominions beyond the
| seas, Defender of the Faith, and En-
tperor Of India. Sharp at the stroke of
| nine, four heralds arrayed in medieval
uniforms of scarlet, heavily braided
with gold, mounted the balcony of the
friary court at St. James palace,
where Queen Victoria presented her
| self to the people upon the opening
| Of her memorial reign, and blew the
fanfare through their long silver
trumpets. Within the precincts of the
palace were a great mass of people.
Members of the royal household, min
| isters and their wives and high Off
GERS of state all in brilliant uniforms,
were gathered around the court From
| the windows of Marlborough House
Immediately opposite, the Duke of
Cornwall, the young heir to the
throne, the younger prince and Prin-
| cess Mary watched the ceremony. The
heralds having concluded their duties
| the officers of arms, the chief of whom
is the Duke of Norfolk, hereditary
earl marshal and chief butler of Eng
land, took their places on the balcony
fOpn1ino tho hnpn1li1
Six Alfred Scott Gatty, with the Duke
| of Norfolk and two officers bearing
their slaves of office, stepped to the
| front of the balcony and in a voice
which could be heard across the court
and in the streets adjoining, read the
proclamation, while the great crowd
| stood uncovered in the drizZling rain.
| The Duke and Sir Alfred then call
ed for three cheers for the king, and
the people responded with three deaf
ening hurrahs. The band of the Cold
stream guards then struck up God
! Save the KING" AS the national an
them was concluded, battery in st.
James park belched forth the royal
salute and the people in the square
and street at the same moment took
up the refrain God Save the Kingy'
This probably was the most impress
slVe part of the ceremony, fervent
singing Of the crowds growing in vol
| ume as more and more singers Joined
in, while at minute intervals the guns
half drowned the chorus. The Duke
of Norfolk and officers of state CON
tinued in their positions until the
people, having concluded singing the
national anthem turned towards Marl-
| borough House and renewed their
cheers for the king, glimpse of
whom was caught as he stood at the
window with Queen Mary. Rumors
A were current this morning that the
queen mother, Alexandra, had broken
blood vessel in paroxysm of grief
and her condition is serious. It was
offlcially announced at Buckingham
palace, however, that the mother OF
\ the king was well and bearing ur
bravely.
London, May 9.-The popular dem
, onstration at an end, the earl marsha
: and attendants drove to Charing Cross
: and thence to the city of London tc
, read the proclamation to the people a.
ldesignated points. The route to the
lefty was with troops. Hundreds O
thousands who had waited since earl,
morning silently watched the state
ly progress of the heraldic procession
t The royal announcers again blew tn,
fanfare, once more read the proclama
ton and the people sang the nationa
anthem. At the boundary of the cit
( proper at the Temple bar, the lort
9 mayor, sheriffs, aldermen and officer
: of the, city of London. all in robes o
\ office, awaited the earl marshal TIL
S ceremony here was of long duration
: and more elaborate. The city of Lor
don to this day retains its ancien
privilege of barring the entrance O
n tn kings men to the square mile il
which its officers rule. But in plac
d of the barred gates of olden times, re
s silken robes were placed across th
s streets and halted the procession
d Coming to a standstill, the trumI
e etors sounded three loud blasts al
e nouncing the approach of officers {
h arms. The city marshal challenge
# the approach with the cry: Halt
S Who goes there" Reply: "Officer
# of arms, who demand entrance to tn
g city to proclaim his royal majesty
n accession" came from the pursuivan
The lord mayor having given permi
sion, the rouge dragon stepped acros
the boundary. Headed by the chic
:. magistrate, the privy council ordere
@ that proclamation be made.
9 The Lord Mayor then alighted fro
e the carriage, read the proclamatio
L and declared "Our high and might
O. Prince George has now become OF