The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-27
NEW BRITISH KING
IS MAN OF FORCE
Has Been Revealed In An Unexpected
Light Since His Fathers Death
Makes Order Out Of Chaos.

LONDON. May 2l-Since George
V. came to the throne Englishmen
have been following. his actions with
the keenest interest In the hope OF
obtaining some indications as TO what
is 10 be expected from his reign.
The New York Times correspond
ent was. at the time of the kings &C
cession, able to quote high and COM
petent authority for the statement
that George V. was a man of qualities
that would surprise the world, which
had, to some extent. come TO look up
on him as a rather colorless person
whose domestic virtues were his best
recommendation.
These two past weeks have revealed
him in an unexpectedly favorable
light In fact, he Is declared on re-
sponsible authority to have evolved
order out of the chaos which follow
ed his fathers sudden death.
At the time of King Edwards acces-
sion the death OF Queen Victoria had
been foreseen for some months, and,
when II occurred the departments
concerned we're ready to cope with
the mass OF work such an event en-
tails: but, on the present occasion, the
whole Official world was utterly UMPIRE
pared. For time confusion prevailed.
The public had an inkling Of this fact
from the many changes that were
made In the arrangements from day
to day-the three-fold postponement Of
the proclamation at the last minute.
the extraordinary typographical errors
that crept into its text. the uncertainty
nc IN hn Aaf nd IN nf "a
the delay In the issuance of the order
for public mourning, the absence OF a
fixed period In the first order, necessl-
tating the issue Of second-all point
to the strain imposed on the official
world
II was the personal activity of the
king which saved the organization
from absolute chaos. He took charge.
and in an amazingly short time
evolved order and method. II was
King George alone who decided that
there should be public lying In state
for King Edwards body. In that he
certainly gagged the public feeling
better than the officials who had cate
gorically stated at the outset that this
ceremony was not to be thought OF.
He directly supervised all the ar
rangements Of the funeral and had
submitted to him the many delicate
questions OF precedence which had
puzzled the earl marshal, the duke OF
Norfolk. He selected the music to be
played In the professions and made
notifications In the route first pro-
posed, which are generally admitted
to have been advantageous. He has
shown ability to deal with broad out
lines and also with minute details
In the midst OF these activities the
business OF state claimed a not incon-
siderable portion OF the kings time.
The swearing In OF the ministers. for
instance, involved interviews OF no
perfunctory character. Then there was
the mine disaster at Whitehayen, and
both the king and the queen. amid
their own grief and urgent preoccupa-
tons, found time for repeated inquir-
les about the entombed men, and were
ready with both sympathy and practi-
cal help for the sufferers
The reception OF foreign monarchs
eptailed no little expenditure OF time
and energy on the part OF the king,
who also received the heads of the
special foreign missions at Marlbor-
ough House. He is understood 10
have made deep impression on Mr..
Roosevelt. ..-..
Not the least among King Georges
anxieties must have been the anxiety
that he felt for his mother, Queen
Alexandra. While she has stood the
strain OF the past two weeks so re-
markably-in fact, it has been sug-
gested that the many tokens she has
received OF public sympathy have act
ed on her as a sort OF stimulant-there
was at one time In royal circles a
deep-rooted fear that her strength
would give way. King George has
been in constant communication with
his mother regarding the details which
he felt she had the best right, as the
queen consort of Edward VII, to set,
tie, and. in every possible particular,
her wishes have prevailed.
Queen Alexandras future role Is a
matter OF deep interest II had been
suggested that after the funeral she
would probably go to Denmark anG
reside with her sister, the dowager
empress OF Russia, in the seaside villa
they purchased near Copenhagen.
According to the best information
available nothing could be further
from the queen mothers thoughts than
any such retirement to a foreign coun.
try. She Is expected to go to Sand
bingham, which Is now her personal
property but IL is not expected that
she will, in any sense, bury herself
there. In fact, 1t is supposed that
she will essay to play in London a
role somewhat similar to that which
the dowager Queen Margarita played
In Rome for some years after the
death Of King Humbert, and that, in
the course of time, she will set up a
court Of her own.
Queen Alexandra Is much better on
than is generally supposed. Under the
terms OF her marriage settlement she
received from the nation a jointure OF
10000 Cs350,000), and 1t Is believed
that she will also have the enjoyment
OF very considerable additional in
come from the property left by the
late king, besides the proceeds OF big
insurance policy taken out not very
long before his death. Consequently,
she will have ample funds to keep up
both Sandringham and Marlborough
houses, II, as Is believed, she decides
to use the latter as her London resi-.
dence