The Washington times., 1910-05-20

brother, and the Kaiser wilhelm. OF
Germany, his nephew. on either side and
slightly behind the King.
Field officer in waiting master Of
the horse, Earl Granard
Ihen followed the seven 9th r mon
archs Of Europe-King George o. Greece,
King Alfonso Of Spain, King n anuel OF
Portugal King Haakon of Norway.
King Frederick of Denmark. King Al
bert Of Belgium, and Car Ferdinand,
hind these kings, and riding three
abreast. came display Of lesser royalty
such as the world has never before seen
assembled.
Chief among these was Archduke
Franz Ferdinand OF Austria, Prince
Henry Of Prussia, Prince Henry Of Hol-
land, crown prince OF Servia, Prince Ar
thur Of COnnaught. the Duke OF AOsta.
Duke OF Fife, Grand Duke Michael OF
Russia. Prince Francis OF Ieck, Prince
Alexander Of Teck, Grand Duke Of
SAKE Coburg-Gotha. crown princes Of
Roumania and Montenegro. Prince Mo-
named Ali OF Egypt, Prince YOussoun
EZZedin Of Turkey Prince Tsai Tao.
uncle OF the Emperor OF China Prince
Charles Of Sweden. and nearly fifty
other scions Of the ruling houses OF
Europe.
Roosevelt Heads Diplomats.
This procession Of lesser royalty
wound up the mounted part OF the
procession and was followed by a long
line Of carriages. First of these car
riages was occupied by Alexandra, the
queen Mother. her sister. the Dowage-
Czarina, and Princess Louise and Trin-
cess Victoria.
Queen Mary, Queen Maud Of Norway,
the Duke OF Cornwall and his sister,
Princess Mary. were in the second car
rage The succeeding four carriages
In Of er-fH
ish royal family.
Then followed in carriages foreign dip
lomats. The first of these contained
Col Theodore Roosevelt, the American
ambassador to the funeral; VI. PichOn,
the French foreign minister and Sanad
Kahn, the Persian representative.
Roosevelt wore a conventional frock
coat ana silk hat with heavy band Of
mourning about the hat. The next car
rage contained Lord StrathcOna. Sir G.
Reid and Sir Hall-Jones, representing
Canada, Australia. and New Zealand.
respectively. Other carriages were rllled
with members Of royal suites. One OF
these contained eX-Ambassador Henry
White, who was credited as minister
plenipOtentiary by the American Gov
eminent, Lieut.. Commander Reginald R.
Belknap. United States naval attache
a Berlin, and Major T. Bentley Mott,
L 5. A. military attache at Paris The
latter two We're aides to Colonel Roose-
Welt United States Ambassador keid
had a position close 20 the front in the
line Of diplomatic representatives
Detachments OF foreign regiments fol-
lowed, and the procession closed with a
rear guard Of fire and police brigades.
Pass Parliament Buildings
Round by the side Of the stately
houses Of parliament tho cavalcade
wound. TO the alternate strains of
Beethoveu's funeral march and Cho-
pins March Funebre- 1t passed up
the broad avenue Of Parliament street
along by the government buildings,
an Of which were draped in purple
and black. with flags flying at half
mast. past the old palace Ct White
hall to Charing Cross.
At this great center one or the
greatest cOncOurSeS in London'S his
tory was assembled
Pa6dmgtOn Station, where the train
was taken for Windsor, was never de-
signed for ceremonies Of this descrip-
ton For this reason the principal de-
parture platform could not be used and
the royal train was drawn up alongside
the principal arrival platform. Every
effort had been made 10 give the sta
ton a BETTING appearance Of solemnity
and even the wall advertisements were
screened by crimson, purple, and white
hangings.
As the Duke OF Norfolk rode down the
platform, every one rose to their feet and
uncovered. Immediately afterward the
sounds Of PeethOven's Funeral March