New-York tribune., 1910-05-09

said: The nation has received & sud
| den blow by which 1t is ssia stunned"
He paid warm tribute to the late
King as ruler. statesmen and gentle
man. or the death chamber tile Bishop
said: The quiet farnily gathering
around the bedside, the cornnlittal prayer
said by the Archbishop before the King
| died, the blessing pronounced when all
was over in the husfed room: all was
Christian there
The Very Rev. Joseph 4rmitaee Fob
;nson, Dean Of Westminster, preached
from Deuteronomy. xxx, 10 Monsig-
nor Bourne, Catholic Archbishop OF
Westminster, spoke of the Kings oour-
tesy to Catholics and his aesire to show
! equal regard for all his subjects.
! Services we're held in TIE Russian and
| Spanish chapelS and wefe attended by
| the ambassadors and their staffs. At
the Scottish church a G.elic memorial
service was attended by large gather
| ing
! The Archbishop of Cantefbury preached
| on the subject of King Edward before a
! great congregation in Westminster Alb
| hey.
| A King. Message to His Tenants.
| The state officials and terantry at San
dringham attended the church service
| il, 6 body. The pew which King Ed
ward last occupied was filed with white
lilies. King George sent a message to
! them saying:
MY father dearly loved his country
| home, and was always mindful of the
welfare of all there. My feelings tow
ard all will ever be the same as his
William OBrien, Member of Parlia-
ment for Cork, addressing an "all for
! Ireland meeting at Bandon, paid a
| tribute to King Edward as being no
more truly peace1naker anywhere than
| he was in Ireland. For the first time,
possibly, in an unhappy history of eight
| centuries said Mr.. O'Brien, "a meeting
! of Irishmen who are Nationalists to the
marrow in their bones may begin pro-
| ceedings by laying a tribute OF respect
| and genuine sorrow upon the coffin of
an English King"
! The Conservative Sunday Observer
! devotes four columns to arguing for a
| truce between the political parties on
the constitutional question. If King
! George invites the statesmen of both
parties 10 confer before the prerogatlVe
| of the crown is made q direct issue IN
the party fight, the paper says, he VIII
be supported by the overwhelming mass
of the nation, and the nations hand Will
fall heavy on those who attempt to cast
cut the spirit of peace and destroy the
golden promise OF the providentfal hour.
Personality OF the New Ruler.
''The Observer" discusses the person
ality of King George. 1t says that he Is
practically unknown to the people of the
United Kingdom, as he was much less
conspicuously identified with the general
activities of society than was Edward as
Prince of Wales.
"On 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 patriotism,
his passion for the imperial ideal, the di-
rectness and candor of his nature. his
sympathy and courage. Owing to his
self-imposed quiet role. some thought
him OF reactionary mind, others as ur1-
likely 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 en-
pire, his majesty is not likely to forget
that twentieth century kingship demands
social service, and VIII be in special
sense the monarch Of the masses"