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KING GEORGE
PROCLAIMED
Ceremony Of Medieval Pomp
Carried Out in London.
CROWD SINGS NATIONAL Hymn

CARRIED In Ancient Costumes heralds
Conduct Impressive Ceremony In St
James Palace ard at Points In Lon
don-FuneIsi cf Edward May 20.
London NAY l0-The proclamatio,
announce the accession OF klns
Gtorge V. was read at the st. James
palace.
Friday, Nay 20. has been definitely
fixed as The date for King Edwards
funeral
Immediately after the funeral OF
her hr band it is expected that the
queen MI Their will retire to Sandrins
ham palace, which King Edward some
years aoa made over to her as dover
house
With the 1inie-honOred ceremony OF
brilliant and impressive character.
George V. was publicly proclaimed as
king of the I'm ed Kin gdom OF Great
Britain and ] ..l5nd and the British
dominions be ond re seas, defender
of the faith, emperor OF India.
Sharply at the stroke of Q O'clock
four heralds, "avl.i ia medieval uEl-
forms of scarf, ;. heaN.i, BRAIDED with
gold, mounted the balcony of Friary
Court at ST. James palace. where
Queen Victoria presented herself to
the people upon the opening of her
memorable reign, and blew a fanfare
through their long silver trumpets.
From the windows of Marlborough
house, Immediately opposite. the Duke
of Cornwall, the young heir to the
throne, the younger princes and Prin-
cess Mary watched the ceremony.
Earl Marshal Appears.
The heralds having concluded their
duties, the officers of arms, chief OF
whom is the Duke of Norfolk. the
hereditary earl marshal and chief but
Ter of England. took their places on
the balcony forming the great heraldic
company. None wore mourning. this
having been removed for the occasion.
Sir Alfred Scott Scott-Gatty. Garter
principal king of arms. with the Duke
of Norfolk and two officers bearing
the slaves of office. stepped to the
which could be heard across the court
and in the streets adjoining. read the
proclamation. while great throngs
stood uncovered in a drizZling rain.
The duke and Sir Alfred then called
for three cheers for the king. and the
people responded with fairly deafening
hurrahs, which were silenced only by
the temperance Of the heralds. who
sounded another fanfare.
The last note hardly died away
when the band of the Cold Stream
Guards, which had taken up posi-
tion in the square. struck up God
Save the King" The young princes
windows of Marlborough house stood
with their hands at salute and the
officers and troops stood at attention.
Crowd Sings National Anthem.
AS the national anthem was conclud
ed the first gun of the battery In st
James park belched forth a royal sa
Lutte and the people in the square and
streets at the same moment took 0p
the refrain God Save the King" This
was probably the most impressive
part of the ceremony, the fervent sing
Ing of the crowds growing in volume
as more and more singers Joined in
while at minute intervals the gun half
drowned the chorus.
The popular demonstration at an
end. the earl marshal and his attend
ants proceeded to the Ambassadors
court, whence they drove to Charing
Cross and thence to the city of Lon
don to read the proclamation to the
people at the designated points. The
route to the city proper was lined with
1000 troops, while at the places at
which the procession stopped and re-
peated the ceremony troops and Horse
Guards were stationed The royal car
riages of the Duke of Norfolk. Sir Al
fred Scott Scott Gatty and the officers
of arms followed by General French
with the headquarters staff and a
troop Of cavalry. drove briskly from
st. James palace to Charing Cross.
Thousands upon thousands who hal
waited since early morning silently
watched the stately progress of the
heraldic procession. At Charing Cross
theer was such crush that the po-
lice and troops had great difficulty In
keeping a space clear for the heralds.
The royal announcers again blew a
fanfare and Sir Alfred once more read
the proclamation. Again the people
sang the national anthem. their voices
being accompanied by the music Of
military bands.
European Royalty at Funeral.
The republic of France probably will
be represented at the funeral by for
mer President Loubet, although there
is talk that President Fallieres may
come. Emperor William will be here.
as also will the king of Greece. Spain.
Portugal, Denmark. Norway. Belgium
and Bulgaria and the heirs to the
thrones of Austria. Italy, Turkey. Swe
den and Roumania.
Prince Edward the heir apparent to
the throne. will for the present be
styled the Duke Of Cornwall and Roth
esay. Later he will be created Prince
of Wales. He succeeds forthwith to
the duchy of Cornwall. with cleara
income of 100000 yearly, which will
accumulate until he becomes of age,
giving him an independent fortune Of
81 500 900.