New-York tribune., 1910-05-08


well as the Pope and the presidents OF
the United States, France and other re-
publics have telegraphed condolences to
the Queen Dowager and King George.
These, however, are considered personal
messages and have not been Published
here.
Forty Peers Take the Oath.
Both houses of Parliament held brief
meeting this afternoon. The Lord Chan
cellor administered the oath OF al
legiance in the House of Lords to about
forty peers The Speaker OF the House
of Commons and the Deputy Speaker
being out of the country there was no
one empowered TO preside over the
House, end Immediately on motion Of
the Home Secretary. Winston Churchill.
the House adjourned.
A great representative congregation
Of London officiating. Many Catholics
gathered in Westminster Cathedral,
while special services We're held in vari-
Gus churches throughout the country,
and others have been arranged for to-
morrow.
On Monday morning the proclamation
of George VS. accession will be read in
all the principal towns in the kingdom.
Trumpeters, clad in scarlet and gold,
escorted by Life Guards. WILL enter the
City of London. and the Lord Mayor
and Aldermen in robes of office Will
meet them at Temple Bar. This cere-
mony was expected to take place in Lon
don to-day. and great crowds assembled
at Temple Bar and the Royal Exchange,
waiting there for hours. only to be dis
appointed.
Politics for the time seems to be for
gotten The newspapers ignore the sub
ject and devote themselves entirely to
eulogies and biographies OF the late King
Edward and the new King George. With
the members of the Cabinet scattered in
England and about the Continent it has
been Impossible for the party in power
to discuss its policy. but it is assumed
that Parliament Will adjourn after the
budget is settled.
There are signs already that some OF
the Conservatives will practically accuse
the Liberals OF responsibility for the
Kings death by worry brought on him
through threats of the party to call on
him to swamp the Lords by the creation
OF q host of Liberal peers.
The question as to whether Premier
Asuuith should announce what advice he
intended to give the King has been de-
bated bitterly for some time. Only a few
days ago Lord Knollys, secretary to the
King, took pains to Publish d letter in
which he told correspondent: You are
correct in thinking that the King de-
plores having his name brought into po-
litical controversies"
The Globe" In an editorial says:
The King was in constant consulta-
ton with his ministers His holiday was
cut short, and had not a keen sense Of
public duty compelled him to return TO
England he might still be alive and we'll
Those who have stirred up strife within
the nation, who would have wrecked the
constitution and who did not hesitate to
attack the crown itself in pursuance OF
their own ends, will now realize that
they must take their share of the re-
SponSibility for the death of q great
King They have done their work
The Accession of kinq Georqe.
King George was formally pro-
claimed successor to-day to Edward VII
as King Of Great Britain and Ireland
and Emperor of India.
The ceremony was an impressive one.
II was held at o'clock this afternoon
in the Throne Room of st. -James's Pal
ace. in the presence of the PriVy Council,
under the presidency OF the Earl OF
Crewe who acted in the absence Of
Viscount Wolverhampton. Lord Presi-
dent of the Council.
The mourning features were for the
time being set aside. and King George
appeared in the uniform of an admiral
while the distinguished gathering Of
Privy Councillors and officers of the
court were in Ievee attire and wore the
regalia and decorations of their high
orders
The proclamation OF kingship was a
sonorous document comforting on the
new sovereign all the attributes of a
ruler which his father had possessed
The response of King George Was
marked by deep emotion as he solemnly
affirmed his purpose to fulfil to the best
of his abilities the great trust reposed
in him.
The oath administered to the King
by the Lord Chancellor. Lord Loreburn.
Following custom, the members of the
Cabinet who were present rendered their
formal designations to the new ruler,
who at once returned tpe designations
unacted upon. Thereupon the members
of the Cabinet and the Privy Councillors
kissed the Kings hand. according to the
traditional custom, to signify allegiance
to the new ruler.
The Proclamation Of Accession
The text of the procla ma ton follows:
Whereas, II has pleased Almighty God
to call to His mercy our late sovereign,
Edward VII. of blessed and glorious
memory, by whose decease the Imperial
Crown of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland is solely and right
fully come to the high and mighty
Prince George Frederick Ernest Albert
we, therefore. the Lords spiritual and
temporal of this realm, being here as
sisted with these of his late matesty's
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