Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-21

II ONDON, May 2O-Sovereigns and
representatives of the powers of
~ all the world paid their last trib-
ute today to England great monarch
Edward II, whose body now rests in
st. Georges chapel, Windsor castle,
where the bones of Edward ", the
sixth and eighth Henrys, Charles L,
the third and fourth Georges, and Will
liam ", are entombed.
Bright sunshine followed night of
thunderstorms that swept the city and
soaked the funeral decorations that
hung along the line of march, but had
no deterrent effect on the gathering
throngs who sought points of vantage
from which to watch the passing of
the cortege.
London S millions filled the streets
and open places as they have never be-
fore been filled, either at a funeral or
festival. More than 2,500,000 persons
lined the route of the funeral pro-
cession.
The pageantry that marked the bur-
ial of Victoria was as naught COM
pared with the magnificence of today S
ceremony, which was splendid in Its
brilliant uniforms and decorations, far
surprising the ceremony attending the
removal of the kings body from Buck
ingham palace to Westminster hall
The procession today included nine
sovereigns; a former president of the
United States, Theodore Roosevelt, who
alone was not in uniform; the heirs of
several thrones, the members of the
royal families, the officers of the house
off nf
field marshals, generals and admirals,
detachments of troops of all the Brit
ish arms and representatives of for
eign armies and navies in variagated
uniforms, a solid phalanX of glittering
color
10000 REDCOATs LINE STREETS
The lines of relocated soldiers were
drawn as on that other great occasion
of England's mourning nine years ago,
with arms reversed and regimental
flags dipped to the ground. There was
10000 of these soldiers.
The vast throngs along the streets
We're massed so tightly that those once
caught, found it impossible to move.
The great stands, covered with mourn
ing emblems, were crowded. the roof
tops black, and through this multi
tude, from among whom not whisper
arose, the gun carriage that bore the
king body, moved to the strains of
funeral marches the tolling of bells
and the booming of minute guns.
At Westminster hall, the widowed
queen, to spend a last few moments
beside the body of the king, was as
sisted from her carriage by the Ger
man emperor. upon whom the loss of
his royal uncle has rested heavily.
The emperor kissed the hand and
cheek of Alexandra and passed her to
her son, King George. Here the queen
mother, glaneing up, caught sight of
the kings charger. waiting to follow
his master, and near at hand the king S
favorite dog, "Jack," terrier, and she
faltered, gripping the arm of the king
pathetically and gazing upon the ami
mails Edward had loved so well.
Then she entered the hall with King
George, Emperor William and the duke
of Connaught, there to offer a silent
prayer and watch the removal of the
coffin to the gun carriage.
When the procession began moving
the late kings charger and his favor
lite terrier, the latter led by High
land soldier, followed directly behind
the coffin of their dead master and
lust ahead of the imperial ensign.
The booming of minute guns and the
tolling of bells accompanied the move
ment of the procession, while the bands