Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-11
Accepts Appointment to Rep
resent U. S. at Kings Funeral.
ROYAL KIN REACH LONDON
Dowager Empress of Russia and
Cars Brother Arrive.
PARLIAMENT TOLD OF DEATH
Solemn Scene in the House Of Com
mons When King Georges
Message Is Read. ~

Theodore Roosevelt today ac-
cepted by cable the appointment
by President Taft to be special am
bassador to represent the United
States at the funeral of King Ed
ward in London, May 20. The
cablegrams exchanged between
the President and Col. Roosevelt
were not made public.
The appointment has been ex-
pected, and is regarded as a most
fitting one.
LONDON, May 1.-THE kin of the Brit
ish royal family are arriving here to at
tend the funeral of King Edward.
Empress Dowager Marie OF Russia. a
sister of Queen Mother Alexandra, reach
ed here today. accompanied by Grand
Duke Michael Alexandrovitch. younger
brother of Emperor Nicholas. who will be
the official representative of the Russian
government at the o.sequies.
Dowager Empress in Tears.
The empress dowager, with the grand
duke, were met at the railroad station by
King George and Queen Mary. who drove
with them to Buckingham Palace. The
Dowager Empress OF Russia was weeping
as she kissed the queen.
Do rl;o
national tribute to the memory OF King
! Edward and to welcome his successor.
King George.
A message from the new monarch, in
which he announced the death of his
father and his own succession. was read
In both houses, which subsequently
OF and
made IN parliament bss the leaders Of
the political parties.
Death Announced to Parliament.
The royal message was received in the
house of commons with soIemnfty, the
members standing uncovered as IL was
read 1t follows:
The king knows that the house OF
commons shares in the profound and
majesty by the death of his maiesty's
Iather. the late king. and that the house
sShiterrains EN- ria Ms. true sense Of the loss which
ms majesty and the nation have sus-
tanned in this mournful event.
hlng Edwards care for the welfare OF
the people and his skilled and prudent
guidance OF affairs. his unwearyine devo-
ton to public duty during an illustriou.
reign and his simple courage i'm danger
and pain will long be held i'm honor by
ms SUBJECTS at home and beyond the
seas"
Address to the Throne
Upon motion by Premier Asquith. Sec
onoed by A. j. Balfour, leader OF the op-
position. the house of commons adopted
unanimously an address to be presented
to King George, in which his majesty was
assured OF the heartfelt sympathy of the
lower chamber in his grievous afflictIon.
ana In which also were expressed the con-
gratulations of the house upon his acces-
sion. The address proceeds:
I'VE will ever remember with prate
rul anection the zeal and success with
which our late sovereign labored to
consolidate the peace and concord of
the world. to aid every merciful en-
deavor for the alleviation of human
suffering and to unite in Justice and
Tree dom all the races and classes of
his subjects with his imperial throne
we beg to offer your majesty our LOYAL
congratulations upon your auspicious ac-
ceSslon, and we assure your majesty of
our devotion to his royal person and our
sure conviction that his reign will under
the favor of Divine Providence be dis
unguished by unswerving efforts to pro-
mote the virtue and contentment of the
realm and to guard the rights and liber-
ties Of his majesty's faithful people"
Premier Asquith's Remarks.
Speaking on the motion. Mr.. Asouith
referred to the reign ''of the great king
suddenly taken from us" as years
crowded with moving events throughout
the empire. He continued: I'm our rela-
tions With foreign countries they have
been years Of growing friendships and
new understandings. strong and safe
guards OF the epace of mankind.
within the empire the sense Of inter
dependence. the consciousness of common
interests and common risks and of fhe
ever-tightening bonds of cooperative
unity, has been developed as never be-
fore
Here at home. and by way of con-
trast. controversial issues of the gravest
kind, economic social and constitutional,
have rtpened with rapid maturity.
I'm all of these multiform manifestations
or our national and imperial life history
will assign part of particular dignity
and authority to the great ruler whom
We have lost. In external affairs his
powerful personal influence was directed
steadily and ceaselessly toward avoiding
not only wars, but the causes and pre-
texts of wars. and he well earned the
title by which he will always be remem-
bered. the peacemaker of the world"
Premier Deeply Affected.
The premier then moved an expression
Of the houses coincidence to the queen
mother Alexandra on the irreparable
loss which she had sustained and assur-
Ing her that the house of commons and
the nation would ever preserve toward
her sentiments of unalterable reverence
and affection. While he was speaking Mr.
Asauith was obviously deeply affected
When he expressed the sympathy which
the house felt for the queen mother he
all but broke down.
Speaking along similar lines in the
house of lords the Earl of Crewe was
we'll nigh overcome with emotion. and
concluded his remarks only with diffi.
Guilty.
The queen mother. Alexandra. continues
In good health. although suffering under
deep sorrow. This morning she gave an
audience to Prime Minister Asauith,
Secretary of State for India Earl Morley.
Reginald Mckenna, first lord of the ad-
and r. III. Haldane, secretary OF
state for war.
The four ministers later took a fare
we'll view of the late kings features Tho
body still lies in its position on the death
bed The coffin which is to contain the
mill ta