River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19
67NG GEORGE II

London.-King Edward VII. is dead
and George V. reigns over Great
Britain. King Edward died of pneumo-
MIA on Friday evening, May 6, following
an illness of but a few days.
With the time-honored ceremony of
brilliant and impressive character,
George V. was Monday, May 9, publicly
proclaimed king Of the United King
dom of Great Britain and Ireland and
the British dominions beyond the seas,
defender of the faith, emperor of
India.
Parliament met May 10 to pay a ma
tional tribute to the memory of King
Edward and to welcome his successor,
King George.
King Georges message TO the COM
mons, delivered through the premier,
was read by the deputy speaker The
message follows:
''The king knows that the house
of commons shares in the profound
and deep sorrow which has befallen
his majesty by the death of his maj
estys father, the late king, and that
the loss which his majesty and the
state have sustained in this mourn
full event. King Edwards care for
the welfare of the people and his
skill and prudent guidance of affairs,
his, unwearying devotion to public
duty during his illustrious reign, his
simplicity and courage in pain and
danger, will long be held in honor
by his subjects at home and beyond
the SEAS"
In the commons the premier moved
that a humble address be presented
to his majesty, assuring the heartfelt
sympathy of the house, and reading:
1--WE shall ever remember with
grateful affection the zeal and sue.
cess wherewith the late sovereign la
bored to consolidate in peace the
world and to aid in every merciful
endeavor by the alienation of human
suffering and to unite in justice and
freedom all ranks and classes of his
subjects"
Friday, May 20, has been fixed as
the date for King Edwards funeral.
The body will be moved from Buck
ingham palace to Westminster hall,
where it will lie in state for three days.
third day to Windsor for interment in
st. George chapel on the following
day.
The body will be borne on gun
carriage through the streets of Lon
don to Paddington station and again
through the streets of Windsor to the
castle. The procession will be similar
to that on the occasion of the funeral
of Queen Victoria in 1901.
Above the coffin will be placed the
royal insignia-the crown, the orb and
the scepter. King George, mounted,
will ride Immediately behind the
casket, followed by other male mem
bers of the royal family, foreign mon
archs and special ambassadors. The
queen, the queen mother and the
women of the royal family will come
next in carriages. The remainder of
the cortege will be made up of repre-
sentatives of the army and navy,
members of the imperial household
and high officers of state.
George V. brings to the throne con-
siderable experience of his own in the
routine demands of public service made
upon him as Prince of Wales, and he
comes to the task of governing with
ability, good personal character and a
serious sense of his own responsible
ties.
In 1908 he visited Canada to attend
the celebration at Quebec and on that
occasion met Vice-President Fairbanks.
The new king is less democratic
than was his father and does not have
such an ardent love for sports. 1t has