The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-05-11
OEAIH0F EDWARD VII.
Loss Of Able Sovereign Deeply
Felt the World Over.

formed With Singular Tact-since
His Accession to the Throne He
Has Exe-ted Wide Influence In
European Politics as Diplomat.
Edward VII, King Of Great Britain
and Emperor of India, died just be-
fore the new day began The end
came at buckingham palace at 11:40
Friday night.
His only surviving son now reigns
rs George V.
London was anxious all day. The
sudden news of the kings grave i'll
ness came as blow because his ma.
jesty was reported to have returned
from Diarritz in fair health. All day
crowds loitered about Buckingham
paTace and the Mansion House in the
city, where the physicians bulletins
were displayed
So grave was the last official bulle-
tin that an urgent summons was is
sued to all the members of the royal
family not already gathered at the
palace to come there Immediately.
The king was always a difficult pa.
tient for his physicians to manage.
He was even more difficult during his
M Of two davc' ;lInass
During the morning and afternoon
his majesty was exceedingly restless
and insisted on getting out of bed
pnd partially dressing. The physi.
clans could not induce him to with
draw his mind from certain affai
of state. He often petulantly OBJ.
served that he was unable to rest
because he could not withdraw his
mind from consideration of the po-
litical situation.
King Edwards fatal illness came
just about year ago as the first Sc
rious reports concerning his health
had become current on both sides of
the Atlantic. In the spring of 1909
he went to Biarritz, where he had oft
en- gone before. But after he had
been there a little while the word
came out that his step was no lon
ger elastic, that he kept much to him
self, permitting no one outside his
suite to dine with him, except Mrs.
George Keppel, and that for this
time he had gone to Biarritz not for
holiday but by direction of his ply
sicians, who were concerned over his
health. However, the king returned
to London in due time and so far as
the world has been allowed to know
had normal year thereafter.
This spring he went again to Biar-
ritz and again reports came out from
there that his health was far from
good. The reports received a GER
tain sort Of non-official confirmation
when the king abandoned his an
nounced purpose to go with Queen
Alexandra on yachting cruise in
.he Mediterranean on the return from
which, II was said, he purposed pay
ing with the queen a return visit to
King Manuel of Portugal. The next
news that the world got after the king
had gone back to London was on May
when the dispatches announced that
he was unable to go to the railway
station to meet the queen on her re-
turn after a visit of the continent.
In the last few months King Edward
figured in the most momentous crisis
Of his career and took a positive posi-
tion in II. II was in February Of
this year that he showed he had a
mind and will of his own. The oc.
easion was the opening of parliament
after the elections which followed the
action of the lords in throwing out
the budget, an election at which, in
addition to the question of the bud
get, the whole matter of the lords
prerogatives as affecting legislation
was brought up and discussed.
The country gave the government
majority, but when he came to open
parliament the king for the first time
in the modern history Of England re-
fused to identify himself with the
policy of his ministers. Edward.
while by his acts and words pro-
claiming himself a constitutional
monarch, declined to subscribe to a
fundamental change In the British
constitution, the proposed shearing
of the hereditary legislative power
of the lords. His act of independence,
which set all England agog, lay In In
gerting In the speech from the throne
prepared for him by the ministers,
the phrase: "In the opinion Of my ad'
visers."
The actual complaint from which
his majesty suffered was an asthmatio
cardiac affection, and as usual In
such cases oxygen had been admin
istered to him at intervals since
thursday night.
There Is no doubt that the king
caught the chill which developed so
fatally during his week end visit at
sandringham for the purposes Of in
specting the changes and alterations
which had been made in the house
and grounds Of his Norfolk home.
The weather was cold and damp and
his majesty completely exhausted
himself in his inspection of various
points of interest, on which he was
accompanied by Sir Dighton Probyn
keeper of the privy purse and extra
euuerry to the king. On Monday even
ing he returned to town and dined
privately in Grosvenor Crescent. The
chill was already showing signs OF
developing when he returned to the