The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-28
NEW BRITISH KING
IS MAN OF FORCE
Has Been Revealed In An Unexpected
Light Since His Fathers Death
Makes Order Out of Chaos,

LONDON, May 2I.-Since George
v came to the throne Englishmen
have been following his actions with
the keenest interest in the hope OF
obtaining some indications as to what
Is to be expected from his reign.
The New York Times correspond
emit was, at the time OF the kings &C
cession, able 10 quote high and COM
petent authority for the statement
that George V. was a man OF quailtles
that would surprise the world, which
had, to some extent, come to look up
OH him as a rather colorless person
whose domestic virtues were his best
recommendation. =,
These two past weeks have revealed
him in an Unexpectedly taVorapie
light. In fact, he is declared on re-
sponsible authority TO have evolved
order out OF the chaos which follow
ed his fathers sudden death.
At the time OF King Edwards access
sion the death OF Queen Victoria had
been foreseen for some months. ana,
when It occurred. the departments
concerned were ready TO cope Win
the mass OF work such an event en-
tails: but. on the present occasion, the
whole official world was utterly unpre'
pared. For time confusion prevailed
The public had an inkling or this facl
from the many changes that were
made In the arrangements from day
to day-the three-fold postponement OF
the proclamation at the last minute
the extraordinary typographical errors
that crept into its text, the uncertainty
as to the date and route OF the funeral,
the delay in the issuance of the order
for public mourning, the absence oil
fixed period in the first order, necessl-
tating the issue OF second-all point
TO the strain imposed on the of1clal
world.
II was the personal activity of the
king which saved the organization
from absolute chaos. He took charge,
and in an amazingly short time
evolved order and method. II was
King George alone who decided that
there should be public lying in state
for King Edwards body. In that he
certainly gagged the public feeling
better than the officials who had cate
gorically stated at the outset that this
ceremony was not to be thought or.
He directly supervised all the ar
rangements OF the funeral and had
submitted to him the many delicate
questions OF precedence which nad
puzzled the earl marshal, the duke OF
Norfolk. He selected the music TO be
played in the professions and made
notifications in the route first pro-
posed, which are generally admitted
to have been advantageous. He has
shown ability TO deal with broad out
lines and also with minute details.
In the midst OF these activities the
business OF state claimed a not incon'
siderable portion of the kings time,
The swearing in of the ministers, for
instance, involved interviews OF no
perfunctory character. Then there was
the mine disaster at Whitehaven, and
both the king and the queen, amid
their own grief and urgent preoccupa
tions. found time for repeated inquir'
les about the entombed men, and were
ready with both sympathy and practi'
cal help for the sufferers.
The reception OF foreign monarchi
entailed no little expenditure OF time
and energy on the part OF the king
who also received the heads OF the
special foreign missions at Marlbor
ough House. He is understood 10
have made a deep impression on Mr.
Roosevelt.
Not the least among King Georges
anxieties must have been the anxiety
that he felt for his mother, Queen
Alexandra. While she has stood the
strain of the past two weeks so re
markably---in fact, IL has been sug
gested that the many tokens she has
received Of public sympathy have act
ed on her as a sort of stimulant-there
was at one time I'm royal circles a
deep-rooted fear that her strength
would give way. King George mas
been in constant communication with
his mother regarding the details which
he felt she had the best right, as the
queen consort or Edward VII, to set
tie. and. in every possible particular
her wishes have prevailed.
Queen Alexandra's future role Is q
matter Of deep interest 1t had beel
suggested that after the funeral she
would probably go to Denmark am
reside with her sister, the dowageI
empress of Russia, In the seaside villa
they purchased near Copenhagen.
According to the best informatlcr
available nothing could be further
from the queen mothers thoughts thar
any such retirement to a foreign coun
try. She is expected to go to Sanl
bingham, which is now her personal
property; but 1t is not expected that
she will, in any sense, bury herself
there. In fact, II Is supposed thai