New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-13
KING GEORGE KEPT BUSY
Reception of ROYAL Guests and
Many Duties Fill His Days.
PLANNING THE FUNERAL
Living State Of King Edward
Involves Great Addition to
the Programme.

Tondon. May 12-From a life Of COM
-e-stfve ease and retirement King
George suddenly finds himself one of the
hardest worked officials in the kingdom.
:, addition 70 spending considerable time
daily al buckingham Palace. comforting
his widowed mother, he has TO attend to
,sultifarious duties connected with re-
eeiving and entertaining the royal guests
s,d arranging the difficult details of the
,vsne-in-sta1e and the funeral
H.s ma jessy is al his desk in MarIbor-
oueh House. at O'Clock each morning 10
-eply 70 the innunnerable messages OF
coincidence and TO receive mis- ministers
end the officials who have 10 do with the
obseouses. To-day he had a long spe-
cssl interview with John Burns. presi-
s.nt Of the Local Government Board
The afternoon ne spent with the Queen
Mother and in the evening he went to
.hs station TO meet and escort the King
Of Denmark to buckingham Palace.
E-PrHident Roosevelt viii be pre-
serted 20 King George soon after his ar
rival in London on Monday. This has
been arranged in conformity with the
law REID the American Ambassador. Mr..
Roosevelt as special ambassador, will
.ccTpy a place with the visiting mon
srchs in the funeral procession and viii
s1so ATTEND the burial at Windsor.
The lving-in-sfa1e involves a great ad-
dition TO the work OF arranging the pro-
r-anrne for the funeral. all the details Of
which hardly will be completed before
Sunday The procession DO Westminster
Hall on Tuesday, for the lying in-state,
viii he on almost as. great a scale as the
funeral procession The cortege will in
clvde King George and all the foreign
seve-eigns on HORSEBACK and the Queen
Mother and the women Of royal rank in
ca--iages The body viii be received
m the members of the House Of Lords
and the House Of Commons, while the
chosrs Of Westminster Abbey and the
Chapel ROYAL and the hand Of the Cold
stream Guards viii take part in the nu-
steal service
When the funeral procession starts, on
Friday every tram car in London will
come 10 q standstill for a quarter OF an
hour It is also proposed that all the
public houses in London should be closed
while the procession is passing.
The Queen Mother herself has been
exceedingly busy since the death Of the
a.. King She has received great number
Of VISITORS, who have been privileged 10
enter the death chamber These in
Guided. besides most Of the members Of
the Cabinet and the leaders OF the oppo-
sition. many ambassadors and other
officials connected with the court and
prominent men who were the intimate
friends of Edward VII
4 note Of discord in the universal
mourning comes from Dublin, where at
q meeting OF the Corporation to-day
seven members Of the Sim Fem Society
voted against the Lord Mayors resolu-
ton 70 send q message Of sympathy and
coincidence to the Queen Mother and the
royal family.
The King personally extended through
Ambassador Reid his thanks 10 Presi-
dent Taft and the government and people
OF the United States for their many
tokens Of coincidence and sympathy.
Hundreds Of carpenters are already at
work erecting stands along the route that
will be followed by the funeral process
sion. and owners OF frontages are pre-
pairing TO make the most OF their good
fortune
Twenty-Five dollars TO fifty dollars is
obtaiaabse for q single seat al points Of
vantage. while a small upper room with
& couple OF tiny windows overlooking the
street is considered a bargain at $500.
On the more fashionable thoroughfares,
like the Piccadilly, from $4,000 to $4,000
ts asked for the use Of single rooms.
Berlin. Nav Eft was officially an
nouncad tonight that Emperor William
would leave next "Wednesday for London
arriving there on the following day The
date o. his return after attending King
Edwards funeral has uot been made