The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-27
ALL NATIONS or WORLD
PAY LAST TRIBUTE TO ENG
LANDS LATE KING.
SPECTACLE MOST IMPOSING
Surpassed the Pageantry Attending
Queen Victoria's BuriaI-Edward
Rests in Royal Tomb House.

London.-Sovereigns and represen'
tatives of the powers Of all the world
paid the last tribute Friday to Eng
lands great monarch, Edward VII,
whose body now rests in St. Georges
Chapel at Windsor Castle, where the
bones Of Edward ", the Sixth and
Eighth Henrys, Charles l, the Third
and Fourth Georges and William ~
are entombed.
Bright sunshine followed night OF
thunderstorms that swept the city and
soaked the funeral decorations Of roy
al purple, the half-masted flags and
the wreaths or evergreens and flow
ers that hung along the line of march,
but had no deterrent effect on the gath
ering thousands, who from midnight
until dawn sought points of vantage
from which to watch the passing OF
the cortege.
London's millions filled the streets
and open places as they have never
been filled, either at funeral or at
a festival. All the pageantry that
marked the burial of Victoria was as
naught when compared with the mag
nificence Of Fridays spectacle, which.
though it passed through multitude
of hushed people, reverently bent, was
splendid in accompaniment of gilded
coaches, brilliant uniforms and decora.
tons.
Roosevelt In Muftl.
Far surprising the ceremony at
tending the removal Of the kings
body from Buckingham Palace to
Westminster Hall. the procession in
cluded nine soyereigns, the former
president of the United States, Theo-
dore Roosevelt, who was alone unar-
rayed in uniform; heirs to several
thrones, the members Of the royal
families, the members of their house
holds, the officials Of the government,
field marshals, generals and admirals
whose names are ,ynonOmous with
Britan's achievements in war, detach.
ments of troops Of all the British arms
and representative Of foreign armies
and navies in variegated uniforms.
With Arms Reversed.
The lines of relocated soldiers
were drawn as on that other great oc-
casion of England's mourning nine
years ago, with arms reversed and
regimental flags dipped to the ground.
The vast throngs along the streets
were massed so tightly that those
once caught found it impossible to
move. The great viewing stands, GOV.
cred with mourning emblems, were
crowded, the roof tops black, and
through this multitude, from among
whom not a whisper arose, the gun
carriage that bore the kings body
moved to the strains Of funeral
marches, the tolling of bells and the
booming of minute guns, very different
from many day when Edward, in
the glory Of his reign, went to meet
his people and be acclaimed.
The Royal Train.
From the Paddington station the
royal train carried the coffin and
mourners to Windsor, while special
trains were filled with officials and
foreign representatives. Blue jackets
dragged the gun carriage through
line of purple to st. Georges Chapel
and there simple services were said
by the archbishops of Canterbury and
York,
During the service the widowed
queen moved to the foot Of the cata-
falque and knelt, and just before the
coffin was lowered to the crypt King
George placed upon it royal stand
ard.
Burial Services.
The funeral party overlooked into
the Prince Consort's Chapel, to the
south. The service Of the Church of
England was followed throughout. AT.
ter the anthem, How ,Blest Are They"
the Garter king at arms advanced to
the altar and spoke as follows:
For as much as it hath pleased AL.