Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-14

course not more than handful
of those going abroad with that
object in view will witness the actual
ceremony of the crowning of the rulers
of the vast British Empire in the
thousand-year-o old Abbey of Westmin1
ster. where all the English monarchS
have been invested with their sover-
eighty since the days of King Edward
the Confessor. For so numerous are
the British and foreign dgnitaries who
are entitled by reason of their office
to place in that ancient fame at the
coronation that no room wha tsoever
will he left for any others, no matter
whether Britons, Americans or for
eigners.
There will. however, be many open
air pageants, in which the King and
Queen win figure. which will come
within the scope of view of the ordin-
cry American tourist. Thus, there will
be in the first place the procession ~
the British and foreign royalties, of
all the foreign ambassadors, the giea,
dignitaries of the realm and of the
peers and peeresses to Westminster
Abbey on the day of the coronation,
and in conjunction Herewith there
will be "a grand military display of
some sixty thousand regular troops
the pick OF the British army. under the
command of Field Marshal Lord Kitchl
oner. In addition to this there wiz
he two other progresses in state by
the King and Queen through the me-
tropolis, one on the Friday June 2S}
following the coronation. and the other
on Thursday. June %. when their ma
loo oil MI nj inc
service in st. Pauls Cathedral, Will
lunch with the Lord Mayor of London
in the ancient Guildhall of the City
There will be gala or state perform
ances at the Covent Garden Opera on
Monday, June 26. and at His Ma
jesty's Theatre on the following night.
on Saturday. June "A. there will be
grand naval review at Portsmouth,
where the greatest naval force of the
world, each ship flying the British flag.
viii be assembled for inspection by
the King and Queen and by their
guests. On Tuesday. June 81, the
King and Queen will give large gar
den party at buckingham Palace, to
which a certain number of Americans
will be asked Then there is to be
big reception given by Sir Edward
Grey. the Secretary of State for Fer
eign Affairs. at the Foreign Office, to
meet the King and Queen. to which
also some Americans will be invited.
at the instance of the sovereigns,
while there will be at least two mill
tary reviews. one of them on Friday,
June 80. Finally. there is to be a
grand ChildTens fete in connection
with the coronation. which has been
organized by direction of the King and
Queen, and which, taking place at the
crystal Palace, they propose to at
tend for the purpose of coming into
contact with the younger generations
of their lieges.
Besides all these pageants and ccre-
monies. every one of the resident for
eign ambassadors accredited to the
Court of St. James. also the special
ambassadors delegated to the corona
ton, as well as the English ministers
of state and great mobiles. are giving
entertainments in honor OF the coro-
nation. In fact every one who can
afford to do so will dispense hospital
ity, and that. too, in the most lavish
manner, and when all this is taken in
conjunction with the Henley regatta,
the Royal Ascot races next week and
tho great international Horse Show at
Tie Olympia, it will be realized that
he London season. winding UP as
usual with the Goodwood races. and
the Royal Regatta at Cowes, will
prove more brilliant than anything
thats the British metropolis has seen
7tksA Quarter of a century.
nat Is why Americans are cross
the Atlantic in shoals, all bound
E The banks of the Thames. to- wit
zsH@S one Of the strangest and most
4q}fresting series of ceremonies and
XNKeants of modern times. in which
suI}fyals of the reigns of the Anglo
saxon. Of the Norman, of the Plantag-
cnet. the Lancastrian, the Tudor and
The Stuart kings are picturesquely
blended with the ways. customs and
life of the twentieth century.
The American contingent in the ABB
hey at the coronation will be restrict
cd TO President Tafts special am
bassador, John HAYS Hammond. and
Mrs. Hammond, to Major General
Greedy and Rear Admiral Vrceland
who are to represent the American
army and navy as part and parcel of
the mission, and to the secretary of
the latter. There will also be the
resident Ambassador of the United
states to the Court of ST. James,
Whitelaw Reid, and Mrs. whitelaw
Reid, also his naval and military at
taches, and the councillor and secre-
taries of the embassy.
On the occasion of King Edwards
coronation small gallery or stand
was constructed for the use of about
two score Of his own personal friends
and of those of Queen Alexandra.
They included a sprinkliug of Ameri-
cans-that is TO say. of Americans
married to. Englishmen. notable among
them being Mrs. George CORVALLIS
West formerly Lady Randolph
Churchill and daughter of Leonard
Jerome of New York;: Lady Paget.
daughter of the late Mrs Paran Stew
ems of New York; Mrs. Jack" Leslie,
who was also daughter of Leonard
Jerome. and Lady Darlington. who is
the daughter of the late Francis War
den of New York and whose husband,
the. Right Hon. Colonel Sir William