The Detroit times., 1911-06-20
65, 200 SOLDIERS ARRIVE
IN LONDON FOR CORONATION

quests upon the police by princes,
mobiles and other royalty, for street
passes were refused.
This bids fair TO develop big
row, but Home Secretary Churchill
who Is ex-oficio head of the police
Is standing firm.
There will be no moving picture
commercialism of the coronation
This was decided today when per-
mission was refused to company to
place a camera inside Westminster
Abbey. The company offered a huge
price for this concession. but the i'm
propriety, as well as the danger. was
obvious.
This will leave Benjamin Stone,
the official photographer OF parlia.
ment, as the only man who will be
permitted to take camera inside the
Abbey and photograph the historic
proceedings.
The crowns that will be placed
upon the heads OF George and Mary
on Thursday, the robes and other cor
onation regalia were taken from the
London tower today and stored In
the strongroom OF Buckingham pal
ace, where they will be under special
guard until the time for their use.
The old question of precedence in
the coronation procession-always
fruitful of wrangling and petty jeal-
ousies--has broken out aud King
George is declared TO be greatly har-
raised over the problem. A tentative
makeup of the coronation procession
has been submitted but the small :r-
my of special ENJOYS, most OF whom
are royalties, no sooner saw the ar
rangements than protests-strong
enough in some instances. to be plain
kicks-began TO pour in.
The Duke OF Norfolk, as earl mar
shall of the empire, is suppos ed TO ar
range the procession and to have the
etiquette of the thing down 80 fine
that mistakes are impossible. The
duke and the king were in consulta-
ton today over this matter. Regard
less OF their final decision there are
sure TO be many disappointed ENJOYS
just as there were at the funeral Of
the late King Edward.
Many of these who are to take part
in the coronation visited the Abbey
today for final rehearsals.
Revamping of the decorations sroil-
ed by two days of rain was carried
on at top speed today.
Asked what kind of time he had
at the semi-formal dinner at Buck
ingham palace last night, given by
the king and queen to the visiting en-
voys, John Hays Hammond, the rep
resentative of the United States, re-
Piled:
1T was bully affair"
IL was the biggest bunch of royalty
that Hammond had ever looked upon,
he, In fact, being the only one present
without title of some sort Most OF
the royalties were accompanied by
their wives, but Hammond staged
il. The American envoy wore his
knee breaches. silk stockings and slip
pers. Owing to the informality of the
function, he left of the buckles that
are supposed TO go with the slippers.
From the waist up, Hammond was
CARRIED in conventional evening dress.
When dinner was announced II fell
to Hammond's lot to be the escort OF
Princess Alexander OF Teck Ham
mond was surprised at the jollity OF
the diners and their sociabls qualities.
King George talked longer with Ham
mond than with any of the other
guests and at parting from him re-
quested the pleasure of another early
conversation.
After the dinner Mrs. Hammond
joined her husband and the couple
went to the ball given by the Duchess
of Sutherland at Stafford House. Mrs.
Hammond wore gown In the style of
Catherine of Aragon. The Duchess Of
Argyll, an old friend of the Hammonds,
took them in charge at the ball and
saw that they were generally intro
duced.