The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-22
But from Popular Stand. point Demonstration Falls Far Short of Expecta-
 tions Lord Kitchener, in Charge of Military Pageant, Blamed for Frost and Wins Royal Disfavor fol His CZar-Like Edlcts. People Strong in Belief that the Millions Spent on Cor onation Ceremonies Might Be Put to Far Better Use in Relieving the Countless Multitudes Suffering from Starvation.

respondent of the United Press.) London, June 22.-With pomp and pageantry putting to shane the his | torio splendor of the middle ages, Democratic Britain gratified her 1n-
 born love of formal show, today, wnen'
 amidst the most dazzIing scenes rec i orded in history, she crowned George V and his wife, Mary, King and 1 Queen of. the United Kingdom of :, Great Britain and Ireland and the
 British Dominions beyond the seas" The crown was placed upon Georges 8 ', head at 12:37 and just 1b minutes | later the crowning of the Queen, a much shorter ceremony, had been ! concluded.
 i The belief in the minds of count ! less thousands of British subjects that | todays expenditure of millions in the coronation of King George and Queen Mary was a wanton waste of money that might better have been spent to relieve the widespread poverty in the empire, served to dampen popular en- thusiasm for the coronation end gave ! an inauspicious start to the reign of the new king and queen.
 The contrast of starving beggars gathering the scraps that fell from the lunches of those in the reviewing ! stands at the gltttering pageant of royalty was so marked that the peo- pie could not cheer the new ruiers with whoIesouled enthusiasm. There | were salvos of Cad Save the King" 1t is true, but the entire .populace | seemed under restraint, that from a court standpoint. rendered the lsitua- ! ton almost desperate.
 Lord Kitchener, Kitchener or iKhartoum," who was in charge of the tmilitary operations, won the disfavor tsf Their Majesties for his Czar-like ledicts that are now known to have kept thousands from the route of the tprocession. Kitchener's preparations | savored so strongly of Russian repres- sion, particularly his barrica ding of the streets. that he is now being blamed everywhere for making the historic event approach a fiasco as far as a public show was concerned. ] the festivities" the King is reported | to have remarked to one of his aides on their return to the palace. The organizers of the pageant bid for a tremendous turnout, the great est ever known in the worlds his Etory, but circumstances initiated against the fulhllment of their hopes. fFarly rains played their share but fear ! of being mistreated by the soldiers or ' of being forced to endure unnecessary Ehardships in furtherance of Kitchen iers whims undoubtedly was the chief fcontributing factor.
 London has often seen larger tcrowds than assembled, today, and for tthe peoples enthusiasm, the demon tstration. today, fell short of numerous lpast occasions.
 If the show on the outside was tdisappoin tment, the same cannot be I said of the actual coronation. Inside | the Abbey, there was the utmost en- tthusiasm that eliminated in a mighty lcheer when the trembling hands of 4ho Av( h hi chnn nf Rv, tpIaced the crown on Georges head. King George Nervous.
 A striking feature of the coronation itself was the different temperaments displayed by the King and Queen. ! George was intensely nervous from beginning to end. He repeatedly 1 wiped the perspiration from his brow. | He seemed agitated and hardly to know what he was doing. His an- swers to the questions put to him by
 the Archbishops of Canterbury were answered almost inaudibly.
 Queen At Ease.
 Mary, however, appeared complete- \ 1y at ease. Several times she smiled ! at those in attendance upon her and went through her brief ceremony as composedly as though it were an ev- eryday occurrence.
 | An effort will be made to retrieve todays affair in tomorrow's program
 when Their Majesties will travel sew
 eral miles of Londons streets
 The coronation, today, was so far
 short of expectations that it was not
 necessary to close a single one of the massive barriers that Lord Kitch-
 ener had thrown across the intersect-
 ing streets.
 The casualty list. today, was sur
 prisingly small. There were scores of
 faintings and a mum ber<of persons in-
 jured but no serious mishaps were re-
 ported.
 The people began converging on the
 processional route early last evening
 and all night long there was a con.
 stant hurrying towards points of van-
 tage.
 Room For Many More.
 By daylight the people were massed
 In immovable packs in several places
 At other points, however there was room for many more
 The movement of the troops toward the palace and along the route began shortly after midnight General Kiteh- ener personally directed their mobili- Eation. Kitchener oyerrode the police
 Tn insisting on the maintenance of the
 barriers that he had caused to be
 erected across the intersecting streets In order to herd the populace. The police protested that the barriers would be a soutce of gravest danger =