The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-14
Boy Prince is Presented to
Loyal People, Whose
Hearts Are True
LAND OF FATHER" IS
SUNG By MULTITUDES
Midst Blare of Trumpets,
Clash of Bands and Boom
Of Cannon Ceremony
Proceeds
INV Hall fsaiuaA

CARNARFoN, WALES. July 49,
A stately, majestic ceremony is over.
one great gorgeous effect after an
other. taking ones breath away until
ones Very heart seemed at a stand
still, Is what 1t has been; a great
historical revival q. magnificent well
come TO the king, symbol of racial
unity: a generous royal recognition
Of All ancient custom OF loyal. pa
triouc people--yes. 1t has been all
that, but Ii has been something more.
1t has been great drama, a drama
with a great motive, the same mo-
tive as that Of the great Welsh renais-
sance, which is at once the most NOV
Ing and the most momentous fact in
modern Welsh life.
The first act of o-day's drama be-
gan for me when l drove into Car
last night through long lines
of bell-shaped military tents, in
which tens of thousands of British
soldiers lay asleep under the quiet
eye OF the moon. How could / for
get that 600 years ago. other English
soldiers. clad In coats of mail, were
encamped on the same ground. the
hronzed, bury fellows fresh from the
Holy Land, who had come to sup
press the last of the Welsh princes.
The second act began this morning
when IN a thick haze which be.oken-
ed the coming of q scorching day
We made our way through streets
lined with police to the castle What
an Immense concourse of people were
gathered there
Enter the Prince.
After n long wait under a. hroiI-
Ing sun we We're startled by the shrilf
earl OF trumpets from the topmcst
heights Of the polyEon towers, fol-
h4a Of
the warsfips In the straits. the clash
or military music and the deep roar
of distant multitude that told us
within walls that the prince was on
his way. Presently he came in by
the Eagle tower, ar the utmost ex-
tremity OF the ohlong space. and
marched with his gorgeous retinus Of
blue and white hooded bards and red
coated mayors at SLOW pace between
long lines of spectators II wasn't at
first that we could all see him, but
when he came into sight. a slim young
figure, little pale and q little ner-
vous--as Well he might be--buf bear
ing himself bravely for ali that, our
hearts went out 10 him and deafeuinr
shouts rang through the old walls
INTO the sky, 1t was the welcome of
io.ooo Welsh souls to him who, in
the larger meaning Of this gorgeous
" them their
race and nation.
The King and Queen
Again the shrill call OF trum peta
and the deep boom of cannon, once
more the clash Of military bands, and
then the king himself little grave.
with the queen at his side at tho
same glow pace coming ar along Yfte
line OF galleries to the dais. with his
brilliant retinue before and behind
and nearly all that is best In Eng
land waiting at the foot of the throne
to greet him.
Then the King asking the Earl
Marshal To summon the prince; then
the Earl Marshal calling for him:
then the boy prince, bareheaded and
wearing little but his blue and white
tunic. stepping UP with boyish stride
and kneeling at his fathers feet:
then the homo secretary reading
aloud the letters patent white one BY
one the king clothes his son with tho
insignia of his office. gives him the
sym bols Of his rank and Of his prin-
cipaltty. and finally the homage OF
the new prince to the king. promis-
ing to stand for him AS his liege
and man, 10 do battle on hts behalf
against all other folks whatsoever"
Land OF Father
when. the service over. the king and
queen. with the priaee hand in hand
between them. rose, gave their seats
on the dais and. with guns BOOM
Ing outside. bands playing inside, and
a flight of sea gulls crossing over
head walked to Queen Eleauor'S
tower and stepped on to the balcony,
overlooking the castle square. where
the townspeople We're assembled in
a seething mass. There the king
presented the boy prince to his peo-
pie and there the leader of the choir
mounted at a dizzy height the loftisst
battlement and conducted both the
singers within and the crowds with
out in the soul-stirring strains OF the
great Welsh song. Land OF Father
1t was thrilling. I don't know II
it was the welt in me or the demo-
crat which made me think 1t was the
most moving moment OF my life.
binding my eyes with tears, choking
my voice with sobs. If any spectator
down to that moment had any mis-
gtvings about the real meaning Of
to days pageant. any idea that 1t was
nothing more than path work OF
tkeatricals he must have been con-
WINGED that the real heart of 1t was
the triumph of the Welsh renais-
sance There could be no more
drama after an effect like that. Tho
majestic pageant had reached its
climax Our capacity for emotion
was spent. The boy prince who stood
for Wales had been invested amid
circumstances OF unparalleled dig.
nifty. The grandeur Of the magnt>
ficent ceremony was at an end.
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Arrested for Theft.
Captain A. S. Wright. OF fhe Third
police Station yaSfprdav nrreatAd IL