The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-06-23
4 MILLION SEE THB PARADE
HEARTY CHEERS FOR KING,
QUEEN AND ROYAL CHILDREN.
SpIashes of Rain Could Not Oampen Fin.
thusiasm NJ Loyal ThrOng German
Crown Prince Popular Too Crowd
outside the barriers .SOiiy ar! orderly

.Spec,ai casi. Dss?::ts ~ Tux Sun.
toSDoN. June - Blinds wen. up At
y \ NJ ~ ail I,om.on tiia: wasn't ont
doors ran 10 ,sc. = peep 1T tho wcc'h"r.
Al was grey outside with low hanging
cio,ds ready To leak. but not sufficiently
ch.-ged TO obscure completely tho ra,i-
ancc of kindly disposed sun between
u idnight ard daybreak oooln'~s had
tempered the cir and "a breeze developed
which later approx xinated fifteen miles
an hour.
II served the purpose Of a cold tub
to sleepers who had lain them down In
the streets overnight after reve'ries
which had set the echoes dancing in the
Strand. Trafalgar square and other To-
caities dear to tho hearts Of White
chapclites They were motley crew
that the dawn found abroad thus early.
!, crew in the prcsence Of whom Landseers =
lions. who arc used 10 strong meat. seemed
to lick their chops
Thousands Of these men and women
had pcrched like crows along the curbs
of Trafalgar Square. Whitehall and Par
liancn, streets. not hating until they
were blocked 10y the iron fence guarding
Westminster yard. Other elements less
( "A wdry occupied the broad reaches Of
81 'a",S anu wv "ec" nN -
my ""' r''"' wv ''k"' WIN WV '''' WI
P'''o"'
MOst Prarefu' Thr""R.
This was the human phase OF the pic
ture as seen bv West End londoners.
who made Gavbreak start for y ntagc
places along the three mile route over
which the procession would pass But
the conditions were unlike what had been
expected Comparative quiet held sway
There were no turbmlcnt. threatening
mobs To match whose strength barrier =
had been raissd 'h"rehv arousinR the
enmitv of the nE.ssss and also causin |:
a parliamentary inquiry
The question w.ls debated tonight as
to whether the extraordinary measures
creating :, hIGe amphi'heatre cGpahl" of
resisting a siege were necessary !, Is
admitted ih,, the effect was to keen
tnousandi away fron the coronation who
nigh, have added spice unaccompanied
by a nenacing smart. On the other hand
it Is universally conceded that these
oakan hcrricades served as a warning IN
crowds 81 a character OF which stranger
to London can have little conception
So'hat element Of town and country folk
which claims absolute rcepectability went
to the coronation in highly respectable
comfort except for IN" early rising Also
/. was a nice clean show for visitors to
iha capital to reach. who's That was
in his place on the side walks when Who 4
Who arrived 10 claim seats for which
he had paid prices ranging from one to
ni,eeh eu,heas.
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o.,.d as !, n,aa;oa,I,. e,;n, ;,s.If a,or g
.ha o,,,,. rh;. r...,.;,;r, uro NOD IN
,,,;,.d ,,o., ,,,,,o, h,,s.s dssna.cbed ;,ou
80. -, o.. o;,r 10 Oh. ;,rr,.d;a, .
lava II. s,rsno,h was Quickly arr.
,n.r,od hr ,wo sca,,e. s,-and. as ,edcoot.
:, Jo,,,,,, ,.rLs ,ooL , ro.i,;o, !, ,ro,,, -,
o.. hohh;ss
S,,uad,ons ., cara,rv ha,,ed at the
;rrct;on ~ ..rce,. feeding into the pro.
,oss;o,, ,o,,,. ana formed into cresc..nts
S,oh r.s ,h, r,il;,.,y and noI;cs d;st,;.
hr,;o, ,,,,nr.d ,o co,e With pe,;,s from
,.a ,,,,,ch ya,n,ed 1nndon crowds
Tho mapnuvres had started when
oanror hoo,ned ,eve,lies a,.A NJ from
Uyds p,,L 70 London Tows, Iess thar
,br.e hours LATER everv soldier and hobby
was in his assigned riace before the tide
~ bum,pitv vas a, ;,s aood Uepcs
tber. was seldom If ever any emsruepc,
.. nreet Although a million ne,p,e ellec
this military ribbed oak braced smphi.
tho,,re things had boon handled so vel
,ha, tho ;oIlI. oil, lions on every hand
se.u ad to smil. comnlacen,lv
Ou' o' Tow" '""usa"u>'
The day broke slowly as the scenes
we're being set. darkness melting into
gray and grey INTO shnire1 lght |isl'
, tors from the countryside came IN iegions
. emerging from the tubes ana the under
; ground railways hnrrying across th'
, Thames bridge and whipping up horse'
hitched TO all varieties OF vehicles
The SUBURBAN trains had started OK
press schedule at A NJ. 40 that out o
town people found themselves unham
pered by the crush and we're in the jolll