Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-06-29
Coronation Thanksgiving Services
Held at All the Foreign and
English Churches.
CATHOLICS MOST IMPRESSIVE
First Opportunity in More Than
Two Centuries That They
Had Had of Joining in
Rejoicing.

London, June 25.--AccordinE to tho
program arranged by the foreign Of
fee, this evening was set aside for tho
entertainment by the resident diplo-
mats of the special representatives, CT
their countries. All the embassies and
LEGATIONS, therefore, gave dinners
which were largely family affairs.
That at the German embassy was
the most brilliant, Crown Prince Fred
erick william and tho Crown Princess
and Prince Henry OF Prussia and tho
Princess being the principal guests
| Among those who dncd at Dorchester
| House. the residence of Whitelaw Reid,
the American ambassador. were John
| Hays Hammond, the special envoy rep
resenting President Taft at the corO-
| nation Mrs. Hammond and Miss Ham
mond. Mrs. Robert Bacon, wife OF the
! American ambassador at Paris, Rich
! ard G. Kerens the American ambas
| sador at Vienna, and Mrs. Kerens, John
K1dgeley Carter, the American minister
to Roumania, and Mrs. Carter, Consul
! General and Mrs. Griffiths Lord and
Lady Sandhurst, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
+. Taft and Miss Taft. Mai General
Greedy and Rear Admiral Nreeland.
Mr. and Mrs. Hammond gave lunch at
| Stratton House, the guests including the
| hereditary Princess OF -Meinngen,
sister of the German Emperor, Anbassa-
DOR and Mrs. Reid, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
p. Taft and the members of the special
and regular embassies.
Later Ambassador and Mrs. Hammond
went to Windsor in a royal motor witt
other coronation visitors and looked over
the palace They repaired from there tc
Baron Leopold Rothschild's nearby to at
tend a garden party. Rain. however com
Iolled the guests to stay indoors
The foreign churches in London. as wei
as the English Churches held coronation
services That at the Roman Catholic
Cathedral Of Westminster was unusually
impressive It was the first opportunit!
in more than two centuries that the Eng
FISH Catholics have had Of joining thei
! fellow countrymen in rejoicing over tn
coronation of a monarch. without feeling
resentment that the dead hand OF bygon
rrejudice made the occasion one OF con
dennation Of the central tenets OF thei
: faith.
It was a notable and large congreSa
ton, including the Duke of Norfolk, tn
= earl marshal of the coronation ccre
monies who is leader of the EnSllsl
Catholics many members of the House o
Howard, the Earl of Deb!gh. the Earl o
= Kenmare, Lord Seaton, Lord Granar'
many members of Parliament, numerous
/ members Of the foreign coronation mis-
sions and non-Catholic members Of tn
= aris tocracy.
= After the conservation OF the Host. tn
Popes envoy to the coronation who lee
o the service, knelt at the high altar sur
rounded by di-nitaries of tho Cathedral
: and offered prayers for the King an
Queen.
Later Archbishop Bourne gave
luncheon in honor OF the envoy. at Whic
the Duke Of Norfolk and other dstin
gushed persouage5 were guests
The King and Queen Will return t
- London tomorrow to face another activ
week OF festivities. including gala per
u formances at the opera and Ills Ma
Jesty's theatre, another royal progress
. through North London, a childrens fet
at Crystal Palace. a garden party q
l, Buckingham Palace and numerous in
portant social functions