The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-06-23
GEO. v is PROCLAIMED
KING OF GREAT BRITAIN


God save the king. Long live the
king. May the king live forever.
Amen Hallelujah
Taking the sacred ampulla and
spoon from the altar the dean OF
Westminster poured some of the holy
oil into the spoon, and the archbishop
dipped his fingers in the oil and
anointed the king, in the form of a
cross, on the crown of the head. on
the palms of the hands and on the
breast.
Then the royal spurs were brought
followed by the sword of state, and
the king was invested with the inn
perial robe of cloth of gold, and the
orb with the cross was delivered to
him. The. ring was then placed on
the fourth finger Of his right hand
and the duke of Newcastle put the
royal gloves on the kings hands.
Then followed in quick succession the
delivery of the scepter with the cross
and the scepter with the dove
Archbishop Crowns the King.
Then came the crux of the cere
mony when the archbishop placed
upon the head of the king the impe-
rial crown, a mass of precious stones
worth at least Si0,0O0,000 The daz-
zling Cullinan diamond, the largest in
the world, and hundreds of other
stones, rubies. sapphires, emeralds
and pearls, dazzled the eyes Of the be-
holders when the crown was brought
to view.
After a prayer the guns at the tow.
er fired a royal salute, and all Lon
don broke into wild cheers, while the
scenes of enthusiasm were repeated
on a smaller scale throughout the
kingdom.
Following the crowning of the
king all the peers put on their coro-
nets The king, seating himself upon
his throne, received the people,
in accordance with the ancient Gus
tom Today, however, in order to
shorten the ceremony, the people"
were represented by one peer for
each of the FIVE orders of Great Brit
aims nobility
Queen Mary Crowned.
The crowning of Queen Mary i'm
mediately followed that of the king
With pomp and circumstance her
majesty was anointed, crowned and
given her ornaments. To the disgust
of the suffragettes, the ceremony
for a queen is brief, and after it was
over. Mary, following the ancient Gus
tom, prostrated herself "reverently"
before the king on his throne.
While all this ceremony was going
on in the abbey London was enjoy
ing itself in various ways In the
parks socialist orders thundered
against the monarchy and predicted
the social revolution, their auditors
applauding the sentiment, and then
turning away to cheer the king and
queen as they proceeded on the re-
turn journey to Buckingham palace,
in the magnificent coach drawn by
eight milk white horses.
Thousands Witness Procession.
Other thousands filled the 400 hide
ously ugly board stands built along
the streets and parks, from which a
quarter of a million people witnessed
the royal procession. over a thou
sand stands, with capacity of 500,-
600, have been erected along the
route of tomorrow's royal progress
of the king and queen through Lon
don.
Tho staga of 4odax,ss oraat chou
was in charge of the earl marshal of
England, the duke of Norfolk, who is
celebrated as the nobleman of oldest
lineage in England. He is the chief
of the officers of arms or heralds. He
and his assistants fix the rank and
emonies. His assistants include the
kings of Arms-Garter, Clarenceux and
Norroy for England, Lyon for Scot
land, and Ulster for Ireland.
Ceremony Costs $25,ooo,ooo.
The total cost of today's ceremony !
and The additional pageants to come,
is estimated at $25. 100000, and this
staggering sum is exclusive of the
tremendous sums spent by private
persons. One item, the employment
of $4,000 soldiers and sailors TO line
the streets and take part in the pro
cession to the abbey viii alone cost
about $5,000,000, including the trans |
port of selected detachments from
beyond the seas.
A small army of foreign sorer- |
eigns, prices and potentates were
present at today's ceremony, and |
are being entertained il mos. Law
ish manner by the British people, /
one in nine of whom a-e paupers /
Included among the royalties. and
TIE most picturesque Of all, we!s 2
nrr.r 4r o. Oriental rulers. among |
thtse ere the Mahar ajah Of Jcy:o:a,
the Ahkocrd of Swat, the Kahn Of |
Kalam, the Maharajah of Nabha, the
E4iah of Slkkim, the Nizam of lIr
derabad, tie Rajah Of T3obbill, the
Sultan nf Perak, the Maharaiah oil
T,,1,1.,,1.oro 4lo obiaf of tba Solomon |