The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-11
BY HERBERT TEMPLE.


Especial cahie from the international
News Seryicep
London, June 10.-London is cor
onation mad. The worlds greatest
village has no thought for anything
but the fact that little less than two
weeks from now little, bewhiskered,
harmless man whom no one would
ever notice in crowd were he not
OF royal birth. is to go through GER
emony which cost the country mil
lions of dollars. The little king will
be seated in the center of an audience
of scarlet and ermine clad noblemen
and peeresses; the highest dignitary
of the Episcopal church will anoint
his sparse colorless hair with oil pour
ed from a golden spoon, pressing upon
his head crown heavy with gold and
precious stones, and placing in his
weak hands golden sceptre, symbol
of a power that no longer exists. At
forwards. this poor. powerless king
will head a picturesque procession
through the streets of his capital. in
| which statistics show that one hun
dred and nineteen people starved to
death during the last twelve months
To provide suitable frame for the
ecclesiastical ceremony the interior of
the noblest and grandest Christian
church of England has been decorated
at cost of hundreds of thousands of
dollars. It's exterior has been trans
formed into what looks like and i'm
mense grand stand at a horse race,
and this on coronation day will be
crowded with thousands of people
who in the midst of the misery and
poverty Of London have not been able
to find better way of spending their
money than to pay enormous prices
for uncomfortable seats from which
they. after hours of patient waiting
may catch a glimpse of the royal pro-
cession.
London is never beautiful to look
upon, but now it is preparing to cele.
brate the coronation of it's king it is
uglier than ever. Everywhere greedy
money loving spectators have erect.
ed immense stands, which look like
gigantic skeletons now that their lum-
Der ribs and bones have not yet been
hidden by flags and bunting. Like
huge forests devastated by fire, thous,
ands of flag poles raise their naked
trunks towards the sky. All of the
house fronts are hidden by tiers upon
tiers of narrow. uncomfortable. ugly
seats Not even the churches have
been spared. They too have been
pressed into the service of the specu
lators in the popular love of show, "a
love that is the same today as it was
when the Roman plebes shouted fol
"panem ct circenses" Bread the
church cannot give the people, but a
| show they can provide, and the up tc
date apostles of Christ who have not
hesitated to hide the front of every
church along the line of the process
sion with seats that will bring them q
harvest of golden coin. Even the
Cathedral Of St. Paul has disappeared
behind the rough implanted planks
and only the dome with its COLDER
cross is visible. Had it been possible
to get people to risk their lives, sure
ly even the arms of the cross woulC
have been made into seats for the
curious.
| But among those who see in the cor
onation only an opportunity of max
ing money, there is gloom. They have
cast their nets, but the Ash they have
hoped to catch seems unwilling to b.
caught in the meshes, Americans es
pecially. The shoals that were ex
pected to cross the Atlantic have fail
ed to appear. Steamer after steamer
has come in with scanty passenger
lists, and there are no bidders fol
thousands of windows that have beer
expected to bring their possessor.
hundreds Of guineas each. Mansion.
and houses whose owners have hoped
that Americans would tumble ovel