East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-06-22

Then came the cruX of the ceremony
when the Archbishop placed upon
the head of the king the imperial
crown, a mass Of precious stones
worth s10,OO00OO. The dazzling Gull
Imam diamond, the largest in the
world, and hundreds Of other stones,
rubies, sapphires emeralds and pearls,
dazzled the eyes Of the beholders
when the crown was brought to view.
After a prayer the guns at the tower
fired a royal salute and all London
broke into wild cheers, while the
scenes Of enthusiasm were repeated
in a smaller scale throughout the
kingdom.
Following the crowning of the king
all the peers put on their coronets.
The king, seating himself upon the
throne, received "the people," in ac-
cordance with the ancient custom.
Today, however, in order to shorten
the ceremony, "the people" were rep
resented by one peer for each of the
five orders of Great Britain's nob;l-
ity.
The crowning of Queen Mary i'm
mediatcly followed that Of the king
With pomp and circustance her ma
jesty was anointed, crowned and CIV
en- her ornaments" To the disgust
of the suffragettes, the ceremony for
queen is brief, and after it was over
Mary. following ancient custom, pros
trated herself "revcrently' before the
king on his throne.
While all this ceremony was going
on in the abbey, London was enjoy.
ing itself in varied ways. In the
parks the socialist orators thunder
ed against the monarchy and predict
ed the social revolution, their audit
ors applauditors applauding the SEN
| timents and then turning away tC
cheer the king and queen as they pro
ceeded on the return journey tC
| Buckingham Palace, in the magnifi
cent coach drawn by eight milk white
| horses. Other thousands filled thu
| 400 hideOusly ugly board stands bull
along the streets and parks, from
which a quarter of a million people
witnessed the royal procession. Owe
a thousand stands, with a capacity o
| 500, 600, have been erected along th'
route of tomorrow's royal progress
of the king and queen through Lon
! don.
Coronation Parade.
! London. June 22.-An accurate esti
mate of the number of people VIII,
witnessed King Georges coronation
procession is impossible. but probabl.
well over 100000 spectators wer
packed along the route Of the roya
progress.
The magnificent professional roa'
known as the Mall, stretching from
Buckingham Palace to the new Ad
miralty Arch, alone contained
throng that denied enumeration, an
the great expanse of Trafalgar Squar
was black with the thousands who ha
braved weary hours Of waiting m or
der to miss nothing of the spectacle
Great Procession Starts.
| At 1890 the activity of the arm
signallers on the palace roof and tn
roof of the neighboring Queene Anne
Mansions, proclaimed that the pro
cession was starting.
The procession was really divide
into three parts-the state processic
consisting of the carriages and escor
of the British and foreign royaltie
the Duke of Connaught's processlo
and the kings procession.
The first started from Buckinl
ham Palace. the second from Cla-
ence House in st. James street, joil
ing the first at Marlborough Gate
the Mall. and the third, which excel
for his majesty's personal attendant
was drawn up in the Mall and Coz
stitution Hill. awaited the actual d.
parture of the king and queen befol
following the Duke of COnnaught
The state procession was led by II
state trumpeters the Life GuarC
band and the advance guard of II
escort of Royal Horse Guards. The
followed the state carriages conta
ing the Prince of Wales and the otl
er royal children, relatives and fo
eign royalties closely related to Il
British royal family.
The rear guard of the escort w
followed, from Marlborough Gate,
the Duke of Connaught and his far
lily and staff. also escorted by Ii
Guards. Just as the Dukes proce
sion turned into the Mall, the thund
of guns from Hyde Park announc,
that their majesties were leaving the
palace and the third procession NOV,
forward.
An officer of the headquarte
staff of the army led the way and
, hind came trumpeters and the a
, vance guard of the sovereign's e
: eort of Royal Horse Guards, noddil
: with plumes and cleaning in stet
, Then came a dozen of the kings w