The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-17

(Amorlcan News SeTvtcHl
London. May 1.-THE pages Of En-
glish history would be turned back in
vain to find parallel for the imposing
ceremonial that London witnessed yes
terday at the unwilling Of the great ma
tional memorial to Queen Victoria. Pa
uiotism and love Of country formed
the keynote Of the demonstration.
The German emperor and empress.
the king and queen Of Norway and
representatives Of practically all the
the royal houses Of Europe. together
with members of the British royal fam
lily participated in the demonstration.
Brilliant features Of military pageant
~ were also included In the program.
The playing of massed bands, the thun-
der Of deep-throated cannon, the ring
Ing Of catedral bells and the gorgeous
trappings Of military power-all these
contributed to the impressivesness of
the pageant.
Sovereigns and princes, military and
and naval officers, diplomats and court
functionaries in brilliant uniforms, and
archbishops and bishops in the GRIM
son. purple and gold insignia OF their
office took part in the ceremonies.
And yet otter all the gorgeousness
of the display, there yet remained the
most impressive of all-the presence
of the hundreds of thousands Of COM
mon people, who stood with heads I'M
covered and listened reverently to the
eloquent words of praise bestowed
upon Victoria the Good. No greater
tribute to the memory of man or wo-
man was ever presented than this ST.
lent homage Of the people.
The ceremony Of unwilling occurred
in the great circular space in St.
James park facing Buckingham palace
which in London was the queens Of
fetal home. Surrounding the memoir
ial were great stands to accommodate
the royal guests, officials of state, for
eign diplomats, members of parliment
and others invited to take part in the
exercises. One section was set aside
especially for distinguished guests
from oversee dominions, many of
whom have already arrived from Can
ada, Australia and other parts of the
empire to attend the Imperial Confer
ence.
The arrangements for the dedication
were Of the most perfect and elabor-
ate character and every detail of the
program was carried out without a
hitch. The war department had the
supervision of the military pageant
while the Archbishop Of Canterbury
prepared the religious service. King
George. too, is also entitled to much Of
the credit for the success of the pro-
gram. His Majesty. who seems to have
inherited his fathers marvellous capa-
city for attending to details, has for
several weeks past given personal at
tention to the arrangements for the
unwilling. Early In the day he visit.
ed the memorial to satisfy hiself that
not the smallest detail had been neg
lected. Not until he had assured him.
self on this point was his equerry, Col
onel Sir Frederick Ponsonby, who had
personal charge Of all the arrange
ments, prepared to signify that the
program might be proceeded with.
All branches of the service were rep
resented in the military procession
Two hundred Life Guards in their
magnificent uniforms and mounted up
on black chargers cleared the way for
the carriage occupied by royalty. A
conspicuous feature Of the procession
was a deputation Of officers and nom
commissioned officers OF the LIST dra-