The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-22

LONDON, June 22.-George ". and
Mary III. were crowned today king
and queen of ''the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland and o.
the British dominions beyond the
seas"
The ceremony took place shortly
after 1890 o'clock.
In the march up the aisle. Gen. Lord
Kitchener stumbled over the diminu-
! tive page of Lord De Ruthyn and al
most fell to the floor. His embarrass~
ment was painfully In evidence, as e.
was the only untoward incident OF the
whole ceremony.
The belief In the minds OF countless
thousands of British subjects that to-
days expenditure OF millions I'm the
coronation was a wanton waste OF
money that might better have been
spent to relieve the widespread power.
ty the empire served to damped pop
ular enthusiasm.
The contrast OF starving bcgEnra
gathering up the scraps that fell from
| the lunch baskets of those In the re-.
viewing stands was so marked that
those in the stands could not cheer
with whole-souled enthusiasm. There
were salyos OF God Save the King
but the entire populace seemed under
restraint
Lord Kitchener, who was in charge
of the military preparations, won the
disfavor OF their majesties for his
czar-like edicts that are known to have
kept thousands from the route OF the
pi ocession.
Kitchener's preparations savored 30
strongly OF Russian repression. par
ticularly his barricading OF the streets,
| that he Is now being blamed every
where for making the historic event
approach as fiasco, as far as popular
| show was concerned.
Kitchener threw a wet blanket
on the festivities" the king is reported
to have remarked TO one of his aides
after returning TO the palace.
An effort will be made to retrievo
| today's failure In tomorrow's Royal
progress" when their majestics viii
| traverse several miles OF Londons .
streets. The crowd today was SO far
| short of expectations that II was not
necessary to close a single one OF the
massive barricades that Kitchener had
| thrown across the intersecting streets.
The casualty list today was surpris-
ingIy small There we're scores OF
Paintings and number Of persons In
jured but no serious mishaps were re-
| ported.
Aside from the American newspaper
correspondent the only American visit
! ors within Westminster Abbey today
in an unofficial capacity were Charles
p. Taft, President Taft's brother, wife
and daughter and ]. Pierpont Morgan
They sat In the second row Of the
diplomatic gallery. Both Taft and
Morgan were in strict court uniform
OF black velvet, with knee breeches.
silver buckled slippers and swords.
Taft broke the monotony OF his cos
tune with a white vest.
Before dawn the people began
swarming by hundreds OF thousands
into the streets through which tbs
royal procession was to pass, be-
tween Buckingham Palace and Vest
Minister Abbey. The foot and mount
ed police who shepherded them
seemed numberless. Lining the thor
oughfares or marching in the process
sion were nearly 100000 soldiers un-
der command OF Field Marshal Wis
count Kitchener. To some extent the
tremendous military display was, M
deed, necessitated by the shortness
of the route and the consequent con
gestion of the crowd to an extent
which. orderly as Londoners usually
are, would have rendered the ordin-
ary "thin red line" powerless to con
| troll Il.
Immediately the abbey doors were
opened, hours before the actual cero-
mony, those privileged persons pos
sessing tickets OF admission began
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