Evening star., 1936-01-23
LONDON WATCHES
SILENTLY KINGS
BODY IS RETURNED
Edward, Limping Slightly,
Walks With Brothers
Behind Caisson.
MONARCH NEAR BREAKING
POINT AT WAR MEMORIAL
Neighbors Break Police Lines as
Train Bearing Remains Leaves
Sandringham Station.
(copyright, 1896, by Associated Press)


(Copyright 1896. by Associated Press)
LONDON, January 23.-The body
Of King George v was returned to
London this afternoon for the four
days lying-in-state in the capital of
his former empire.
Only q few hours earlier, sad
farewell had been accorded the dead
monarch at Sandringham, where his
reign came to an end shortly before
midnight Monday.
The 10-car royal funeral train
pulled into the smoke-incrusted King S
Cross Station at 2:45 pm, while tens
of thousands of Britons packed the
adjacent streets.
They stood, waiting silently and
mournfully in the chill air, to pay
their last tribute of reverence to the
man they had honored in life with
loyalty.
Coffin Placed on Caiss0n.
An honor guard from the three
fighting services-the army. navy and
sir force-stood rigidly at attention
on the purple-carpeted platform as
grenadier guardsmen carried the oak
en- coffin from the black -and-purple
funeral coach.
The guardsmen placed it on Royal
Horse Artillery caisson for the pro-
ceSSion through the streets Of Gen.
trail London to Westminster Hall.
There the great folk of the land were
assembling for the lying-in-state cerc-
monies.
The new King, Edward VIII, who
accompanied the body of his father.
already had communicated to the
House of Commons the declaration: Il
am resolved to follow in the way lie
has set before me-"
Prime Minister Baldwin told the
Commons that the new monarch will
be crowned with appropriate pomp and
ceremony next year." indicating that
q full year will elapse before the co-o-
nation. -.s
The gun carriage which rumbled
into position outside the railroad sta
ton on the freshly-sanded driveway
was the same one which had conveyed
the body of Georges father, King
Edward VII. to its burial place.
Crown Rests Atop Coffin.
Atop the great coffin rested the I'M
perial crown. glittering in the splendor
OF its 5000 diamonds and other proc
1ous stones. It was imposed on a pur-
pie cushion.
It was one of the rare times when
the public has had the opportunity of
viewing this symbol of its monarchy
in the streets.
The new King Edward assisted his
mother, the widowed Queen Mary, tc
alight from the train.
Then he fell in beside his three
brothers, the Dukes of York, Glouces-
ter and Kent, and the Earl of Hare
wood, husband of the Princess Royal.
for the second walk of the day behind
the CONN.
The royal brothers previously had
walked the 212 miles from the church
at Sandringham to Wolferton Station.
Together they set off afoot for West
minister Hall, miles away. The
Queen mother and the other woman
members OF the royal family followed
in automobiles.
Throngs Watch Silently.
Not only the streets but the roof
tops and windows were packed with
the mournfully silent watchers as the
cortege turned to the right down Eus-
ton road. It proceeded on Euston for
. short distance then swung to the
left into Southampton row.
Many Of the business houses and
apartment buildings on both sides of
the route were draped in Grape
The cars occupied by the widowed
Queen and the three royal duchesses
followed the procession only a short
way then turned into a side street
and drove to Buckingham Palace.
The sun, which had shown inter-
mittently during the morning, was
hidden in q gray and gloomy sky as
the procession moved down South
ampton row toward Aldwynch and the
Strand.
Edward Limping Slightly.
King Edward, his face reddened by
the wind, was limping slightly.
When 1t reached Trafalgar square,
within sight Of Buckingham Palace
ut the other end of the Mall, the
cortege again turned left near the
large recumbent figures of the lions
around the base Of Nelson's monu-
ment.
It entered Whitehall past the horse