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unable to cope with the excited
throngs. A detachment Of Life
Guards finally was compelled to
ride through the crowd on the
sidewalks, resulting in numerous
minor injuries.
Dark and Gloomy
The brilliant sunshine of "king's
weather" failed the new monarch
completely on the day of his acceS-
sion. So dark and gloomy were the
skies that a searchlight had to be
directed on the balcony of st.
James when the garter king OF
arms read the proclamation to
the multitude.
An impressive figure in the
bright circle Of light, the Kings
herald read the proclamation into
a microphone, announcing that
"by demise of the crown" temporal
and spiritual sovereignty over the
people Of the British empire had
come to "the high and mighty
Prince Albert Frederick Arthur
George"
Queen Mary Watches
Queen Mary, a brave but tragic
figure in the crisis provoked by
Edwards firm conviction he could
not rule as King without the
Woman he loves by his side,
watched the proclamation cere-
mony from a window of Marl-
borough House, her official resi-
dance.
At a window of st. James Pal
ace were Princess Elizabeth, eldest
daughter of the new King and
next in line of succession to the
throne, and her little sister, Prin'
cess Margaret Rose.
Overnight King George has
been transformed into a ruler OF
great personal popularity. Rally.
ing, as Queen Mary pleaded in a
dramatic message to the empire,
to the new King with all the 10y
atty and affection they bestowed
upon the old, the people of Eng
land have clearly shown their re-
gard for the sovereign. The cheer
ing in the streets was obviously
no polite, manufactured obedi-
ence to custom. It was spontane-
GUS and genuine.
Coronation May IL
King Georges first act as mon
arch was to send a message to his
empire through the high commits
sioners of the dominions, and this
he followed with greetings to the
army, navy and air force, of which
he is now commander-in-chief.
He then signified his desire to
be crowned on May IL, 1887, the
date originally set for the corona"
ton of Edward-a decision Of tre-
mendouS relief to the manufacture
ers and merchants who stood to
lose millions should the ceremony
have been deferred.
Makes Edward Duke
King George than named his
brother Duke of Windsor, a new
peerage created for him, although
the abdicated sovereign had signi-
fled his own desire to retire COM
pletely into private life as "Mr.
Edward David Windsor"
In the actual accession cere-
mony this morning, the 41-year-old
King took the oath Of office ad-
ministered by the Archbishop of
Canterbury, venerable prelate
whose refusal to anoint Edward
at the coronation helped bring
about his abdication.
Crowds unequalled since the
same scenes were enacted for Ed
ward 10 months ago, jammed the
streets to cheer George as he made
the short drive from his ducal
home In Piccadilly through st.
JameS's Street to st. James's Pal
ace, castle-like Nlilding where Ed
ward made his home as Prince OF
Wales.
Streets Jammed
More vast multitudes thronged
Trafalgar Square, The Strand,
Fleet Street, and other thorough
fares.
A high percentage Of the privy
council, which has a total member
ship Of 800, assembled for the
accession council at II a. m.
under the presidency of Ramsay
Macdonald, lord president of the
council and former prime min
lister.
Short Ceremony
In q short ceremony, the privy
councillors subscribed to an
ancient proclamation in antique
phraseology, saying by the demise
OF the crown" it has "solely and
rightfully come to the high and
mighty Prince Albert Frederick
Arthur George"
With Edward somewhere on
the silent seas, the councillors
acknowledged "all faith and con-
Stant obedience with all hearty
and humble affection" to George.
Throngs Hail King
A long, swelling roar rolled along
Piccadilly, marking the progress
of King George as he went to take
the oath while guards and police
opened a way for him through the
vast concourse of his people.
He wore an admiral's uniform,
symbolic of his love of the sea and
his wartime experience in charge
of a gun crew in the battle of Jut-
land.
The King drove up to the court