The Indianapolis times., 1936-01-21
KING. edward VIII BEGINS REIGN
AS HIS VAST EMPIRE MOURNS
PASSING OF BELOVED FATHER
New Ruler Arrives in London by Plane to
Begin Duties; Entire World Saddened
by Death of Kindly Monarch
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TO lie in state until the funeral next
Tuesday in st. Georges Chapel at
Windsor. It then will be buried
among the other Kings at Windsor.
After approving the proclamation,
the Privy Councillors and others
took the oath of fealty to the King,
kissing his hand as they knelt The
proclamation will be read to the
public by royal heralds at st. James
Palace tomorrow. Then it will be
read at Charing Cross, Temple Bar,
the corner OF Chancellery Lane and
on the steps of the Royal Exchange
IN the city"
The Privy Council meeting
marked the first engagement of
the Duke of Gloucester, third son
of the late King, outside Bucking-
ham Palace since he became i'll re-
Gently. Wearing his familiar Hus-
sar's uniform with the ribbon Of the
order of the garter. he arrived late
with the Euke of York. They had
been held up by traffic congestion.
The Duke of York wore naval
uniform, with the ribbon of the
garter. The brothers dashed up the
stairway at top speed.
An empire such as Alexander, Au-
gustus, Genghis Khan never could
have dreamed, mourned the dead
King as a wise, just man whose in
tegrity and love for all his people
none had questioned during the 25
years, eight months and IA days of
his reign
Entire Empire Mourns
Guns doomed, bells tolled in coun-
tries all over the face of the globe
in memory of the late King. Men
and women in ordinary life donned
black as If one of their own had
died.
In all the empire but one flag flew
at full staff-the royal standard.
1t flew this morning at Sandring-
ham for Edward VIII, and it SYM
holized as few things could that the
kingdom endures, though kings die.
George was fifty-ninth King of
England; his son is the siXtieth.
Edward, Prince Of Wales, became
an already constituted King at the
moment of the late Kings death,
and assumed the invisible, inescap-
able bonds of rulership which he
may never relinquish voluntarily
during his life.
Even as the King his father drew
his last breath, Edward VIII took
up his duties, his face wracked with
grief and lined with the strain he
had endured during the last three
days.
1t was but few minutes after he
had stood with his mother-now the
Queen Mother, Queen Mary, and his
official hostess-and other members
of the royal family at the Kings
death bed that he performed the
first act of his reign. 1t was a
message, in Keeping with tradition,
to the Lord Mayor of the City of
London:
II am deeply grieved to inform
you that my beloved father the King
passed away peacefully at 11;55 to-
night. ' ~e' @4. EDWARD"
1t was Edward the King who
signed, not Edward p" as he signed
when he was Prince of Wales.
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin
summoned parliament to meet in
special session at p. m. (12 noon
Indianapolis time) in the House of
Lords, to approve motion to con-
vey a speech to the new King, and
a message of coincidence on the
Death of his father.
Edward will mount the throne for
the first time at a joint session IN
Lords scheduled for early Febru-
ary, to make the solemn declara-
tion in substance as follows;
II will maintain the true intent
of your enactments to the best OF
my powers, according to law"
Coronation Next Year
At the first formal new session of
parliament, or alternatively after
his coronation If that comes first
the coronation will be held little
more than a year from now-the
King must formally declare his ad-
herence to the Protestant church.
This is no empty ritual. Edward
VIII. the first man to ascend the
throne as a bachelor since George
III, may never marry a Roman
Catholic. England and Scotland
have not forgotten the Stuarts. He
is the head of the churches of Eng
land and Scotland and their de-
fender.
When the heraldS proclaim Ed