FUNERAL DAY.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 112, 13 May 1910, Page 7

FUNERAL DAY.

ROUTE OF THE PROCESSION. HIGH PRICES FOR VANTAGE POINTS. COSTLY WREATHS. By Telegraph. — Press Association. — Copyright. (Received May 13, 10 a.m.) LONDON, 12th May. Great prices, up to £500 sterling, are being paid for the use of windows in the West End on the day of the funeral of King Edward. Many of the wreaths are costing £100 each. Tho Kaiser's will be six feet in diameter. The London elementary schools will be closed on Friday next (the day of the funeral). Memorial services in Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, and St. Margaret's (Westminster) will bo held eimul taneously on the day of the funeral. The New York Stock Exchange will be closed for two hours on the morning of King Edward's funeral. " FESTIVAL OF EMPIRE." SUGGESTED POSTPONEMENT. (Received March 13, 9.50 a.m.) LONDON, 12th May. The abandonment of "The Festival of Empire and Pageant of London" will mean the throwing out of employment of thousands of persons. The venture was insured against King EdwaTd's death to the extent of £20,000. The expenses already contracted total £49,000. Many Colonial delegates suggest petitioning King George with a view to securing his consent to the holding of the festival a month later than, was originally intended. CANADA'S VOTE. DRAPING OP FEDERAL BUILDINGS. (Received May 13, 10.5 a.m.) OTTAWA, 12th May. The Dominion Cabinet has appropriated £7000 to cover the expense of draping every Federal building in Canada. THE KAISER. (Received May 13, 10.5 a.m.) LONDON, 12th May. The Kaiser William and his brother (Prince Henry of Prussia) will arrive in London on Thursday next. MEMORIAL SERVICE. FOR USB BY NONCONFORMISTS. (Received May 13, 10.10 a.m.) LONDON, 12th May. The Rev. J. H. Jowett, M.A., President of the Free Church Council, is preparing a memorial service for use by Nonconformist churches. ALTERED PRAYER-BOOK^. ISSUED BY OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE PRESSES. (Received May|l3, 10.10 a.m.) LONDON, 12lh May. The Oxford and Cambridge presses have issued altered Prayer Books, containing the formula "Our Gracious Queen Mary, Alexandra the Queen Mother, and Edward Duke of Cornwall." AUSTRALASIAN TRIBUTES. A LONG LIST. (Received May 13, 11.10 a.m.) LONDON, 12th May. Besides those from New Zealand, the Commonwealth, and the Australian States, tributes and messages have been received (and published) from 5000 Victorian Boy Scouts, tho vl'asmanian Victoria League, the Victoria Racing Club, Melbourne Municipal Council, Australian Natives' Association, various ConsulsGeneral, the Moderator of tho Australian Presbyterian Church, the Greek community in New South Wales, the Freemasons of Queensland and Victoria, women of South Australia, shire councils (including those of Paroo, Rutherglen, Ulaboo, Hawker, Kerang, Strathfield and SayeJ, Rangiuia (the Maori singer), Admiral Ijichi (of the Japanese training squadron), the Melbourne Board of Works, the Victorian Stock Exchange, the Mineowners' Association, the Agricultural Society, the Oddfellows of Bendigo, the Mayors of Ipswich, Bendigo, CoiOAva, Armidale, Toowoomba, Newcastle, Nortboote, Marrackville, Perth, Wellington, Canterbury, South Brisbane, Ballarat, Ballarat East, Eaglehawk, Ca&tlemain, and Hawthorn. AUTOGRAPH MESSAGE. THE QUEEN MOTHER'S ORDER. LONDON, ,I2th May. The Queen Mother Alexandra has com- ] manded Messrs. Raphael Tuck and Sons to publish a facsimile of her autograph message to the nation Jcabled yesterday) with a symbolic border designed by Sir Edward Poynter, R.&. Tho entire proceeds of the sale will go to an institution to be selected by the Queen Mother. LORDS AND COMMONS. KING GEORGE'S MESSAGES. "ONE VOICE OF MOURNING." LONDON, 12th May. King George's message to each House declares that the King knows the House shares in the profound and sudden sorrow, and adds that King Edward's care of the welfare of his country and his people, his skill, and prudent guidance of affairs, hib unwearying devotion to public duty, and his simple courage in pain, and danger, will long be held in honour by his subjects at Horns and beyond the seas. In the House of Lords, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Loreburn, read the message, and Lord Cvevre (Lord Privy Seal and Secretary for the Colonies) moved ad dresses of condolence and of congratulation. Lord Crewe remarked that from the dominions and colonies to India, thero was but one voice of mourning, and it was the same throughout the Kingdom. He mentioned King Edward's great qualities of courage and generosity in thought and deed. Lord Lansdowne (Unionist Leader, and formerly Secretary for Foreign Af-

fairs) alluded to King Edward's remarkable power of creating an atmosphere of international goodwill and good feeling, which contributed immensely to the consolidation of peace and concord. High tributes to tho Queen Mother Alexandia were paid in both Houses. The deputation of members of the House of Commons -who conveyed to King George at Marlborough House the addresses of condolence and of congratulation was composed, according to the Erecedent of 1837, of 'Privy Councillors elonging to the House. The Queen Mother received the deputations of both Houses bringing the addresses of condolence. DUKE OF CONNAUGHT. HE WILL PROBABLY REMAIN- IN ENGLAND. LONDOX. 12th May. . The statement is confirmed that King Edward wished that his brother, the Duke of Connaught, should succeed Earl Grey as Governoi'-General of Canada ; 'but, owing to the King's death, the Duke's presence in England will possibly be deemed necessary until the Duke of Cornwall, the heir-apparent, is able to participate in State ceremonials. LATE KING AND NONCONFORMISTS. A LINK STRENGTHENED. LONDON, 12th May. The British Weekly, the well-known religious paper, says that King Edward was the iirst Monarch to lecogniso the Nonconformists iv public functions, and throughout Nonconformity he was legarded with warm and steadfast devotion. His death has shortened and strengthened the Finks binding the people to the Throne. CAUSE OF KING EDWARD'S DEATH. EMPHYSEMA AND BRONCHIAL CATARRH. TROUBLE OF SOME YEARS' STANDING. RESERVE POWER REDUCED. LONDON, 12th May. A report of King Edward's illness, signed by Sir Francis Laldng, Sir James Reid, and Sir Douglas Powell (Physi-cians-in-Ordinary to the King), is appearing in The Lancet. Tho report states that King Edward for some years suffered from emphysema j with attendant bronchial catarrh. On several occasions digestive disturbances j And other symptoms caused his medical i attendants to realise that he no longer ' had the reserve power which stood him I in such splendid stead after the serious operation in 1902. It must also be said that those around him knew how earnestly concerned he was at the present strained position in political affairs. This fact should not oe lost sight of in an all-round consideration of his health. AT BIARRITZ. • When in Paris in March, on his way to Biarritz, His Majesty had a severe attack of acute indigestion, and considerable cardiac distress. The symptoms yielded promptly to treatment, bu'fe on arriving at Biarritz it was evident that he had contracted a chill, which developed into a regular bronchitic aiDtack. The King spent several days in, bed, and physical signs in ' the chest occasioned, his physicians no little anxiety. DYING MONARCH MODIFIES TERMS OF A BULLETIN. The King returned to England better in every way, but on 2nd May he felt out of soi'ts and chilly. He felt better | next day, but there was much cough j and expectoration, and considerable dyspnoea (difficult or laboured respiration). Notwithstanding his physicians' urgent desire that he should rest, King Edward again, reoeived official visitors, and gave audiences, and in 'the evening told his physicians that- he fell ill. His jjhysiciana,, on 4th May (Wednesday), found that two bad nights and seveio attacks of dyspnoea, had told seriously upon His Majesty. Next (Thursday) evening a bulletin stated that his condition caused some anxiety ; this was' issued only after the King had somewhat modified its terms. DEATH AFTER PERIOD OF CALM. On Friday, 6th May, the gravity of the- symptoms increased, and at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon consciousness began to fail. It never completely returned, and the end came at 11.45 p.m., after a prolonged period of perfect calm. [Emphysema of the lungs is an excess of ah" in the liuigs, whether due to a dilated condition of the air-sacs, or to the presence of air, in the interlobular titsue. Bronchitis is one of the most frequent diseases associated with this form of emphysema.] MILITARY TOURNAMENT. QUESTION OF POSTPONEMENT. (Received May 13, 11 a.m.) LONDON, 12th May. It is still uncertain whether the indefinite postponement of the Military Tournament means its abandonment for this year. (Received May 13, 11.10 a.m.) LONDON, 12th May. At the King's desire, the Army Pageant at Lambeth Palace, winch it had been decided to postpone, will be held as originally arranged.