THE NEW KING

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 46, 23 January 1936, Page 8

THE NEW KING

LOVE AND AFFECTION

TOUCHING TRIBUTES PAID

(United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) Received January 22', 12.20 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 21. The nation, amidst the bewilderment of its loss, finds difficulty to-day in realising that it possesses a new King. It is more difficult still to realise that the King of to-day is “the Prince’’ of yesterday. Edward VIII is affectionately regarded as “the Prince”—as such his memory will not quickly pass. No tribute to the new King is more touching than the Daily Herald’s. “It is a certainty that the man whom we used to call the Prince will be a worthy successor to his father. King Edward’s devotion to duty, tact, quick understanding, and sympathy with the people over whom he is called to reign are already tested and proved. Perhaps the greatest asset of all is the fact that a very human peison lias been, and will remain, not above but of the people. He has a deep roofed hatred of shams and false dignities. His courage is proverbial. “So, to-day, the nation mourning King George V feels confident that his son will fill well and worthily the place to which he has been called—-a man whose ami and pride will be to reign as a democratic sovereign over a democratic people.”

UNIVERSAL GOODWILL. The Manchester Guardian says:— “King Edward ascends the inrone amid universal goodwill, lie lias already shown a capacity to consolidate tnat modern conception ol constitutional moiiureny which his iatnor so wortiiny served. His obvious luting lor wont on bohall' of me unemployed, lor tne ex-soldiers, and lor tne youth welfare movements has won the respect of many wno, m earlier times, might have been less friendly disposed both to him and the institution he represents.” j i.e Times says: “Although there is much ominous lor the luture, tne Empire is able to looit to the new King as having a statesmanlike Knowledge and sympathetic understanding oi tne wants and interests ot an the creeds and races over winch he is called to reign, lie is a worthy successor to a beloved lather.”

j epitome of those qualities which we j as Englishmen admire. Now lie has j left us we mourn him deeply and i sincerely, for we feel we have lost | I in him not merely a ruler but the i father of his people. He is dead, hut Jie will live on in the hearts of fiis loyal and faithful subjects. From you, in this great Council of Nations, my country has received to-day warm *ul generous sympathy. I tender" to you, on behalf of the British people, our sincere and heartfelt thanks.” THE WORLD’S SORROW. ; Official messages and Press telegrams ' from every pare of tne world received to-day show that the whole world is one with Britain and the Empire in its grief for the death of the King, 'the Pope, crowned Heads, presidents, governments, and representative as- ( semblies have conveyed their sympathy to the late King’s bereaved family and people, or have paid warm' tributes to nis character and achievement, in many countries outside the British Commonweaitli signs of mourning are only less evident than at home and in tiie Dominions. Typical of these worldwide manifestations of sorrow and respect lire tne cancellation of the Congressional reception to-day by President Roosevelt and the •adjournment of the House of Representatives in the United , States, and m Italy Signor Mussolini’s ' order that all Government buildings are to fly flags half-mast until after I the funeral of the King.

THE KING'S" PASSING. VIGIL BY THE QUEEN. ENGLAND'S MO [TUNING. (British Official Wireless.) Received January 22, 12 noon. JUIGBI'. Jan. 21 Her Majesty Queen Mary and the members ot the noyal Family at Sandringham were at the King s bedside, ana. it is understood that tiie end was •quite without pain alter alternating periods of consciousness and unconsciousness. Tiie Queen had maintained an almost unbroken vigil at the King's side since his illness took a serious turn on Friday. The only surviving sister of the late King is Queen Maud, ot Norway, who is at Oslo. Whan her duties were completed Her Majesty retired. Her daughter, the Princess Royal, and the Duchess of jvent tried in vain to console her. The news of the King s death was telegraphed to the Lord Mayor of London by King Edward and was signed by "Edward, Prince of Wales." J i.e signature employed was "Edward R." This was the first occasion on which '-Edward," his signature as King, was used. Tne Law Courts, stock and commodity exchanges, theatres, and cinemas are closed and all sporting events have been cancelled as a mark of respect. The mourning of the British people for the passing of King George has found formal expression in many messages of sympathy with his successor, with Queen Mary, and with the other members of the Royal Family, which have been sent by public, political, and official bodies, and on behalf of the defence services and the Civil Service. ROYAL SALUTES. Gun salutes wavn fired in Hyde Park and from the Tower of London. At the tower the traditional salute Ot 4ij guns was fired. There will be no race meetings until after the funeral of the late rving. It is understood that the King lias expressed the wish that the entertainments industry, in' malting rearrangements in respect tor the passing ox King George, should give full consideration to the effects on employment. Tiie Privy Council met this afternoon at St. James's Palace. When the Lord President of the Councij had announced the death of Kin" George and the accession of his son the King then entered and made the declaration required by the Constitution. The members of the Council present signed the Proclamation of King Edward VIII, which will be made public with historic ceremony to-morrow morning. The Council was attended by the Archbishop o Canterbury, members of Cabinet, and former Cabinet Ministers of all parties. Mr Lloyd George, who had been abroad, went sraight to the Council on his arrival in London, and the only woman Privy Councillor, Miss Margaret Bondfield, who was a member of the last Labour Government, attended. IN PARLIAMENT.

Both Houses of Parliament met this evening lor the purpose of sveuiing the oatli of allegiance to the new King. A summons to members to attend the House of Commons was broadcast this morning by the 8.8. C. on the authority of the Speaker iuid Clerk of Parliament. When the sweanng-m of the members of both Houses has been completed addresses of condolence on the death of King George ancl of congratulations to Hjng Edward on ins accession will be moved. Ihe motions will probably be taken on lliursday. HULEII AND FATHER!

The Council of the League of Nations, meeting at Geneva, to-day, alter paying tributes to lying George, acljoiirned the consideration or. other business till to-morrow as a mark of respect to his memory Mr It. A. Eden, thanknVg Ins fellow members on behalf of the British Government for their expressions of sympathy, said that to every one of the many millions of his subjects throughout the world the death of His Majesty brought a sense of heavy loss, and to those whose proud duty it had been to serve him deep and intimate sorrow.

“We live in times of storm and stress, and we tread warily on shifting sands, but to us, in my, country, there has been one sure rock —the personality of our King. Through all these troublous days he stood as the symbol of all we respect and the

POIGNANT SCENES. ST. PAUL'S AND SANDKINGHAM. deceived January 22, 1.40 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 21. The first revelation of the depth of emotion occurred at the memorial service, at St. Paul's, held during the lunch hour and attended by many city workers. Every head was bowed in sorrow. The next poignant scene was at Sandringham when, alter darkness, the late King's body was borne to the Church ot St. Mary Magdalene. Six employees carried the coinn from the bedroom to the waiting bier, which Grenadier Guards wheeled along the pathway. The procession, guided only by the light of lanterns, moved slowly on its quarter of a mile journey to the church, where already the Queen and several members of the Royal Family were waiting. Then, alter a short service, men ot the estate took up an allnight vigil. , 'ihe cotfin rests on the chancel draped with the Royal Standard, on which lies a cross of white flowers from the people of- the estate. ROYAL FUNERAL. A SIMPLE~CEREMONY. ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETED.

(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) . Received January 22, 12.10 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 21. King Edward paid a brief visit to Buckingham Palace and acknowledged the crowd’s greeting with a slight gesture of the hand. 'The Court of Aldeimen, assembled in the Guildhall, wore white lawn armlets as a sign of mournThe Lord Mayor, deploring the loss the Empire had sustained, requested a few minutes’ silent prayer. The Court then drafted an address of condolence and congratulation to King Edward and an address of condolence to Queen Mary. The funeral train will leave \> olverton at noon on Thursday. The. coffin will be conveyed from Sandringham to the station two and a-half miles away, on a gun carriage of the Royal Horse Artillery. The Queen Mother, King Edward, and the other members of the Royal Family will follow the cortege on foot. There will be no ceremonial displav of troops. Two hundred members of the Norfolk police alone will line the route. Five battalions of the Guards, a detachment of the Honourable Artillery Company, and eight infantry battalions will line* the streets in the vicinity of the points where King Edward is proclaimed, namely, St. James’s Palace, Charing Cross, Temple Bar, and the Royal Exchange. . T , The National Council of Labour has decided to recommend that no public gatherings be held by any section of the Labour movement until after the funeral. It has sent a message to King Edward assuring him of its loyalty. The English Rugby Union has cancelled all matches until further notice and the Scottish Union has cancelled Saturday’s fixtures. No decision has yet been made, but it is expected that Saturday’s Rugby League matches will be postponed. The Reuter News Agency understands that all League matches and cup ties will be carried out according to programme. The Welsh Rugby Union has decided to cancel all matenes until

after the funeral. HISTORIC OCCASION. Constitutional authorities are being consulted and precedents are being examined and documents investigated as never before on the occasion of an accession. especially because it is the first Monarch’s death since the Domin-

ions acquired their new status. High constitutional authorities informed the Sun-Herald Service that it was unnecessary to convene Parliament at Canberra or in the Other

Dominions, though the GovernorsGeneral must make the proclamation of the new King and publish it in the Government Gazettes.

LONDON CEREMONIES. WELLINGTON'S' MOURNING. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, .Lin. 22. Wellington's observance of the national day of mourning reflects the deep loyalty of the people to the Throne. To-day was'the Wellington provincial anniversary, but all organised events have been abandoned and the picture theatres are closed. The trams are running the ordinary service and the trains are keeping to the timetable issued for the holiday except that the race trains are cancelled. There are very few people about the streets and all businesses'are closed except a few restaurants, bars. etc. The Government Buildings and the municipal buildings are carrying a certain amount of drapery and some business premises were also draped before closing down yesterday. There was a special service at St. Mark's Anglican Cathedral this morning, and another is being held at St. Peter's Church in the evening. A naval salute of 70 guns for the death of the King was fired this morning and was followed by a 70-gun salute by the land forces. THE PROCLAMATION.

PROCEDURE IN DOMINION. (By Telegraph.—Special to Standard.) WELLINGTON, Jan. 22. The funeral of his late Majesty takes place on Tuesday, January 28, and the accession of King Edward VIII will be announced by the Gover-nor-General, who will read the proclamation from the steps of Parliament Buildings at 11 o’clock to-mor-row. It is officially desired that this ceremony ho held simultaneously in all centres of the Dominion, therefore lull details, including the wording of the proclamation after it has been approved at tlie Executive Council meeting this afternoon, will bo telegraphed to all Mayors and chairmen of county councils, town boards and .road boards. To-morrow’s proclamation ceremony will be brief. Guards of honour provided by the Army and Navy will be inspected by tlie Governor-General on his arrival at 10.55. He will then mount the dais and receive from tlie Clerk of the Executive Council the Proclamation of Accession of His Majesty King Edward Vlll, which lie will read. At the conclusion there will be a fanfare of trumpets and simultaneously a salute of 21 guns, followed by tlie singing of the National AnI them. Meanwhile the flags will have I been "raised to the top of the standards to remain in that position till | sunset. They will be hoisted next day ; at half-mast and remain in that posiItion till sunset on the day of the late 'King’s funeral. i 'The Governor-General will take part jin the national. funeral ceremony at | tlxo entrance to Parliament Buildings ion January 28 and representatives of all the chinches will be invited to pari licipate. The Government will invite all churches to hold services on that day and it is desired that this na•tioiial expression of mourning tor the late Monarch should simultaneously proceed throughout New Zealand at a time to be sliortly announced. RESPONSIBLE POSTS.

LATE KING’S DOCTORS. CAREERS OUTLINED. Lord Dawson of Penn, who was Physician Extraordinary to the late King Edward VII and had been King George’s physician since 1907, is the son of a distinguished, architect and was educated at University College, Loudon, where lie took the degree of IB.Sc. in 1888. He gained his medical degrees at tlie London Hospital, - where he was assistant physician for ! 10 years, and .later its physician, j In 1907 King Edward VII appointed him as Physician Extraordinary, and King George, then Prince'of Wales, , made him Physician-in-Ordinary, retaining his services after coining to the Throne, and knighting him in 1911 : (K.C.V.0.). He has been Pliysician-in- : Ordinary to the Prince of Wales (King Edward VIJ I) since 1923 and president of the Royal College of Physicians since 1931. Ho has made a special study of diabetes and gastric diseases, and has written many technical works on these and other subjects. Lord Dawson served throughout the World War, chiefly in France, first as a captain of the Royal Army Medical Corps-and later as commandant of the 2nd. London General Hospital, and as consulting physician to the forces on the French front. In the final stages he was an honorary mem-'-f the Army Medical Advisory

I Board. ■'# : In 1919 Lord Dawson was made a K.C.M.G., and a year later was raised ! to the peerage, being the first physician | in practice to be sc honoured. J Sir Frederick Jeune Wilkins has l been Surgeon-Apothecary to His Majesty’s household at Sandringham since 1921. and formerly was SurgeonApothecary to the late Queen Alexandra. Ho was educated at Framlington and Durham University, and gained his medical degrees at the London Hospital. He was created a K.C.V.O. in 1933. Sir Stanley Hewett was horn in 1880. and was at Haileybury. and Cains College, Cambridge, where lie 'took his medical degrees in 1906. He has held various annointments at St. Thomas’s and the West London Hos- ' pitals. He was Surgeon-Apothecary to the late, Queen Alexandra, and had held this position, to King George since 1914, and to the Prince of Wales and his household since 1923. IHe was created a K.C.V.O. in 1921, a K.B.E. in 1920. and a K.C.B. in 1929. He is a bachelor. He was called to attend the late King during his serious illness in 1928. Sir Maurice Alan Cassidy, K.C.V.0., was a Physician Extraordinary to His Maiestv. and was late Physician to His I Majesty’s Household. In addition, he holds a number of other important j medical jiosts. He has been physician and chief medical officer to the Metropolitan Police, and examiner lin medicine of the Universities of Cambridge and London. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, and was knighted in 1934. During the Great War lie was physician at No. 2 Anglo-Belgian Fever Hospital at Calais for 1914-15 and served with the British Forces from 1916. He has made numerous contributions to medical literature