ROYAL FUNERAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14375, 21 May 1910, Page 7

ROYAL FUNERAL.

THE CLOSING SCENES. FROM LONDON TO WINDSOR. ENORMOUS CROWDS VIEW PROCESSION

SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE EMPIRE.

By Telegraph— Press Association.— CopyrisbS.

the late King's charger. The Royal Standard was carried by a noncommissioned officer of the Household Cavalry. CROWNED HEADS. Then came King George, with the Kaiser on his right hand and the Duke of Connaught, the late King's brother, on his left. They were followed by the principal members of the King's suite, then came a notable array of Kings and Princes. These went three abreast, in the following order: — . King Haakon of Norway, the King of the Hellenes, King Alfonso of Spain, the King of Bulgaria, the King of Denmark, and the King of Portugal. FOREIGN PRINCES. Next in order came the Turkish Heir-Apparent, the Archduke Franz, Ferdinand of Austria, Prince Fushimi of Japan, the Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch of Russia, the Duke d'Aosta of Italy, Prince Ruprecht of Bavaria, the Duke of Sparta, the Crown Prince of Roumania. Prince Henry of the Netherlands, Prince Albrecht of Wurtemburg, the Prince of Servia, Prince George of Saxony, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg, Prince of Waldeck, Mohammed Ali, Prince Charles of Sweden, Prince Albert of SchleswigHolstein, Prince Arthur of Connaught, Prince Christian, the Duke of Fife. Prince Alexander of Battenburg, the Duke of Teck, and Princes Alexander and Francis , of Teck, Prince Maximilian of Baden, the Grand Duke Michael Michaelovitch, Prince Danile of Montenegro, Prince Christopher of Greece, the Grand Duke of Mecklenberg-Strelitz, the Duke D'Alencon, the Comte Deu Pierre, Prince Louis D'Orleans, Prince Bouaradej of Siam, Prince Leepold of Coburg, and Prince Wolrad of Waldeck, QUEENS AND PRINCESSES. , i „|Then » followed twelve carriages, the first containing the QueenMother Alexandra, the Dowager Empress of Russia, the Princess Royal and the Princess VictoriaThe second carriage contained Queen Mary, the Queen of Norway, the Duke of Cornwall, and the Princess Mary. The fourth carriage contained. the Duchess of Albany, Princesses Patricia of Connaught, Prince Andreas of Greece, and Prince Louis of Battenburg. Fifth carriage: Princesses Alexandra, Maud, and Victoria, and Princess Marie of Schleswig-Holstein The sixth carriage contained the Duchess of Teck, Princess Louise of Battenburg, and Princes Albert, Henry, and George. In the seventh carriage were the Tsarita with suite. The eighth contained Ex-President Roosevelt, M. Pichon (Foreign Minister for France), M. Sanadkhan (Persian representative). In the ninth carriage were Lord Strathcona, Sir Geo. Reid, and the Hon. W. Hall-Jones. A detachments of the Metropolitan City Police, the Edinburgh Police, the Royal Irish Constabulary, the Dublin the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, and the closing escort followed. Thirty-three thousand five hundred dismounted and 1120 mounted men lined the route. As the cortege was seen, the infantry ' sloped arms, and when the head of the procession arrived they reversed arms, and bowed their heads. Big Ben tolled from 9.15 till 11.50. A draft of four officers and 18 petty officers and men, and seven stokers from the destroyers joined the naval brigade, and 107 officers and 2750 fieetmen and marines walked in the procession, the remainder assisting to line the route and fire the minute guns. ALONG THE ROUTE. The route was lined with purple and white Venetian masts, from which flags were flying at half-mast. The premises so draped included all identified with colonial interests. Amongst other tokens of mourning were thousands of laurel wreaths, many sent by boys' brigades, working men's clubs, mothers' meetings, Primrose habitations, and orphanages. Pall Mall, St. James-street, and the Piccadilly clubs were draped in violet or black, Apsley and Grosvenor Houses in purple, and the Ritz and Berkeley Hotels and the majority of private houses were similarly draped. There was a great purple arch at Paddington, surmounted by a crown, inscribed " Farewell." There were several big public stands at the Horseguards' parade ground, where cadets from Dartmouth and Osborne Schools and beys from the Greenwich Hospital School were stationed. There was also a stand at the Colonial Office. The distinguished visiting colonials included Sir W. Russell (Hawke's Bay), Drs. Levinge and McArthur, Mesdames Rolleston, Callender, and Malcolm Ross, His Honor Mr. Justice Denniston, the Hoja. S. Thome

London, May 20. The mournful ceremonies in connection with King Edward's funeral concluded to-day. After lying in state at Westminster Hall for several days the coffin was carried in solemn procession through the streets, followed by such a gathering of Kings and Princes as London had not seen since Queen Victoria's funeral, to Paddington, whence it was conveyed to Windsor. The procession left Buckingham Palace at 9.10, and arrived at Westminster Hall at 9.30. Here the coffin was slowly borne out and placed reverently upon a gun-car-riage, after which the pall, with the Crown and other emblems of sovereignty, were placed on the coffin. The streets were filled with enormous crowds, but silence prevailed everywhere, broken only by the solemn tolling of bells, and the boom of the minute guns. The procession arrived at Paddington Station at noon, and at Windsor at 12.50, the service in the Chapel Royal beginning at 2.15. , Sir George Reid (Federal High Commissioner) and Mr. W. HallJones (High Commissioner for New Zealand) drove in a Royal carriage in the procession. Sir George Reid stated this morning that the arrangements made in regard to the overseas representatives were in every way satisfactory, and showed a proper conception of the place held by Canada, Australia, and New Zealand in the Empire. The arrangements had been made by the King's special thought, and his desire to give the utmost gratification to the people of Australasia, and were such as might be expected from King George, who was personally acquainted with every part of the Empire. . Most of the train* and i; trams, throughout Britain came to a standstill while the funeral service was being conducted. Special services were held.in the principal Roman Catholic churches in the United Kingdom, and services in the Embassy churches in all the Continental capitals. The flags of the French, German, and other navies were half-masted. Mussulmans held a service of mourning for King Edward in Lon,don to-day, the attendance including Indians, Egyptians, Turks, and Mohammedans. The Canadian-Pacific Company's trains from ocean to ocean remained at a standstill for three minutes from one o'clock Greenwich ■<. time, and the lake steamers in Canada stopped operations. The CanadianPacific Company's Atlantic and Pacific steamers similarly stopped. Several of the American cable companies suspended business for 10 minutes at one o'clock to-day. Many passengers by steamers arriving from America during the last day or two booked seats for the funeral procession by wireless telegraphy. TO PADDINGTON STATION. ORDER OF PROCESSION. STRIKING CEREMONIAL (Received May 21, 1 a.m.) London, May 20. After the Archbishop had conducted service in Westminster Hall, the bands of the Household Cavalry headed the procession to Paddington. Then came detachments of the territorials and colonial troops, including the King's Colonials, and representatives of the Australian and New Zealand forces, and all branches of the army, concluding with the Household Cavalry and the Horse Artillery. Then came the marines, and the \ navy and military attaches to j foreign embassies, deputations of j officers from the Austro-Hungarian, j Bulgarian, and Danish armies, the German navy and army, the Norwegian and Portuguese armies, and the Russian, Spanish, and Swedish armies and navies, six general officers '' commanding-in-chief, FieldMarshals Lord Kitchener, Sir Evelyn Wood, and Lord Roberts, the headquarters staff, the Army Council, Admirals Fawkes, Drury, Fanshawe, Seymour, Richards, Kerr, and Noel, the Board of Admiralty, King Edward's naval and military aides-de-camp four abreast, bands of marine, infantry, ■ guards, engineers and artillery, His Maiesties suites and English Royal Princes, the Duke of Norfolk (Premier Duke and Earl), and Lords Denman, Rosebery, Allendale, Calthorpe, and Beauchamp. The late King's equerries, gentle-men-at-arms and -bearers, and noncommissioned officers of the Guards walked on either side of the guncarriage, drawn by eight horses, preceded by a full detachment of the .Royal Horse Artillery, followed byJ

4 Madame Ada Crossley gave an ; inspired rendering of "" O, Rest-in the Lord." Towards the close she was overcome and was unable to finish. Later she sang Sullivan's " God Shall Wipe Away All Tears." The great audience remained in reverent silence throughout the concert. GATHERING OF ROYALTY. KINGS AND PRINCES. London, May 18. To-day's arrivals include King Manuel of Portugal, King Albert of Belgium, King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, the Maharajah of Kapurthala, the Duke d'Aosta of Italy, Prince Henry of the Netherlands, King Charles of Sweden, M. Pichon (French Foreign Minister), a deputation from Biarritz, the Crown Prince and Princess of Roumania, Princes Philip and Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the Crown Princes of Turkey and Servia, the Chinese delegation, the Grand Duke of Hesse, Duke Maximilian of Baden, Grand Duke _of Mecklenburg - Strelitz, Prince Danilo of Montenegro, and Prince Fushimi of Japan. LYING IN STATE. THE SCENE AT WESTMINSTER. ' — QUEUE FIVE MILES LONG. London, May 18. During the morning an average of 4000 an hour passed the catafalque in Westminster Hall, where the body of the late King is lying in state. The early arrivals included many hospital nurses, postmen, railwaymen, sailors, boy scouts, and school 1 children. The later trains brought ] all classes, the majority wearing mourning. The queue in the afternoon, six abreast, was five miles long, passing at the rate of 10,000 an hour with the utmost order. Many residents of the provinces, colonials, Americans, Jews, Indians, [ and African natives, and Japanese were among the visitors. The visitors also included the Prince and Princess Alexander of Teck, Viscount Morley, Mr. and Mrs. Asquith, Earl Beauchamp, ; Lord Carrington, Lieutenant-Colonel Seely, and Mr. Austen Chamberlain. l (Received May 20,. 8 a-m.) 1 London, May 19. : The queue this morning was four miles long, the visitors to West--1 minster Hall including Mr. John 1 Burns and Mr. Redmond. The ' queue in the afternoon exceeded ' that of yesterday. King Manuel of Portugal, Queen Mary, and her children and other . Royalties visited Westminster Hall yesterday night. • Strange scenes were witnessed just before 10 o'clock. Seeing that there was a certainty of disappointment, the queue suddenly ; broke rank, and the hysterical crowd surged into the palace yard. The police promptly Paired the - doors, and finally persuaded a 1 crowd of 25,000 people, many of f whom had waited for five hours, to i disperse. Numerous women wept ' for disappointment. Many %ho i formed the queue had been there i all night, though heavy rain fell: j CITY COUNCIL'S SYMPATHY. i 1 AN ADJOURNED, MEETING. The Auckland City Council formally [ assembled in the ordinary course for its 5 fortnightly meeting on Thursday evening, but out of respect for the memory of . the late King no business was trans- , acted. There were present: The Mayor (Mr. L. J. Bagnall) Messrs. C. J. Parr, I H. M. Smeeton, W. A. Thompson, R. T. I Michaels, J. Patterson, P. J. Nerheny, G. Knight, J. M. Mennie, M. Casey, R. ' Tudehope, and H. Shaw. The last-named ' was welcomed by the .Mayor on taking his seat for the first. time. The Mayor moved the following resolution : " The Auckland 1 City Council, in placing on record'the death of His Most Gracious Majesty the late King Edward VII., desires to express its sincere sense of the irreparable loss to the Empire of one who has always exercised his powerful influence for the good of his people, and in the promotion of universal peace [ and friendship between the nations of the , world. With feelings of deep sorrow, the , Council tender's its respectful, loyal, and heartfelt sympathy to the Queen-Mother and the Royal family." The Mayor, in moving the resolution, referred in .suitable terms to the great loss that the Empire had sustained by the . death of the late King. The resolution was carried in silence, the councillors standing. f 1 ; The Council, after passing a resolution ! in respect to the death of the late Mr. F. E. Baume, M.P., adjourned until next Mon- ' day evening, as a token of respect and 1 loyal grief regarding the death of the late King. . -, "■ i ■ ' The meeting of the One-tree Hill Road 1 Board on Thursday evening was adjourned until next Thursday, out of respect to ! the memory of the late King.

George, M.L.C., the Hon. C, Louisson, M.L.C., and Lady Stout, wife of the Chief Justice of New Zealand, I These were accommodated at the i windows of the Government offices at Whitehall. One hundred and fifty Chelsea pensioners were placed at Whitehall, a Yeomen Guard was stationed at Fairy Court, 2000 London territorials at Marble Arch, and another 2000 near Apsley House. The music played between Westminster and Paddington was as follows :—Beethoven's " Trauer March" in B Flat Minor, the "Dead March" in" Saul," Chopin's " March Funebre," Beethoven's " Opus 26." In the third carriage were Princess Christian Louis, 'Princess Henry of Battenberg, and the Duchess of Connaught. THE KAISER'S ARRIVAL. TWICE KISSES KING GEORGE. \' ' ' TEARS IN HIS EYES. (Received May 20, 9.30 a.m.) London, May 19. The Kaiser arrived at Sheerness yesterday in the Royal yacht Hohenzollern, escorted by two German warships and four British destroyers. His Majesty was accompanied by the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the Throne of Austria, Prince Albrecht of Wurtemburg, and Prince George of Saxony. The Kaiser landed quietly and at once entrained for London, King George, the Duke of Connaught, the Duke of Cornwall, Prince Henry of Prussia, and others welcoming him at Victoria Station. The moment the train came to a standstill the Itaiser leapt, bareheaded, to the platform, and seizing King George's right hand in both of his own, greeted him with the utmost heartiness, kissing him on both cheeks. The Kaiser warmly greeted the others in turn, and finally accompanied King George to Buckingham Palace. In the afternoon the Kaiser went with King George to Westminster Hall to see. the body of the late King lying in state. After both had gazed for some moments at the bier, the. queque was checked, and both, passed within the barrier to a position at the head of the coffin. The Kaiser laid a splendid wreath on the catafalque, and knelt in prayer, and when he rose looked feelingly at King George, and stretched out his hand. Both grasped hands firmly, and turned as though instinctively towards the coffin, and in the eyes of each there were traces of tears. THE BONDS OF FRIENDSHIP KING EDWARD'S EFFORTS. CONFIDENCE IN KING GEORGE London,;; May 18. Lord Rosebery, speaking at a meeting of' subscribers to the Royal Scottish Hospital, said that King Edward, when he ascended the Throne, found Europe profoundly and bitterly alienated owing to a misconception regarding the nature of the South African war. He set himself the task of winning back the goodwill of foreigners, not with the intention of framing alliances with hostile and other countries, but of winning them by tact. His exquisite, kindly, and transparent goodness of character had united all peoples, so far as might be, in bonds of friendship. " We may," he continued. " look with confidence to King George's reign. He has led a pure, healthy, abstemious life, has been a good husband and father, has explored every region of the Empire, and has spared no pains to fit himself for the Throne.'' FLORAL TRIBUTES. MESSAGES OF CONDOLENCE. (Received May 20, 8.30 a.m.) London, May 19. Four thousand wreaths from all parts of the ' country, many from individuals, have been received to decorate the line of procession. The wreath from the City of Melbourne is of laurels and orchids with a purple ribbon, and the inscription, " Deepest sympathy from the Lord-Mayor and citizens of Melbourne." Many thousands are viewing the wreaths at Windsor, which include floral tributes from the Commonwealth, New Zealand, the Victoria Racing Club, and the Christchurch branch of the Navy League. A message from the united Maori chiefs and tribes has been sent to the Queen-Mother Alexandra, and been published. There have been many messages of condolence from Australia, including cables from the Christian Science Churches, the Lutheran Synod, Baptist Union of New South Wales, the Women's Christian Temperance Union, the Australasian Women's Association, the Society of Friends, the Victorian\ Employers' Federation, the Oddfellows, Foresters, and Rechabites Lodges, and many shire councils.. The poor children of Stepney subscribed halfpennies and farthings for a wreath of palms, roses, and lilies. The Sultan of Zanzibar, who is ill in London, has been ordered to a watering place on the Continent. He sent a 14ft wreath, including 500 mauve orchids. The Maharajah of Darbhanga has offered Lord Minto a large equestrian statue of King Edward to be erected in Calcutta. IN MEMORIAM CONCERT. ADA CROSSLEY'S EMOTION. (Received May 20, 9.35 p.m.) London, May 20. An impressive in memoriam concert was held in Queen's Hall.