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Show PRESS PARAGRAPHS The papara comment on tha corona- New Tork Sun: "There la little of the personal element, however, in the pomp and feetlvlty of the atately ceremony today. to-day. It la not so much George V. aa It la the king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British dominions beyond the seaa. emperor of India, that la being crowned today. It la the emphatic reasaertlon that England la a monarchy, aa II haa been for a thousand thou-sand years, however diminished the political po-litical power of the sovereign may be. New Tork Globe: "King George ha not attracted to himself the veneration attaching to hla aalntly grandmother, nor haa he the personal popularity of his father. fa-ther. But In his hands, aa far aa he has Influence, the great British tradition will auffer no harm. Conscientious ana clean of life, both he and hla. consort are devoted de-voted to doing their duty and measuring up to their responslhllltiea." Baltimore Newa: "Tradition has Its dsv. The method of celebration haa been prescribed hv th custom hsnded down from time immemorial, and the ceremony cere-mony Is but one link In a long chain of festivities all of which have been 'n honor of the solidarity of the British realm That "realm" now meana the people rather than the king doea not make tha link leas strong." Rvening Post: "Kings are sometimes clssscd aa democratic or olherwlee. This may refer to affahle manners or to a real avmpathy with the atrugglea of the people peo-ple to better their condition. In England, Eng-land, however, the personal bearing or the monarch, varying with temperament and aurroundlnge. haa long einc ceased to he of really serious consequence. An Kngllsh king mar or may not te democratic, demo-cratic, nut tha crown la thoroughly democratised." dem-ocratised." FrooVlvn Fugle- "For reasons other then that they happen to be the most conspicuous figures of an empire on which Ihe sun never eats I It to be hoped that long will be the reign of the king and aueen. They are English In Sore and In Instinct. They ara Snglleh, to tha liking of the English." Syracuse Poet-Standard: "The monarchy mon-archy has passed In Kngland as a part of the government, but not aa sn Institution. The people- of Fngland are pleased to call themselves 'subjects' of a king who haa aot one tithe the power of Herbert As-qulth. As-qulth. Thev would resent any attempt of the king to state his own opinions In his messages to parliament, but thev love to keep up the pretense that he bosses the whole English government." Washington Herald: "It appeals to the human mind as the outward manifestation manifesta-tion of the Investiture of power. It Is the malestv of the nstlnn dlsplsyed with sll the accompaniment of color and solemnity and official rank. No wonder that the phlegmatic Britisher experiences an unusual un-usual thrill when he aeea or reada of the ceremony." |