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Show BIG POPULAR PROCESSION IIUOIIDOH King and Queen Show . Themselves to Masses of Subjects. PARADE SURPASSES THAT OF YESTERDAY Route Longer, Including Most Populous Districts; Crowds BreaK Records. - JeOKDOIL- JaM- 81 tTIng - Oeotf a and Queen Mary today showed thata-1 selves to the masses as distinct from th morefavored class who wr able to obtain access to th circumscribed area j yesterday's pageant. Today's proceseios was os sa ve grander scale than that of the coronation. corona-tion. The route waa more extended, including a circuit of some of the most populous districts of the capital. The crowd that looked on were correspond, ingly greater and their majesties were accompanied bva large escort. The scenes along the rout wore to a great extent a repetition of those -of yesterday, with a much greater crowd of spectators. The proressina began te form ia the vard of Buckingham palace a ad th adjaeent streets at B o'clock, aad tw hours later it waa under way. t Bont of Froceesion. Between lines of cheering thousands the rovsl party made stately progress from Buckingham palace by wav of Constitution hill, Piccadilly. Trafalgar square, through the citv, over Loadoa bridge, bv Borough road and Westminster Westmin-ster bridge, thus making complete circuit. 'm ,.'', .' Th pageant Included four full squads of cavalry represeatiog alii branches of that arm of tha service, life guarda, dragoons, hussars and lancers, each accompanied by its own band and a section of horse artillery. These were followed bv all the naval' and military aides de camp on duty, th wax office, staff, detmtattoae of foreign for-eign officers, the roval suite.- th mesa, bers of th roysl family and tbs foreign for-eign ,prinees aad th colonial and ladies la-dies escorts, who Immediately precsdsd th tt carriage. ' In'ths roval eonlpeg wtrh th kin -emdqn'na iinlertena Wlrshsl Kitchener Kitch-ener and the bearer of the roval eta a dard. Ths roysl escort brought up th resr. . ; Warm Welcome Bvexywlier. Seats for many thousands had bee erected along this long rout aad th DTogreaa of the king asd quees waa indeed in-deed a royal on. Everywhere they received re-ceived an uprosrious wrlrcme from the visitors in the hotels, from th facades of Piccadilly, Trafalgar square and the Htrsnd; from the business men of Lon-j doa -proper, who hsd brought their wives snd children to the eitv for this dsv. snd sgais from their majesties' humbler subjects south of the river. The decorations of yesterday , remained re-mained in Piccadilly and those ia tha other atreets traversed wer not less spectacular. . In the Strand ther wer rows of maata, each bearing a red lion and underneath un-derneath a red velvet drapery with a lion rampant in th center. Festoons of various colors rsn from msst to masf. - Down Fleet atreet to l.udrste circus there were alternately Venetian masts with crossbar and pillar masts, the Venetisn mssts surmounted by aa angel an-gel or figure of fsme. with her trumpet, while he pillsr masts supported the British linn snd nniroru. The mSsts wers aossected by festoon of green-, erv. ., 1 Across the estranrs to London hridge a triumphal arch bad been ereoted, , Banting on Every Hons. South of the river every houss, no matter how modest, had a piece of hunting living. Kxcept for the absence of the gold coach the cavalcade was more brilliant than yesterday, and the stands along the route certainly made a brighter appearance. Those on Constitution, Con-stitution, hill, overlooking the palace garden, were filled with uniformed off) cers from every pert-of the world. tho had come to London to honor Britain 's king with their daintilv drrseed ladies On one stand were royal and other representatives of foieign states, in another an-other were military ofrirere attached to the suites of these representatives, and in the front rows of still another stand wer naval officers from Ihe interna tional ships at Mpilhead. including Cnn tain Cove of the American IpattlrsUii, Hrluw.-ire and hi" officers. The naval visitor- were attended Jiv officera of the British navy and the naval attaches at-taches of the foreign mission snd em haire. ' ' HI. tieoree's hwpltal, opposite Trxf algar hill snd opi-otite Hvdo park corner cor-ner and Piccadilly, were hidden by -tand occupied by a crowd of uniformed uni-formed niir;es. side bv side with men and women who had paid enormous prices for their scats. The windows t f hfrsttoa house, snd cats in tlti rcuf. cere occupied by irnt. ef Spceiil Amcriesn Embassador Ilnmiiiond. These included the duchess of Arcvll. Ihe steeial emhustadtr ' ht:iff in full uniform, mciihera of the American embassy and Many Amrri can women. The crlv morning was none too p!rMnt -" 'far as the weather was concerned. con-cerned. The kv viae overcast and w-rasi.inal w-rasi.inal drizzling sl.c-wers kept the lect:ttcr it, d.ult whether it would be nr-erv to r-iiec their umbrellas llow ever, there were aeaviir ahow-rr ahow-rr ns in the earlv hiiira voterilnv snd lboc taking purt in the rocesion drove in open carriages, thus 3d J inn much interest lo the pageant. Almost eiaetlv at the apioiMed hour the colonial and Indiaa eostiagents. which were to lead the way over the seven-mile route, formed oa Victoria embankment snd proceeded up the Mall, past Buckingham palace to Constitution (Continued sa page 10.) POPULAR PROCESSION (Continued from page I.) I kill and Hvde park toner. It m ! wonderful display of soldiery thst pre I ceded tb carriages, exhibiting all the cavalry uniform of the empire. A eontineent of Canadians J"ortecl td Brat carriage, occupied by Jir V. frid Laurier, premier of Canada, and Premier Fisher of Australia. Thu wax followed by other carriages carrying Premier Morria of Newfoundland. Pre tier Botha of the Union of booth Africa, Af-rica, Premier Ward of New Zealan.1. the governor! aad commissioners ofj smaller tetanies, each escorted by troops from their respective countries. Xorthwsst Mounted Police. The were followed by the ever pop alar trooper, th northweat mntintM I polic and as Afrieaa force orjfaniKcd on aim liar line. Tba eoloaial in royal camsjfea and 1 - wearing onifonna and decoration came next and -era cheered all along the )ina and with pexl viEnr when they I paaaed the atanda occupied hy fellow colonial!. For pietttreaqueiieaa the Indian aec iioa, aeit in line, eouJd nut be excelled anvwhere ia the world. The Indian cavalry in t - OTgHn ailken nm-formt nm-formt and turbaoa. wearing medal won a the field of battle, preceded the car riagea ia which wert the ruling Jndian nrineea and rtoteBtatee. The latter were fairly weighteii down with jewels of enormous vslue. Their eostumes, in elnding turbans and tunics, were of very imaginable hue. They reeeived a hearty reception at which they were Tisiblr pleased. Althoogh enjoying the spectacle as Londoners always do, the people were out todsy to see their majesties, and Tktm m salatt fr"1 hr battery.jn, Hyde park announced that the king and queea had left the palace there was a rush o the part of those who hsd not already obtained places to points from which they might get a glimpse of the imperial ones. The royal procession was msne up much aa on yesterday, though somewhat longer, as it included many who before were in attendance at Westminster abbey. Offlcan and Troopers Lead. ' la advance waa a long line of troop ers and officers. Indian, colonial and . British, all brilliantly uniformed. A driuling raia fell as the royal carriage, car-riage, drawn by eight eream colored , steeds, slowly earn, up Constitntioa hill, , but it did not dam pes the enthusiasm j of the crowds, who were there to rive the sovereigna their first welcome since1 eoronation day. I The king wore a Held marshal's lisi , form with a sash of the Order of the Osrter. The queen wss dressed in white and I wore a bine aasb of "the Order of the J Garter. Her hst was trimmed with ostrich feathers in two shades of blue. , Krom end to end of the long route their majesties received a aolably spoil- taneons and loyal welcome. Folowing the sovereigns was a ear riage containing the duke of :onnaught sad duchess, princes, generals and offl-; eers, including the earl of (trsnsrd, the; duke of Norfolk aad military attaches. ' eiaeag them Xajor 8. L. II. Hlocutn of the American embassy. The procession stopped at Waterloo place to receive an address from the; .council of Westminster City and other points to aeeept addresses from local j rivie bodies. Winston Bpeneer Church- j ill, aa home secretary, attended these, ceremonies, aecepting'the addresses for the king and delivering to the king me rapiy waiea ae wss to mass. At Temple Bar, At Temple bar there was a more elaborate eeremoar. Here the lord mayer of London, afoot, and the sher- iffs, on horseback, awaited the coming : of their majesties, and uikio their ar-, rival, surrendered to the king the city's peart sword. His majesty simply ; touched the hilt as a sign of his sr--eeptanca, the lord mayor then reeeiv- leg back the sword as lord mayors hava done for maay years. Th, lord msvor then remounted, and with the sheriffs, joined the procession, continuing with it until it reached the eitv boundary at London bridge. Aa the eovereigas passed through the. center f the city, millions of lights arranged for illuminations simuitane-: . ously were turned on, and the great! i crowd about the royal exchange re-! doubled their e beers. Oa the ether side of London bridge the king was in one of bis many home districts, or rather his former home, for here, aa the duke of Cornwall, he was the largest ground landlord. Ia their address the southern boroughs bor-oughs referred to the improvements i which the king had made in the build- i ings on the estate, which are occupied i by the poorer classes. Replying, kia majesty paid a tribute to the work done by the borough eoua- j eil to improve the conditions of the; people, and promised tost the duchy I would continue to do its share. All through Month London nnd bark again, through Westminster, Whitehall and the Mali to Buckingham palace, erowda filled the stands that lined the route and cheered heartily the appearance appear-ance of their majesties. . A stirring day closed with aa outburst out-burst oa the pari of the troopa and the people ia the vicinity of Buckingham i paiare, similar to the spontaneous demoastratiuaa made yesterday when j the sovereigns showed themselves on the balcony of the paiare upon their return from the coronation ceremonies at the abbey. |