Show u I H KING EDWARD VII OF ENGLAND IS DEAD Was Active in Affairs of State Until Wednesday Last When He Submitted to Physicians Orders Death Due to Pneumonia Following Bronchitis Royal Family Present But it Was So Sudden That Cabinet Was Not There Was Greatly Beloved by His People London May Ma 7 VII king kingor knor or of the th English l died at it 1146 11 o lock last night The niP Th prince prIne of ut t Wale WaI w Is la laI I king assuming the title Uti or nt George V vI I ami nd will take lake oath nth rr the th privy council at RI A I 2 l this Ihl afternoon Coming so sn H suddenly the Ih death of ie the th king kin cannot Innot but bring the th greatest Nt to to the th nation In heart It t Edward Edwrd first as prince prin of Wale WaiN Wal and aa sovereign held ild lIt first firstI I dace dward VHs short reign rin has hs h been beena a ft history of it r stirring aUrrin times It opened o ops with Ith the Ih conclusion or if r peace after a along long and Ir trI campaign In tn South Houth Africa ArM nd concluded 4 with the th crisis of r f one finO or of o the tb mot most momentous political cal al struggle or of o modern time Um tm between the peers and commons In a day da the political of or Great Britain ha haM I hn revolutionised Gathered ath around the th Ih of the king were the th queen and nr I princess No hope pe had ten been held out outI I through the th day dy for the th recovery 01 of oft his hla h majesty whose whoa death It Is i be bell t I eyed ll was wa w tile due t to I pneumonia follow rollow following I log InK bronchitis br contracted shortly utter efter his h hI la return rt u rn Biarritz Only On I a day dy or two Iw ago I the th king kInd wag w conducting the he I business b of or f state and giving nulIn nef hilt but on 01 Wednesday he h was we w compelled to I to physicians orders then until the end hi tile hta r decline d ln was wa J The Th king kin refused to 10 remain In bed I yesterday lie He Insisted upon getting up to transact business buln of state Ial as lIa a usual facing f till bis hi with courage C hind and deti He lie If had hd hadI I I I numerous n attacks of fIr choking and anil I In the th forenoon The Th ems mH ITI until eve evering evering I ring ng when wh till the II attacks took look Ih the form I 1 a It i failure cr or h Oxygen waa W WI I rr I administered ad vii red About to III O I leaking and nt t convey d 1 t I i the thC I h queen qun the theof of Wale Vh Iv und ml other members r rc i I t in family I mil who were Irl o ere waiting In an anI n nI I I Adjoining room rion the 0 tragic tr tiding that there fre thO I wa wee no hope h md ml 1 death wa was a amere npr mere matter flatter f r time The Tb king wee waa I then I partly lIy consi ti 1 end and nd soon oon after I iv r 11 led i II to recognise the I I queen Q and anil hlo hl son n ii nI I As tile the II evening advanced haneN he h ex cx experienced t dim In breathing I v h greatly affected the th heart heat the I I Ift 10 I rt ventricle Irl l failing to ti t art t while the th Ih I xi K g n no longer 1011 afforded relief 1 His maj maJI t again on sank ank Into Inta a comatose condition from which h he her r fl f T rallied roll The Th king k I nil was ie seriously uly ill III hardly more than Ihan three U daa I The Tue TIt Prince or I f Wale Wal succeeded to t the Ih liron Immediately according to tot t I the II laws or of the kingdom without of tl ial lt i moy HI Ill flIt first official act rt 1 In l I pursuance to tn custom was we to dl 11 I i t h lo to I the hp I rd mayor the announce t men ir r hi h titi rather fathers death deth HI Uta talc tele ga m lead iced 1 ANNOUNCEMENT OF or 0 DEATH 1 I J am Hill deeply grieved to tn Inform you ou hiT hat m rn lily beloved father the Ih king kiRK J pasiri ii il away peacefully pe at al 1141 ii 11 45 to tonight night lIht I i Sinned 1 i P I The Th p i II soon anon afterward Is le leI l lI I d 1 heir official bulletin which fol foI I w lav K 6 1150 II p m HI tile ilia majesty the theS I S tig II breathed his hi last at 1145 11 U tonight n 11 the Ih h presence of or her majesty Queen I the tite Ih Prince and nol Princes of vales nl Prince Irle lloyal the Ih Duchess l uh of ofin in 1 rr princes Victoria end and nd Prince I 1 10 und and 1 the I lIt Duchess I h or of Argyle I AKING REIO Powell Dawson Pneumonia nl following bronchitis I la 1 to have hv been ben the th cane 11 of or I tenth Ilith luit lut th doctor th thus thu tar far have hav fused to ti I make mak a statement Some Borne of ofIn In h i Kings k iu friend are ar convinced that orr rr rn over vr ver the Ih political situation ag eg agi egI i i vi Vit 0 red l 1 If It did not cause enuce the th fatal 1111 I I IS S I r I sides oa the th Ih fw few relative In Eng I Hid it 01 the I h Duke of lute Fife and antI the th arch ah hep Of or Canterbury were w In the I hot death deeth tinier Tim TIll kings king kin brother the th fluke Duke Duker r f c with his hla hi family Is III at al ML 1 listening home hom from Africa tria A The i MIR lilt iR i daughter Queen Qun of nf Nor Nori 1 i will ill Mart for tomorrow I Th Ti Intelligence t that the end coil nd of King Kin KingI 0 I iii reign had come coma om wa lIa not nol a an n prise 11 In m the Ih least The Th people 1 had tied expecting It any ny hour since In the th i bulletin was posted at RIKk BIkk h ic und ii tut 1 flashed throughout IhlO kingdom t K t n The Th capital eit received v It ItI 11 I ut exi X nt hut but sadly ertly for the I 1 lih II Ii h his hi own people I wa f i I I hi I 1 sill me n of or the th most t popular rulers rul the I th They him a ap lUll ep eph p i r h tin the to strongest tri fonts fur for the th 14 of r f the thO peace of f the th empire Th fn u alit t were w wI WC t I i f v Ing ln nod and a n tea few groups group of tr were making their I through lU t the Ih rain min while pm mil 11 I crowd ow still hung about the th pal palL palI L I 1 h Ti the th streets unit were filled awl sud ud I with newsboys shrilly crying u II i ith II f 1 the th king kl The Th paper 1 I r kly tad Iad and nud the Ih people dl 11 I s d f 1 the II I hi momentous event nt quietly i I 1 ii n i dispensed Th TI The were rP a it Ii 1 d I hv h t I 1 cIk Within a few rw mutes nIINI after the th death ileath of iI r the Ih king kingI kin kini I i i i t office wa Rs telegraphing the till thet tillI I I t Dig in i to I the h heads I of if f other gov v vI a I I 1 i ment rient and ind the th diplomat and end role colo I I I I 11 Ill ft r ti nils I i throughout the th world KM FX T n W t I i I VI 0 I uhn Ii 11 knew the Ih king kin expected his hi hiI I ih lh would ull be he 1 sudden Mulden end and nd it a t would woul l lI 1 I t 0 great graat surprise If I h ul 1 ci ri i Hired without warning at ato I o hi Iii I function as ii a a rull of oft it t Ahn to In the th end he hp her hir i r is i tn t i take to 10 hi bed and nd wile was w sit Put altI I 0 I m t i I f In a large I ch chair o u oi uh i h I h i trl go g fI corroborating the th j i n r Ii n of r him hi iii an ii ii an unruly patient I hi hid h ii Tr I 1 r flit ott gave v to 10 a l Vienna Inti i i i I t 1 ening ii f r the t h last utterances utterance attributed I j Hint hi i was Well II It 1 Is I all till tillI allI I v hut I think I t have hee done Ion my V II 1 I in d to tAi have hll ye reached rah a full I ih ii on 11 that thud deuth Ith was wa approaching in I n and lUul others nth of or the th royal c u i md Tit not lour four our other th had h been hii n fl con conni n 11 I 1 I ni in III h ii the I I h he sick room om throughout the th lIt ret hours hour l bf efi re his death th I C I b is iLM 4 In a c umi I ue condition 1 r I t 1 i 1 between h hum I and d 1 IS ISk Ik k iii II appeared MI ii to t I recognise 1 his lii ih 5 Then he h lapsed la Into i n f which 4 ended end n I In I ii death ut i th thI II I Uhn h Or PI ur St 81 t CHIr F tir Thompson Thom m ti the t tI I it I specialist laa a calli d In Int InI I t I ni morning It Wit was expected an all allu u r rf iti n T on fl the Ih throat would lIld be hi necee nece i MI I aMer lilt r a ii consult It wee waa Hii i I Ih lungs lung were w the t seal t of M the thes 1 11 Sf s I is S l Expert were held 1 Ir u i ss uc to t administer an anullI I n r ua ao feir the n nIh I I ii Ih heart might result In itt a H HI 11 I I 11 t l I u and on en n operation wa wee waI re I I 1 in inv a II inuit resort I r l Ii 14 flY i Im IF Ii lj S The Thi tb i b l is 10 Me Ia I i in iii the th king v J I the u pit wing of ut r I 4 I k lA i la III Lu lighted I f fI I while hl the ret rest at of ot the th great gloomy building with the th exception of Lord Knolly office t Mi III entirely It warn waa neatly nearly hf t an 11 hour after ner the king kina breathed the It hut leet when hen l Lord rd Knot Knol Knotty Knoll ty l lye walked Pd Into Inlo the office and said aid aaM to the walling lUna reporter Gentlemen hta h hi mJ jetty ty la ia I dead dIA The 11 people t U the Ute palace ce only teamed the news newn when boy appeared rood with nth paper In the meantime the tM Prince and Prince of W had taken leave of the th other r member of or the tb royal family at t the th main maiD entrance men anon after mid midnight midnight night They flay drove dr direct to Hber ou 0 ti houpe h Prince Victoria who hn I her hr mother mothr constant champion re remained I with the th queen q The Th other member of ot ii the family followed the Ihl Prince and of f Wele WI ri Throughout ut the empire the t new of the th king death wa wee w and d to today t today day Saga II are ra floating at the world over the tb social portal gloom which h h the t king death caM over Oft Eng Ene ng land several 1 Important and nd long It n planned event vente meet raMt he tIP ban bandone n done dond l The TIle and of ot Wales WI Wal were to It go tr to South Africa with lIh the th and nd the th prince wa to tt open n the I Spit lint parliament of the th new confederation but his bitt hi accession n to tn the th throne will now prevent thu The Th death of t f hi hili majesty will also mean the tM abandonment of the th principal pal function of ci 11 valVe tour The official reception and the entertainment will lie be canceled 1 and nd the presentation of the freedom of the th city and nd the luncheon at t the Ih probably will be given tv up opinion will demand ema that thai the Liberal Cram for reform reformIng reformIng Ing In the Ih house boo lIou of lords lord t r with a possible appeal to the crown to make maJIe the th mot most Important decision a sovereign 1 ha hai h beert called upon to l make malle In many years yra shall hall 11 be bI laid aid aside aulde for tor a Ion long longtime time They Th would be bI opposed to thrust log Ing upon King at atthe atthe t the th very vl beginning of 0 hi reign I when he h wee was tint t grappling with Ith Important routine work wt a question eo o vital to the future tulu of M the lIMo empire PiN OK OJ M Throughout the lb eight years year of ot King Kin reign ren the lieu 1 of re reform reform form torm venue veru 11 free f trade Inaugurated by bythe bythe bythe the Chamberlain h In InI May ty I 1101 has baa h been continuously under n The Tb close clow cl of or the I year eer iNS 1 saw maw w the end or ot the long lone administration tion Un and the accession of to 1 1 the lh premiership On nfl his hi to I the throne thron the Ihl king kl announced his hi Intention before the lh privy council to It walk In hi moth footsteps but while Queen Victoria VII lived almost a II life II lit of M retire retirement tift mint ment Interacting herself hlf mainly In home bm affairs affair the kings kine Influence ha h hn been n devoted devot more to International oal af affair affair r fair by b visits lo In foreign ft If courts court rill and nd by personal action of at constitutional character In various directions He lie U has hi ham made m every possible effort to In bring brin the Ih empire Mf Into the friendliest relation with other countries and ami nd his h hi efforts re I IW were W we so successful ful he h ha haa h been n pitHy MIlly known a aa Rdward the Ih Peace Peacemaker maker Politically tI A II Y Kin King Edwards reign rI ha h has been chiefly hi notable for the ti tIn tion n of r a an new era ra of social legislation for the Ih benefit or of t f the people Ie which followed the return of nf the tip liberals to power por after rt a lung long Ion Conservative regime The Th general elections election In 1555 1 fought on An the th free trade question brought the th strongest Ural government for tor many generation n Into In I power and mu under the and nt 04 ministries many measure reA dealing with education oki ok age pensions the rile rela relations 1 tinna of nf workers to 10 employer and nd connate cognate mitten matters were we put Into success successful tot ful operation Uon while the th greet crest Irish home ht m rule rul question has ha been n to tt a greet great extent thrust In the background T The Th reign 1 however rinses closes 11 at a period of great political unrest with witha a large lar section of the th community rig vig vigorously opposed oP ORf to the new ne Liberal pol policy icy hEy of nf encroachment on the I privileges prIvilege of nr the It landed and aristocratic classes 11 and with the tha Ih heeled heated question of or the Ih legislation of of if the house hou of f lord lords tariff reform and nd hum home rule rale rul still 1111 unsettled un The T kings death occurring at al mid midnight m night when the th newspapers were w go goIng Jr hog Ing to press precluded anything beyond the Ui bare announcement All the th morn mornIng mornIn log Ing In papers ra however appear with heavy mourning mound borders and n full rull hlo hl of the th dead dl sovereign They publish editorials deploring the na nations n loss lees 10 while many columns Ium of t f dis dispatches di 1 patches patch from fm abroad abr to tn the t In itt Intensity of nf Interest and alarm arm hi suit cud cudden au den 1 ha has h excited I throughout ul the world orld Little yet rt t has h ha been heard on nn the subject of nr the th new nw king II ni the th universal burden hurn of rut the th editorials being to In Inform inform form th the empire of t f the Ih great Int louis los 01 ins sus sustained ux is COMMENTS In the th Ib of ot his hi tame fame and nd what seemed m to his hi loyal subjects but the II middle of hl hi his reign In he I has h been cud sud suddenly ud denly stricken down says say ay the Ih Morn Mom Morning MomI hag ing I Post Poet Pl lom ha has an aim al English ih king kin and never n ha bee I a British king enjoyed throughout his hi life the same kindly personal affection extended to It King Only now too late It will willmen wi men mn nOd find how much ml they owed owe him and end how him h a part Pt he h unostentatiously pi pl i veil 1 The Th Telegraph ph sey ay Even In France Jn and nd the th States King Kin Brt J 4 ward commands well nigh as a warm Wr regard as ian can al be 1 extended tn to 10 their own on rulers litters II and If I this Ihl was w the rare case abroad what shall Mhli we e say ay of or the th feelings feelIng with which our dir beloved Iove sovereign wits was w re ia regarded r rd at 11 home hm Not three tl king In Inthe inthe the th whole range rangi rn of f our nir r hl en ti at t any atti 1 time such uch au h universal af affection faction a all uti wits was WB gIven Riven tn to i Edward VII VI throughout hout hi lifetime aven The Th Standard say ap The first of or ha he hM passed away wythe the mon monar ar arI h whose whoa WhO name nam lm la I I written among mon the th highest hl ht roll mi of long nt list Ual of f sovereigns a patriot a statesman a governor well wel fitted ild by b the th vigor vi of his hI Intellect am and a the II engaging n harm charm of his hi temperament to tt he IMo b the It actual aCul aCula a Re a well wel aa se the th ceremonial chief of t f the Ih peoples people ppl he h loved lovd so a well |