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Show PROCESSION THROUGH THE STREETS OF LONDON IS 1ST SPECTACULAR sst . people Again Cheer the King and Queen and If Eagerly Crowd Along the Line of March jf to Get a Glimpse at the Sovereigns-m Sovereigns-m Military Display Is Unequaled-m Unequaled-m Troops From India in Gor m geous Silk Uniforms if . ,SIk Loudon, June 23. King: George and JtlQueen Mary today showed themselves HJlMito the masses as distinct Trom the jajfcVtnore favored classes who -are able to iQfflfcbtain accesB to the circumscribed W rea of yesterday's pageant. W) i Today's procession was on an oven 'J.lj (grander scale than that of the coron-dTi coron-dTi ptlon. The route was more extended, gjfc Including a circuit of some of the 19 'most populous districts oT the capital. Si i?ne crowcJs that looked on were cor-oag cor-oag Tespondlugly greator and their majes-rSTi majes-rSTi 'Jles were accompanied by a large es--tiM 'cort 5 The scenes along the route were a "hM -jepetltlon of yesterday The proces-9 proces-9 ,flon began to form in the yard of Bucking Buck-ing Jj'ngham Palace, and the adjacent Kjj Jstreets at 9 o'clock and two hours lat-,- 'er It was under way. S Between lines of cheering thou Ciit sands, the royal party made stately JEj progress from Buckingham Palace by rS ytay of Constitution Hill, Piccadilly, Jm Trafalgar Square, through the city, gMover London Bridge, bv Borough Road 3 (Westminster Bridge, thus making a ffj Complete clrcuiL mSa The pageant Included four full W, jsquads of oavnlry representing all branches of that arm of the service. iHlEjlife guards, dragoons, hussars and M jlanccrs, each accompanied by Its own jjjjband and section or horse artillery, 2L I These were followed by all the naval jB;and military aides-de-camp on duty, the war office staff, deputations' ot jjS ioreijn officers the royal suite, in ffi! 'Which were the members of the royal jS family and the foreign princes, and M ;the Colonial and Indian escorts, who MB Immediately preceded the state car- 'riage pS In the royal equlppage with-the king iMpnd queen rode Field Marshal Kltchcn-Ber Kltchcn-Ber and the bearer of the royal stand-fyward stand-fyward The royal escort broug'ht up the fffipf' Royal Welcome. uj&i Seats for many thousands had been HerecteH along this long route, and the progress of the king and queen was J jludecd a royal one. Everywhere they jjjofrrccolved an uproarious welcome from 'jttho visitors In the hotols, from tne Hi elands of Piccadilly, Trafalgar Square, V and the Strand, from the business Simen f London proper, who had ?t brought! their wives and children to ygl the city for this day, and again from B the humbler subjects south of the wC? river. w s The decorations of yesterday re-Mr re-Mr malned in Piccadilly and those In the other streets traversed were not less ffllt spectacular. In the Strand were rows "'of masts, each bearing a red lion and underneath a red velvet drapery with Sa lion rampant In the center. Fes- (toons ot various colors ran from mast I 'to mast, flBj t Down feet street to Ludgate Circus. ithero were alternately Venetian masts HJlUand cross bar and pillar masts. The Jjjmasts were connected by festoons of flrffgreenry. ufjff Across the entrance, to London w'fBrldge a triumphal arch had been 0 ferected. I South of the river every house, no jlmatter how modest, had a piece or ilbuntlug flying Except for the .ifr laence of the gold coach, the cavalcade Ll 'iwas more ril,,ant than yesterday and ithc stands alon? the route certainly 35made a brighter appearnnce Those M (Ion Constitution Hill, overlooking the L?lpalace garden, was filled with unl-W unl-W Wormed olflcers from every part of the "it !ljworld who bad come to Ixindon to '-honor Britain's kin with their dalntl-ai dalntl-ai ;ly dressed ladles. tj I People Everywhere. i.itl One stand contained the royal, and J 'Janother foreign guest6, while an-ri an-ri Jbther accommodated officers attnehed fflito the suites or these representatives, it :' and In the front rows of still another Htf stand were naval ofQcem from the ln-) ln-) ternntlonal ships at Splthead, includ- ' ing CapL Gove of the American Bat-ft Bat-ft tleship Delaware and his officers. j2 These naval visitors were attended by t officers of the British navy and the Js i naal attaches of tho forcing mis-S mis-S ' slons and embassies. R ! SL George's hospital, opposite Con-?8titutlon Con-?8titutlon HSU, and tho residences H, around Hyde Park corner and Pacca-w?dllly Pacca-w?dllly were hidden by stands occupied W ') by a crowd of uniformed nurses, with fPJ men and women who had paid cnor-A cnor-A l mous prices for their coatB Z t The windows of Stratton House and J ,) seats on the roof were occupied by iK.Jpueatu of special American Ambassa-;it Ambassa-;it I dor Hammond Theso Included the DuchesB of Argj-ll, the special ambas- f eador's staff In full uniform, mom-R mom-R j bers of the American embassy and 2 jmany American women. Jp $ Tho early morning was nouo too jJWfpleasant so" far as the weather waR jJP j concerned. The sky was overcast and i occaslonal drizzling showers kept tho jm paraderB In doubt as to whether the 7i should raise their umbrellas. There fir ?were no heavy showers as In tho early Zp "hours ypsterdav and those taking part pin the procession drove In open car-B car-B triages, thus adding much interest to Tjj ,Uhe pageant. g Seven-Mile Route. gfj i! At almost exactly the appointed JSi hour. the Colonial contingents, which j jwpre to lead the wav over the seven-S seven-S L,rnile route, formed on Victoria em-gj em-gj bankment and proceeded up the Mall, past Buckingham Palace to Constitution Constitu-tion Hill and Hyde Park corner. It wus a' wonderful display of soldiery that preceded the carriages, exhibiting exhibit-ing all the cavalry uniforms of the empire. em-pire. A contingent of Canadians escorted es-corted the first carriage, occupied by Sir Wilfred Lauricr, Premier of Canada Can-ada and Premier Fisher, of Australia This was followed by other carriages carrying Premier Morris, of New Foundland, Premier Botha of the Union of South Africa, Premier Ward of New Zealand, the governors and commissioners of smaller colonies, each escorted by troops from their respective re-spective countries They were followed by the ever-popular ever-popular troopers, tho Northwest mounted police and an African force organized on similar lines. The colonials, wearing uniforms and decorations, came next and wcro cheered nil along the line and with especial vigor when they passed the stands occupied 'by fellow colonials. Cavalry From India. For picturesqueness, the Indian I section next in line could not be excelled ex-celled anywhere In the world. The Indian cavalry, in the most gorgeous silken uniforms and turbans, wearing medals won on the field of battle, pre- j ceded the carriages in which were the ruling Indian princes and potentates. poten-tates. The latter were fairly loaded down with jewels of enormous value Their costumes, Including turbans and tunics, were of every imaginable hue They received a hearty reception at which they were visibly pleased. Although enjoying tho spectacle as Londoners always do. the people were out today to see their majesties and J when a "salute, first 'by a battery In Hyde Park, announced that the king ' and queen had left the Palaco there was a rush on the part of those who had not already places from which they might get a glimpse of the imperial im-perial ones The royal procession was made up much as on yesterday, though somewhat some-what longer as It Included many which before were In attendance nt i Westminster Abbey Troops In Line. ' In the advance was a long line of j troops and officers, the Indian, Colonial Colo-nial and British, all brilliantly unl- I formed. A drizzling rain fell as the ' royal carriage drawn by eight cream colored steeds slowly came up Con- stltutlon Hill, but It did not dampen the enthusiasm of tho crowds, who were there to give the sovereigns their first welcome 3lnce coronation day. , The king wore a 'field marshal's uniform with a sash of the Order of the Garter The queen was dressed In white and wore a blue sash or the Order of the Garter Her hat was trimmed with ostrich feathers In two shades of 'blue From end to end of the long route, their majesties received a notably spontaneous and loyal wel- j come I Following the sovereigns was a carriage .containing" the Duke of Connaught and the duchess, princes, generals and officers of state, including includ-ing the Earl of Granurd, the Duke of Norfolk and military attaches, , among them Major S. L H. Slocum, of the American embassy. The procession slopped at Waterloo Place to recehe an address from the council of Westminster city, and at other points to accept addresses from local civic bodies. Lord Mayor Surrenders City. Winston Silencer Churchill, as home ' secretary, attended these ceremonies, I accepting the addresses for the king i and delivering to the king the reply which he was to make At Temple Bar there was a more elaborate cere- mony Here the Lord Mayor of I.on- ' don, afoot, and the sheriffs on horse- , back awaited the coming of their ' majesties, and upon their arrival surrendered sur-rendered to the king the city's pearl ' sword. His majesty slmph touched ( the hilt as a sign of his acceptance, the Lord Mayor then receiving back tho sword as lord mayors have done j for many years. The Lord Mayor then remounted, ' and, with tho sheriffs, joined the procession, pro-cession, continuing with It until It reached the boundary at London Bridge. As the soverelgus passed . through the center of the city, mil- j lions of lights arranged for lllumlna- , tlons simultaneously were turned "on, but great crowds about the royal exchange ex-change redoubled tho cheers. On the other ?lde of London Bridge, the king was in one of hla many home districts, or rather his former home, ' for here as the Duke of Cornwall, he was the largest ground landlord In their address the southern boroughs bor-oughs roferred to tho Improvcpicnts which the king had made In Unbuilding Unbuild-ing of the estate which Is occupied by the poorer1 class. Hoplylng, his majestj- ,paid a tribute tri-bute to the work done by tho borough council to Improve tho conditions of the people, and promised that the duchy would continue to do its share. All through south London and back again through Westminster, White Hall and the Mull, to Buckingham Palace, crowds filled the streets that lined the route and cheered heartily the appearance of their majesties. A stirring day closed with an outburst out-burst on the part of the troops and the people in the vicinity of Buckingham Bucking-ham Palace similar to the spontaneous spontane-ous demonstration made yesterday when the sovereigns showed themselves them-selves on the "balcony of tho Palace on their return from the coronation ceremonies at the abbey |