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Show ''God Save the King" Shouted Through the Streets of London London, Juno 22. "Long Live George V, King by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Groat Britain Brit-ain and Ireland and of the British Dominion Do-minion beyond the seas, Defender of tho Faith, Emperor of India." Such is the official greeting and such the cry taken up todaj and echoed throughout the country and beyond the seas, as the coronation ceremonies cer-emonies in Westminster Abbey gives offical sanction to the rolgn of tho eighth member of the House of Han over. The coronation of today, with Its Impressive ceremony of Investiture at Westminster Abboy and with Its series of spectacular ovonts on a scale of unprecedented grandeur and magnitude, magni-tude, has been planned with the utmost ut-most precision of detail under the .general direction of the Earl Marshal the Duko of Norfolk, assisted by Lord Kitchener, Lord Roberts, and many others familiar with events conducted on a prodigious scale The program of the day is broadly summed up as follows. 0:30 a. m.: Wostmlnstor Abboy opens for royal and offical guests and closes at 9 a. m. 9-45 a. m.- Royal procession formG along the route from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abboy. 10:30 a. m : King George and Queon Mary, with their lords, ladles and attendants, leave Buckingham Palace for Westminster Abbey. 11 a. m to 2 p. m.: Coronation ceremony cer-emony at Westmlnstor Abboy 2 '30 p. m.: Royal procession through the streets of London, from Constitution Hill through Piccadilly, Pall Mall, Trafalga Square, Strand and Fleet street, returning by the Mall to Buckingham Palaco. Night: Illuminations throughout London: signal fires at hundreds of rocky headlands and ports throughout England, Scotland and Ireland. Dinner at the foreign of lice to tho kin.? and queen and royal and offical guests The central feature of these elaborate elab-orate ceremonies is tho coronation Itself, It-self, occurring toward noon today In the venerable and historic Westminster Westmin-ster Abbev. Tho king and queen drive to the abbey In the famous state carriage which has borno so many kings and aneons. It was built by King George III In 17GL and Is a model of artistic beauty and solidity It weighs over four tons and Its finely polished oaken body Is covered with allegorical paintings paint-ings and panels by Cipriani Eight of the celebrated horses from the royal stables, all of matched cream color, with harness of red morocco and gold-plated gold-plated faclncs. draw the coach on Its way along the route to tho abbey. As tho king aud queen enter the abbev hpy are received by the thousands thou-sands of royal and official guests, while the choir of- Westminster chants Psalm CXXII "and tho chimes of all I ondon and the kingdom jinc out their greeting The offical greeting to k'n?-. and queen is first extended by the Archbishop Arch-bishop of 'Westmlnstor, twho. addressing ad-dressing the assembled- guests- 7,un'd through them tho people of EDgland says : ' , "Sirs, I hero present unto you King., George, tho undoubted King of this. Realm: Wherefore all yon who aro come this day to do -your -homage and service, aroyoiL willingjto do the same'" ' i - , The astfent of'the assembled mnltir tude in glvon with, "God Save tho King." aud this Is taken up and echoed echo-ed outside whllo trumpets Bound, announcing tho official recognition and tho putting on of the crown. The archbishop also receives the oath of the king, solemnly promising to govern tho -people according to the statutes in jiatliament and tho respective, re-spective, lawB and customs- of tho same. As tho archbishop places the crown upon the king's head, he intones: in-tones: "O God, the crown of the faithful: T31e8s wo .beseech Thee and sanctify this Thy servant Goorge our King; and as Thou dost this day sot a crown of pure gold upon his head, so enrich hlB royal heart with Thlno abundant grace and crown him with all princely virtues, through the King eternal Jesus Chrfst our Lord. Amen." The king sits in the historic chair of St. Edward as the crown Is placed upon his head. The Dean of Westminster West-minster Is tho custodian of thp crown and delivers it to the archbishop arch-bishop at the moment the latter places It upon the head of the sovereign. sover-eign. This done, the greeting of tho assembled guests and the multitude, outside is again given and re-echoed throughout the kingdom: "God Savo the King." The Queen's coronatfpn is accompanied with similar cero-monles cero-monles of Impressive dignity. The coronation ceremony combines many other features based on tradition tradi-tion "and coming down through the ages, Including the anointing, the Investing In-vesting with the armlll and royal robe, tho delivery of the orb, tho presenting pre-senting of the Holy Bible, the hom-ago, hom-ago, the lnthronlzation. tho sermon, the communion tho prayor of consecration, consecra-tion, and the Te Deum Laudnmus, combining the pomp and pageantry of feudal and medieval ages, with tho glitter and outward Bhow of tho days of chivalry. Accompanying tho King and Queen and sitting beside them throughout the Impressive ceremony, are to bo the Duke of Connaught and the young-Prince young-Prince of Wales, the latter wearing' the uniform of a naval cadet. Carrying Carry-ing tho canopy over the head of the King arc to be four Knights of the Gartor, the Earl of Cadogan. tho Earl of Rosebery, tho Earl of Crow, and the Earl of Mlnto The canopy carried car-ried over the head of Queen Mary is borne by four duchesses, namely, the Duchess of Hamilton, the Duchess of Montroso the Duchess of Portland and tho Duchess of Sutherland. The King's magnificent robo mado of the cloth of gold has a train borne by eight pages, namely, the Marquis of'i Hartington, the Earl of Alrllc, Vis-count Vis-count Cranbourno, the Lord Romllly, and four others drawn from tho ranks of the nobility. Many of the foremost men of the Kingdom figure also In the various ceremonies of the coronation. The Duke of Northumberland Is the bearer bear-er of St Edward's crown. The Earl of Beauchamp is the "bearer of the swed of state. EarKRobertsj-isr?tlfe bearer Qf tfio second sword, andvVi3-' count Kitchoner bearer of the third sword The Duke of Argyle bears the scepter with the cross The Bishop of RIpon carries the king's regalia, while tho Duke of Somcrsot, the Duke of Richmond and others bear various other traditional emblems of the coronation coro-nation Queen Mary's crown is borno by the Duke of Devonshire, while the scepter and cross are carried by the Marquis ot Waterfordj. and the "ivory rod hy tho Earl of Durham. |
