Show i 11 COIOMU > J XIIW I irniil hi Her 1Inc l < t UCGII Ic li tnrlulcilli ali > Otfn n the OCCIlHlllll LONDON May 4Tho Queen formally opened Iho Colonial Inhibition to dny i ho eatlier It I beautiful Crowds pathoicd aloimgiie route taken hy her Majesty from uckinphnm Palace nnd greeted her vnth t1 I J t ld t thuslastio cheers The main halt in which hue opening ceremonies were conducted con-ducted was crowded with a largo number of orelRii princes and diplomats who attended Ir court dress together with scores of Brit Ish ofllcers present in full and glit riiin uniforms Tin Irlnco of Wales tbo lInks of Ldinbnrgli 1rinco Henry of llattenberg nud his wife 1nncess Bea rice and the Crown Princess ictona of ermanv led the royal procession through o nit tho building aa were followed by Jinrd nrtington tho Marquis of Salisbury 1 arl erby and scores of other nobles and ills imuishcd persona the most prominent feature of tho opcn lug ceremonies was tho odo composed fore les b gnOIF rd ihe occasion by Tennyson This wan apiificontly rendered by n vast choir of euueefuhly selected voices iho ode was sung jUit previous to the Queens formal declarn tiait that the exhibition wns open The thIrd portion of tho ode wns evidently composed com-posed with 11 view to stimulating intema lonul fraternity between the two great English speaking nations end is in the fol wing words Britain fought her SOlS of yoro Britain failed end nevermore Careless of our growing kin Shall we sin our fathers sin Men that in n narrower dny Unprophctio Drove from out rulers l tho they mothers nest J hat young eagle of the West lo forngo for herself nlone Britons hold your own Iho last part of tho ode which is in four wrtions makes the following significant al I 1 I nsion to tho 101 crisis in British poll csShall tcsShnl we not through good and ill Cleave to ono another still 1 Britains myriad voices cal Son bo welded each and all Into ono Imperlnl whole Ono with Britain heart and soul One life fleet throne one flag one leelone Ihrulo Unions hold your own And God guard nil The Queen seas profoundly pleased ulli the ode and vvitli the manner in which it was rendered by the choir She nodded and smiled with pleasure nnd approval at much entiment us it was bioucht out nud eeraed nL exceeding enjoy the en husinsm which tho poem and evoked in the vast concourse music whose npplnnso i was heartyenthusiastic i aud long continued |