1936-01-29 — Page 9

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1936.

LATE KING'S REMAINS CONVEYED

Silent Tributes By Vast

To Beloved. Monarch

Crowds

Sorrowing Royalty In The Procession

London, January 28.

Vast throngs of people lining the route of the funeral procession watched with bowed heads the last journey, of their lamented Sovereign, the late King George V, 'who' was buried with the full honours of an Admiral of the Fleet at St. George's Chapel in Windsor. In complete silence, broken only by the firing of minute guns from Hyde Park and the Tower of London and the tramp of thousands of feet, the funeral proces sion vet off from Westminster Hall at 9.49 a.m. at a signal by wireless.

The gun carriage bearing the coffin was drawn by sailors. befitting the last journey of a Sailor King, and near the end of the imposing procession all afoot, except the ladies, were bands of Household Cavalry, detachment of the Royal Air Force, Colonial Corps, the Dominion, Navy and Territorial Army (which were participating. for the first time at a State ceremony), Indian Services. Royal Tank Carps, Infantry of Line, Foot Guards. Artillery, Cavalry of Line, followed by high officers of all Ser vices, Massed Bunds of the Brigade of Guards, and Combined Pipe Bands of the Irish Fusiliers and Highlanders. Then came the heriditary Earl Marshal of England, the Duke of Norfolk

The gun carriage was immediately followed by the Royal Standard, King Edward in the uniform of an Admiral of the Fleet, the Duke of York in Royal Air Force uniform, the Duke of Gloucester in the uniform of Major of the Hussars and the Duke of Kent in Naval uidform, the Earl of Harewood, foreign Sovereigns, Princes and other representatives, all in full dress aniform. The Queen. the Princess Royal and Royal Duchesses were in carriages.

Tokens Of Mourning On The Route

For two hours the procession, marching to slow time with arms reversed, progressed through the troop-lined streets. "

The buildings were draped li black and purple; and the vast crowds of completely silent men and hatless women dressed in mourn ing and with bowing heads were in strong contrast to the cheering: thousands and beflagged building on the same route only last year on the occasion of Their Majesties Jubilee drives.

which

The tali venetian poles at the Jubilee supported the gay bunting were again trected along the whole length of the funera: route, but this time, heavy czepr was draped and pale to pole was zecured by black cords.

and

Every window, balcony many special stands were packed with people dressed in black.

In Hyde Park six hundred men c the British Legion bearing sixty standards, including many foreign representatives besides Germany. pald a last samite as the gun car- rage went past.

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COFFIN LOWERED

TO

RESTING PLACE AT WINDSOR

WORLD PAYS TRIBUTE

"THE LATE KING

SERVICES IN CHINA

Shanghai Cathedral Crowded

Services Held In All Parts

London, Jan. 28. Tributes to the memory of King George were paid in all parts of the world to-day. Messages receiv ed by Reuter report that a day! of mourning was observed by Bri- tish commünities in all parts of the world. Flags were generally half masted and impressive me-

morial services attended by heads of the governments were held in all parts.

The King and Queen of Italy and Premier Mussolini attended a! service ac All Saint's Church in Rome,

Chancellor Hitler with members of the cabinet were pre- sent at a service at the English Church in Bern. M. Sarraut and ather

French cabitet members were present at the British Emi- bassy Church in Paris. Marsha Chiang Kai-shek and other cab- net members were: present at a service in Shanghai,

Shanghal, Jan. 28. People of all walks in life includ- At "Canberra, Lord Gowrie, new ing many foreign diplomatic off-Governor-General, made his Arst cers counsellors and municipal official appearance at a service Dacials crowded Holy Trinity on the steps of Parliament Build- Cathedral this morning for the jing, attended by the Prime Minis- memorial-service to-King George. ter and other cabinet-members.

The congregation overflowed the Political talks in Cairo lawn where they followed the ser-ulled and the leading Egyptian. vice through a loudspeaker.

were present at a service, st Kas- rini barracks. Shops, offices and bazaars were closed.

A detachment of 50 Lancashires, 50 naval men, a detachment of British units and Corps also attended.-

one hundred one-minute strokes

From the Station the procession! The coffin was meanwhile low- | || Heuter, proceeded to the Sovereign's Galeered slowly into the passage lead- way through the town

ing to the Royal vaults. Then the The Royal Moga.

skirting

The route was lined with regular troops, also Oxford and Cambridge University students. as well 02 those of En and other schools etc., and every fifteen yards there were standards draped with crepe and linked with violet and black cords,

STRIKING INCIDENTS

marked Two striking incidents the burial service, at St. George's Chapel. Firstly, the sprinkling of earth from a silver vessel by the King on his father's comin during the committal and secondly, the proclamation by the Garter King-| at-Arms of the titles of the de- ceased monarch.

As the funeral procession enter- the West door, the choir sang the opening sentences.

The cofan was placed on a spec- la bler in the choir, the King and Queen Mary standing at the head Steward the Earl Marshal, Lerd and Garter King-at-Army at the

Was

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AT PADDINGTON STATION The bearer party of Grenadier Guards at Paddington Station foot. slowly carried the coffin to

The principal mourners were be speciar black and purple

Laloon. hind the King and Queen Mary

while the whole choir while other Royalties saluted.

Garter Royalties entered.

train cupled by Knights of the the which was drawn by a locomotive and foreign Royalties. The nave to Windsor Castle, which the King accommodated one thousand spec

Tiers were drove with the Queen on the foot-ally invited persons. plate during the visit Swin- erected on each side.

The Bishop of Winchester, who don Works in 1924.

Order of the is Prelate of the Garter, read the lesson from Re- velaffon 21, after which the hymn "Abide. With Me"

to

At the moment when the train crossed the Thames Bridge enter ing the borough of Sebastopol the bell in Round Tower, which is only tolled at the death and fun- eral of a monarch began

tolling

was sung."- The Archbishop of Canterbury read the burial sentences.

ALL-NIGHT VIGIL ROYALTY PAY HOMAGE

People Sleep On Pavements

People began to take up posi- tions at Whitehall and elsewhere at 7 o'clock last evening.

Edgeware Road was a remark able scene of edvity all night long | and thousands passed ceaselessly up and down,

Fortunately the threatened rain beld off and the night was fairly

mild.

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London; Jarı. 27.

Queen

Queen Mary, went to Westminster Hali again this evening and stood before the coffin of the late King for some minutes. The Mother was accompanied by mem- bers of her family us well as for- eign Royalties who are staying at Buckingham Palace.

While the Royal party remained the proces- sion of the pubile was interrupted,

During the day other foreign Royalties and representatives of toreign countries were arriving in Londen for the funeral and visited Westminster Hall to pay homage at the catafalque.— British Wireless.

FLORAL TRIBUTES

The crowds were remarkably silent and orderly. "At6 .. many streets on the route were: lined four and Ave deep. Lights.

London, Jan. 21: blazed as practically every private

Bome Afteen hundred wreathi house and at Oxford and Cambridge

from mourners in every part of Terrace from which there was an incessant hammering as windows the world and of every degree from were taken out and seats erected. Kings to the poorest of the late King's subjects had reached Wind- In some streets vendors of camp stools piled a goaring tradejosor Castle this morning and wil At Piccadilly numbers of well-day hundreds more have been ar dressed people lay on newspapers diving. They have come from spread on the pavements. Others foreign Royalties including the were huddled in the doorways. Emperor of Japan, the King of A girl at 8t. James Street brought Italy, the Emperor of Ethiopia and a complete bed and slept peace the x-Kaiser, from foreign and fully covered with blankets of Empire Governments, from Mum

cipalities, Institutions and Or elderdown

ganisations of every kind as well Reuter.

committal prayers were said when' the King with Intense emotion

pringled earth on the coffin.

After the rendering of the nym I Heard a Volce from He.cven the Lord's Prayer, and the Anthem 'God be in my Heart," the Arch- bishop of Canterbury pronounced

he Blessing.

The service concluded with the Dead March in Saul on the organ and singing, unaccompanied enhancing the beauty of the voice. The funeral was simultaneously broadcast to twenty countries.

ROYALTY PRESENT

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the

Volunteer

PEIPING TRIBUTES ··

Petping, Jan. 28. Two services in honour of King George were held at the British Embassy chapel this morning, due to the small size of the chapel and the number of those wishing to at- tend

were

Leading the cities in India, the unwonted silence of the

streets

ia Bombay was broken only by ar occasional tram or bus.

PROCESSION LEAVES

WESTMINSTER

Many Cases Of Fainting

On The Route

Bearing a cross "of red and white flowers, Queen Mary's tribute

to Britain's greatly lamented monarch, and the tokens of his "high office placed thereon, the coffin of the late King began its last journey from Westminster to Paddington Station through streets Kned with dense crowds shortly before 10 o'clock.

The anticly of the crowds to have a last look at the stately and solemn procession was so great that there was a certain amount of pressure on the pavements, but on the whole they conducted them- selves in an orderly manner and quickly responded to a poliçe ap peal at the Marble Arch. There were about eight hundred canialties mostly cases of fairiting.

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Incidents along the route of the processlan, which induded a tribute from sad-faced Princess Margaret Rose, are described in the following account cabled by Renter,

SEA OF FACES AT HYDE

London, Jan. 28.

brooded

Drab menacing akies over the long rain-washed ribbon route from Westminster to Pad-

dington.

Reuter's correspondents the whole way uniformly record that every inch of space on the pave- ments was crammed in the early hours by firstcomers, wet and be- draggled as later arrivals com- pelled them to rise from plants or newspapers on which they had at- fully dazed.

CASES OF FAINTING

· An" occasional brief appearance of the sun raised false hopes and Two minutes' silence was re- verently observed at 1.30 p.m. in orightened the faces, which were London, although it did not syn-Uke a sea on the open spaces of

Hyde Park

chronise with the service at Wind- or owing to late arrival of the funeral train.

Vivid running accounts of the

broadcast to funeral were

the United States, France, GermanTM Denmark and other countries.

General Sung, Cheh-yuan sent! representatives and also inscribed & scroll reading: "The Chinese people share with the British people their carer" grief at the death of their King.”— Reuter...

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HANKOW OBSERVANCES

Hankow; Jan, 28. The flagship. Bee fired a last salute after which services were held aboard in the individual gun- boats.-

In addition to the Kings Norway, Belgium, Denmark, Bul-Reuters zaria and Rumania, foreign royal- ties Included the Queen and Crown Prince of Norway, the Count of Fanders, Prince Axel, the Crown Princess of Denmark, the Quien Mother of Rumania, the Prince Regent of Yugoslavia, the Prince

Pledmont, the Crown Prince and Princess of Sweden, Prince George of Greece, the Prince Con- sort. of Luxemburg, Crown Prince Farouk of Egypt, Prince Salih of Albania, Prince Chula Chakra- bongse of Slam, Prince Frederich

Prussia, Prince Ernest Augustus i Brunswick, Duke of Saxécoburg Prince Alvaro of Bourban OricanS and the leading foreign represen patives. Mr. Norman Davis (United Lebrun (France), States). M. signor Grandi (Italy), Baron van Neurath (Germany), and M Lit- vinoff (Soviet Russia) Heuter.

WESTMINSTER HALL PILGRIMAGE

London, Jan.

27.

The last day of the lying in mate uf the body of King George has been an unbroken continuation of avast concourse which has made the pilgrimage sirice Friday morn-i ing to pay homage before the Catafakue in Westminster Hall

A driving rain most of the day

failed to disperse or apparently to lessen the crowds which assembled, and the queue, many deep at one. time, reached a length of three miles. In order not to disappoint the mourners who have come from all parts the authorities have again arranged for the Hall to remain open into the early hours, of the morning and the doors will not be shut "finally till 4 a.m. only some five hours before the cofen is due to start an is laat journey to Windsor. ~ British: Wireleın.

TOTAL OF FILGRIMS

London Jan, 28, When Westminster Hall closed at 4 m., a total of 809,182 had wit neased the, lying-in-state Reuter,

a from individuale. They include the most magnificent and compt exted examples of floral art

few simple snowdrops sent East End Londen child; -

Britiib Wirdeas

SERVICE HELD IN MANILA

GERMAN TEACHER TO BRITISH ROYALTY

Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Press"). (By Telegraph, Copyright, Tale

Ordinance, graphac saugos

Received, January. 23. 4-30' p.m.)

Berün, Jan. 29. The succession of King Edward VIII to the British throne write. the paper "Hallesche Nachrich

Jact that the Manila, Jan. 28.

ten," recalls the

former German President Quezon, Vice-President present King's

Fraenlein Anna Vor Osmena and High Commissioner teacher,

an Im- Luehmann, is a resident of Halle Frank Murray attended prissive memorial service for the and still continues to remain dr:

this afternoon Jake King Cathedral of St. John's. A huge crowd was also present including many Americans, Flipinos and sil foreign officials.

at

Blahop Mosher officlated and the; British Consul General, Mr. Blunt, delivered an address Reuter.

correspondence with her one time pupils, now King Edward and the Duke of York respectively.

Fraculein Von Luehmann comes of an old family, and was a teach- er of German to many families of English aristocracy from 1890 to 1906

variatsan Kuo Min:

Gasp Of Anguish

Coffin Is Lowered

"London, Jan. 28. Though the frowning walls of Windsor Castle afforded an awe- Inspiring setting to the Sovereign's fast: homecoming, yet a more in- ttmare touch was given by the narrow streets and ancient houses packed with local people to whom the Royal familly part their daily Lives:

The overnight aspect of the bis- toric borough was transformed by enormous purple draping in front of all buildings, while the streets were lined with purple and black poles

The local branches of the British

Legion stood on either side of the Station approach. The route was guarded by Military, Territorials and O.T.C's A

SILENT WAIT

crowds

Behind Blood dense hours before, the procession was due, waiting silently and patient-

At an early hour politicians, fa- cluding the Cabinet, wearing Court dress, fashionable and tinguished people streamed out of the Station, walking to Bt George's Chapel. Meanwhile the procession forined up near the Station, scarlet clad heralds with

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trumpet escorting the Guardamen of the gun carriage with a hun-, dred Bluejackets in front and Afty in the rear.

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TRAIN LATE

The funeral train arrived at 1.08 p.m., thirty-three minutes late, 1: is understood owing to delays to the procession in consequence of the enormous crowds gath

The arrival of the train was an- nounced by totalling the great Sebastopol bell in the Round Tower, The procession quickly formed and started at 1.15 pm.

KING LOOKS HAGGARD

King Edward looked baggard as he walked with his hands clasped and bowed head behind the gun- | carriage, pin His boots were mud- stained and his appearance struck a note of pathos, to the vast crowd...

Princess Elizabeth who joined the train at Paddington drove in a catridge with the Queen and Duchess of York from the Station, Through a mirade of radio the whole world was able to follow word by word of the last rites as King George was laid to rest

Contrasting with the solem plendour of the London cere-

'Beveral hours before the start, the first detachments of troops and bands took up positions, awaiting a wireless signal to march off, and added further colour to the black dressed crowds and purple-draped

·Streets.--

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Sympathetic' police piloted baby- carrying mothers to the front "af the pavements.

The crowds were most orderly, but the pressure was responsible for many cases of fainting as early as 8 am.

"POLICE CORDON BRÖKEN

There was a painful prelude at Marble Arch where the presatire broke the pollce cordon and a struggle for forty-Ave minties en-| sued in" which at least a score of men and women were carried off by ambulance, had fainted were passed over the heads of the crowds to the ambu- Lance men behind. At this spot the Tank Corps bore the "burden of holding the route.

The people who

ROYALTY ARRIVE

PARK

of Gloucester in the uniform of the Hussars and the Duke of Kent in Naval uniform.

GRIEF-STRIKEN QUEEN

There was a deep huch as the Queen, with bowed hend, dressed in very deep mourning, stepped from a carriage which was the first of the eight landaus which accom- moda.ed the ladies..

At 9.30 am. Big Ben opened a one-minutę tolling, mingling with the peal in Westminster Abbey..

PROCESSION BEGINS

The procession began with per- fect precision and the gun carriage moved of, at 9.49 am, while the sun broke through the clouds.

Queen Mary's wreath, a cross of red and white flowers, was at the head, the crown was on a purple cushion a'the centre, and the orb and sceptre at the fout.....

The procession started to the distant strains of the Dead March In Saul,

The sun shone brightly as the procession passed the Cenotaph, which King Edward saluted.

Meanwhile additional mounted troops were called to restore the line to the Marble Arch.

TWO HALTS

Twice the procession had to halt near Hyde Park corner. Bad-faced Princess Margaret Rose gazed at the scene from the mauve-draped balcony of her father's home at Piccadilly and curtsied as the gun carriage passed,

There was a wonderful trans- formation at the Marble Arch,-- Aa the procession was approaching, the police in a car fitted with a loudspeaker begged the crowd in the rear to release pressure. The

was instantaneous. effect

The troops were soon able to stand-at-. ;

ease.

TEMPORARY KAINSTORM

By 9.15 a.m. the bulk of the pro- cession had lined up. The Guard of Honour marshalled at West- minster Hall. The gun carriage crew made a short rehearERİ,

King Edward and the Dukes of York, Gloucester and Kent ar- rived at 9.28 a.m. in ceremonial uniform and entered the Hall which was bare except for the cof- fin and other Royalties. The Kingly of fainting, were wore the uniform of an Admiral of the Fleet. The Duke of York was in Air Force uniform, the Duke

A rainstorm brake as the pro- cession was passing the Marble Arch, but soon cleared up.

The cortege reached Paddington uneventfully and the Royal traf departed at twenty-eight minutes past noon for Windsor."

monies, those at Windsor were marked with simplicity.

A WONDROUS SIGHT The interior of the Chapel was a wondrous sight. Mountains of Wreaths were stacked along the steps. besides covering the lawnS outside.

comtrasted

EIGHT HUNDEED CASES About eight hundred cases, most- treated at ambulance, stations in the imme- diate vicinity of Marble Arch,- Revter.

Queen Mary's fortitude aroused admiration. She remained calm

go the end.

MASHES TO ASHES”.

The culminating point of the ceremony at St. George's Chapel was reached with King Edward at the head of the coffin the Queen The fresh colours with the solemn attire of the cn his right, and the Royal Family. inqurners the men wearing grouped behind. cloaks concealing full drets uni-

snor Pealm 23 The Choir sang Psalm 23. forms and the Court dreas of wó̟- Then followed the orthodox burial men heavily felled.

On either sides of the altar stand candlesticks given by King George and Queen Mary in memory of their parents, who were married in the Chapel and are now interred in the vaults. De-

QUEEN'S FORTITUDE :

* In consequence of the delayed proceedings, the procession did not reach the Chapel until 1,30 pm, the time of the two minutes silence which was scheduled to coincide with the lowering of the coin to the vaults.

The procession continued, but the crowds, reverently bowing; ob- served the silence.

The coffin was actually lowered to the vaults at 2.12 p.m.

As the Archbishop -- Intoned: "ashes to ashes," King Edward stepped forward and sprinkled carth from 'the' .... Royal; · burial ground at Frogmore..

GASP OF ANGUISH

All foreign Kings lined up over the tombs of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour. There was an audible! gasp of anguish as the body was lowered to the tomb and after the sprinkling of asher two mine ates silence was observed. There after the Anthem and Benediction followed and the King and Queen Mary slowly moved out of the Chapel into the walking motor