FUNERAL OF THE LATE EARL ROBERTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2313, 21 November 1914, Page 7

FUNERAL OF THE LATE EARL ROBERTS

PUBLIOTRffiUTB JiERO ..',.■:.'r^.,,,;....• London,. November 19, ■■■-',) Lord Eoberts's funeral ranks among, the greatest spectacles ia national his-. tory. The weather-■- was- cold and! gloomy, and slcetl fell • ' >. nineteen guns announced the depar-i n?J e •?■ tll 9 fm »era'l from Charing Crossft Iho Guards and other Regulars, also 7 lerritorial and Colonial troops; ' line* • iV2 ut P of the Procession, whidi in-l -i eluded the pipers of the Scots ' Guards , Band, Horse and Foot Guards, ■ Indian* Mountain Battery, Horse Artillery, ,thei iiondon Scottish, • and' King Edwards Horse. ■■-... ..-. . I t The coffin was enveloped in a Union! Jack and surmounted by Lord Roberts , *) aword and Field Marshal's baton. His! charger followed. Many Generals bore' lord Roberta's medals and insignia. _ Next camo the pall-bearers— namely,! Jrteld-Marshals Lord. Kitchener, Sir* Evelyn Wood, Lord GrenfeU, - Lord! Methuen, and Lord Nicholson, AdmirJ - ws Seymour and Lord Charles Bores'ford Generals Sir James Hills-Johnes;) Sir Robert Biddulph, Sir Archibald]. Hunter Sir Alfred Gaselee, and Sid Charles Egerton. ■ . .. Enormous Crowds. , The route was along Northumberfena/ Avenue, the Embankment, New Bridcol and Ludgate Hill. It waal thronged by enormous crowds. Many; , old soldiers who had served under Lordi Roberts were provided with leseiredJspaces. . ■ : ■-■ The Cathedral was packed . (The Kinej occupied a special stall near the cataJ Ihe congregation included thai ' Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith), the Mar-' quis of Lansdowno, the Marquis 0 £ ! : Uewe (Secretary of State for India). Mr. Bonar Law (Leader of tho Unionist rarty), Mr. Austen Chamberlain, M..P • Earl Beauchamp, Sir Arthur Lawley, (an ex-Governor of Madras), Mr. A-1 J. Balfpur, M.P., members'of theHousi'i or Lords and Commons, tho High Com-i missioners for Australia; Canada, South. I Africa, and.New Zealand, the Agents-f General for the Australian States, and several Indian Princes. ■ , )■ Many officers who served under -Lord! Roberts were also present. All on, ac-i tivo work were clad in khaki- those oni the retired list were ia full-dress. Out)' ■veteran wore an infantry, uniform of* the Indian: Mutiny. • '. ' ' Impressive Service. , ' The Very Rev. Dr. Inge (Dean o£iSU S Pauls) conducted the service, and-'thai Bishop of London (the Riglit Rev. Jhi Ingram) read the Collecfa, and the . Archbishop of Canterbury (the Most BsvJ Dr. Davidson) gave the blessing. It was a most impressive service. There 1 were very few dry eyes'as the RoyaL Artillery Band played Chopin's "DeadMarch" and the trumpeters : souridea> "The Last Post" from tho gallery o&'the dome. .. .... .. ' . I After the ceremony the • body wsia brought to the front of the Chancel gates, and the public passed the Catafalque, the same as was used at Khei Duke of Wellington's funeral. Sentries at the corners of the catafalque leanedi on .reversed arms. ■■'■..■■:•■•■

Despite wind and rain,'thousands"ofpeople waited in a queue for-hours, and , ■' Med through two daora of the dral for hours. They included mans' Boldiers wounded in Belgium. (Rcc. November 2i; 0.15 a.ns.V London, November 20. Queen Alexandra and Princess Vic- ' tona were -privately at Sk

SERVICE IN OAPE TOWN, ; :' '{Rep/November 21, 1.10 a.m.) ';' . ~, Cape Town, November 20. A .memorial service for Eari Roberta' was held in. the Cathedral in the presence of civil,,,naval, and military func* tionaries. .■. ' .'•:- MEMORIAL SERVICES IN r AtJS,/ TKALIA. ? s ■ (Bμ. November 20, 10 p.m.) Sydney, November ~.2o>*> A' feathering of ten thousand V including many prominent citizens, at-( tended an open-air memorial service fofij the late Earl Roberts. Archbishop;.' Wright, in a glowing tribut'e.-said'.'th'at! ■ Lord Roberts feared God- because 1$ feared nothing else.- \ \ ; Melbourne, November 20. ' St. Paul's Cathedral was crowded ioi the Lord Roberts memorial Eeryice. V '_' .. __— _ ' " y>; • / MISCELLANEOUS ~< 'A , GHASTLY SPECTACLE; ' (Rec. November 20, 8.50 p.m.) \' Amsterdam, November 19. ' A huge German cemetery was mad* near Namur and thousands of the dead were hurriedly buried, many of the , bodies being only partially covered,.pre< sentinß a ghastly spectacle of protrudv ing limbs. Many of tho Belgians, liorr rifled, are quitting the district. '? IRISHAIEN .IN A' FIGHT. " .'(Reo, November 20, 0.15 a.m.)' Paris, November 20/ 'After repollinK the German attack off. the trenches in the Ypres-La Bassee - die-! trict the English infantry attacked the I supports who retired. Later the Ger- . mans stumbled on to an Irish regiment* and a, wholesale rough and tumble en-i sued in which rifle-butts and fists play-). Ed the chief part; After an hour's tus»i sle the Irish, were victorious. Over \ / three- hundred Germans were battered , .' to death, and twenty-three German ims, and 150 Uhlans were captured.

STARVED INTO STJRRENDER, [ (Rec. November 21, 0.15 a.m.) ! Paris, November 20,. ' One hundred and forty Germane Itti tho Ypres district stealthily in . thej nighttime occupied the deserted French!/ trenches. The French, resolving ■ to*! starve them out, watched' tho trenches: for five days, and then sent a Germani, demand their, surrender.Tho enemy, dying of hunger, willingly" ■ surrendered. •*'.•' TRAPPED AND SHOT DOWN, ' , (Rec. Novembor 21, 0.15 a.ni.)*' * . Paris, Novembor 20. : ,: ■ During a storm on Tuesday night 'tftW Germans between Ypres and La Basseox crept towards the English trenches in open order. '.The enemy's artillery fired wide of our trenches. The Gormana were allowed to approach unopposed except from ahellfire. When they reached the English tranches. tho latter wore purposely evacuated.' The .Germans were ehot down to a man by a torrifio enfilading fire. Four lines wore complotely shattered, while the English dio} not suffor a eingle casualty. LOYAL : IRISH : NATIONALISTS, .(Reo.'November 20,^10.40'p.m.) •■■'■"■■"*' • ■ London, -November 20. I One thousand Belfast Nationalists on . joining the Irish Brigade.sent an asBuranco to Mr. Asquith (the Prime Minister), and Mr. Redmond (Nationalist Leader) that now that Homo Rule had beun granted the Nationalists would unite to the last man. "in defence of .put-fiOJ»^%ji^||^^c^j|bjErfea, , t' ■■=