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CHAPTER I5

KING GEORGE NEARLY KILLED WHEN HORSE BOLTS IN FRANCE INSISTS ON GIVING HERO V. C.

Royal biographer relates how disas-

in 1915-16

all seemed lost, though he maintain- ed cheerful front --"l=‘orget I am a Kmg,“

but. m flu» and succeeding chapters of

the effect l3 hat of an autobiography, s-v Lnzctnnily dues Major Kipling preach’ his royal subject. It, is indeed a “wl-lrz! .\'.\‘l'\' of war’ history, as it v 1., Ull. from Buckingham Palace.» 1

1'1 \\'.'l5 1n October 1015 that the mid.“ in. second Vii-ll‘ to the M. lion‘, lie uLslX-stcd the camps .A,] 1r. and also visited the 1~‘1'eucl1 mzwnie: and reviewed many of hi5 own

. g . . mrcnrxs. Bu‘ on this OGCGalOXl a very ‘wildest anxietY- Cﬂggeralm a5 1t w“ me? :8; wxpciml on 2:15 “me "'-Wl'L‘ll‘:l»f' accident happened, which by the usual War rumors; but L110 9705mm 1e am n“ ‘l ch am‘

< lm-c lmd disastrous results. On '. l‘. nt Ol-Lober he was leaving a

‘mid. sihmt he haid inspected some cus fears by 5841M! I31“! "311011511 the z Wd by the ladies o! Burma‘ The Km‘

giography

-- even to-day. he feels,

l fir-oops, riding on a ramer over-fresh {charger which had been lent to him

l by sn- Douglas Htag.

A gnoup of Air Force men cheered lloudly and made a movement. toward;

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moment. King must have been killed!

llnjurles. ' Things were made worse ‘by the

h“ ma, a long may,“ ﬁr“... had m be his breast. l-lis Majesty's hands tremb-

' taken m pouring ram. before a hospi- 131 wind br; reached out the discom- ‘tort of the king alleviated. The Prince

' ‘of Wales who was with his father at.

‘the time of the accident. started at ‘once for England so that he miﬁm glyp the Queen n lull account of what had happened. The HOWS when ll Iyeached London naturally caused the

lbulletins which were immvcllaltely is- mpd aglpyr-d .1 great deal of the ataxi-

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It-he King and the horse strange to its ters. private and public. added weight lridcr’ w“ startled and reared’ “'5 hind

of burden w nu Majxtyls shoulders l M‘ ‘uppmg "m" “d” l‘ °“ t“ greasy road. so that it fell back on the

effects nf those nightmare days, when lmng’ who “'35 phmed “ndemeath and J unable to move. The horror of that

when it. seemed that the But, fortunately, no bOnes svere broken. al- ,_., ‘ . , though he was found to be suffering

‘The "n": may not be mwwumed from very severe bruiscs and shock, GOId-ﬂrcﬂm Guard-i The ma“ W55 me bwglax7,‘g\_ of from‘? v England‘ 1 with a, fear of more serious internal 1 taken to the Hospital Train where

‘who signed the bulletin: was s1: Ber- trand Dawson, now Lord Dawson of Penn, whose name became once again so familiar during the King's recent illness.

The Kins made very light. of all the considerable pain winch he had to endure. but it was very noticeable how weak he was. He determined, however. - and nothing would shake him from this determination - that he would present the Victoria Cross himself to Lance-Sergant Oliver Bmoka of the

the King lay, and, kneeling by the bedside. had the Cross pinned upon

led as he were too weak to push it th- lrough the material of the soldier's itunic without assistance. l l (UNABLE T0 WELCOME JOFFBE) After four days the King was able to crass the Channel in the Hospital Ship "Angllaﬂ which, a few months

vcyed him from Victoria to Bucking- 1 ham Pulace was a new one, presen- was so terribly bruised that the am- bulance, which started off at: eighty miles. an hour. had to drop to a speed , of about three miles an hour, in or- Eder wspaxelumasmuchpatnaspos- | slble. It was some time before the ‘l King was able to leave his bed, or . his room. and he was not able to wel-

Kfngwuoonfmexltnhetbhowa-s only severely wounded. Amongst hose

day. He enjoys nothing better than 10 Abbey for the annual grouse shooL.

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King George ls noted d: one of the three best game shots In the world to-

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mo great. andhls recent. accident had made it physically greater: the War

come General Joifre when he came tn London during the next month.

It was a New Year to be welcomed with heavy hearts and furetbodings that. could not be altogether stifled. and the Irish Rebellion ol’ 1916 was a sore blow to the King. Those who saw him, when the first news of the tragic outbreak came through never forget the obvious impression which it made on him. and how dea- t-hly pale he grew. But, as was always his Way when most trouble, he scarcely spoke 0t the matter b0 his fmtnlly md friends, and talked cheerfully about the better news just received from the Front.

Immediately after this ~came the tidings, so contradictory at first, of the Battle of Jutland. For a time the Royal Family had keen personal an- xiety. for Prince Albert- waa aervfng with the Grand Fleet and. at first. they could not hear definitely that all was well with him. '

But, indeed, during 1916 dlsasterers, private and public, came with terrible frequency,

On the 5th of June. Buckingham Palace, together with every household in Great Britain, W85 thrown into consternation by the terrible news that. 10rd Kitchener hid been drown- ed. with his staff, in the “l-iampshlre" u-hen off the Orknvys on a voyage to Russia. It was an unspeakable blow to King George, who had always admir- ed Lord Kitchener greatly. Like many others, he allowed the news to make rio difference to his daily work, he looked ill and haggard, as though the strain was telling 013011 him now al- most beyond endurance.

On the 18th of June King George privately inspected the whole of the Grand Fleet. Only a few people knew of this visit. and the general public were wisely not informed until a. day or two after his return to London. He ind also visited the wounded 1n the Royal Naval Hospital, and in an ad- d-Wﬁ» BXWBE-ﬁed his Eymmthy with the Navy for having to watt two years be- fore engaging the Elnemnyis fleet, af- terwards thanklng them for their work,

From this tune onwards the King grew quLeIer sometimes even sombre and depressed. The load was almost

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aged King George. and. even to-day he feels the effects of it. But, in spite of all, he kept, in the main a cheerfulncss of outlook which preserved sanity in those ab- out, him during those days. Never for an instant did the King doubt on, as it were. to that unswerviilg faith of his, "The King can still smile," a member of his household said one day; “and ii he can, I can."

("FORGET AM A KING")

In August. after the Somme Battles. the King again went to the Front, al- though the‘ fact was not known in mgland until we: his return. Here again every minute of 1115 time was filled up by visits to the troops and hospitals, cheering and encouraging. trying b0 be in as many places as pos- sible so that. his soldiers might see Ho traveled from and to end of the British non: by motor car, say- ing quietly, "I don't want. any pre-

paration; made. I want you to forget.

I am a King. God knows I can do

little enough: but I can do more l1 my time

I3 not wasted by cére- menial."

The same spirit, filled the Queen and Princess bfary. All through the War, the “First Lady in the Land" kept that position in sorrow and dif- ficulty as well as in l1app1cn times. and few will forget the tireless work of herself and her daughter for the troops at. home, Whether the King was in fondon or away, countless tea parties were given to wounded soil- ders and sailors in the Buckingham Palace Mews, where the Queen and Hlncesa personally helped to watt. upon the men and afterwards shook hands with all the staff. down to the charwomen, who had helped, as they put it, "to add to the comfort of their guests."

In December of 1016 the raolitical situation become acute and alarm- ing. Lloyd George, then Ivliinls- ter for war insisted that _changes of a radical nature must. be made ln the War adminis- tration, in order to avert. disaster, and also that the numbers of the War Cabinet must be reduced to make it more workable and efficient. A few days later, in consequence of these dissenslons, Mr. Asquith resigned the Premiership. and the King sent for Mr. Boner Law, who, however, declin- ed to attempt to form a. Cabinet.

On December 7th, Mr. Lloyd George undertook to do so. with Lord Derby as Mmlater for War, And s0 a new Era. in the history of the War may be said w have begun,

The King and,_11is subjects all over the world faced the year of.l917 calm- ly and yet with a sense or foreboding that wukinly natural. They were nightmare days; with England cease- lessly grinding out her munitions of War; with one man. at least, in the firing line from almost. every family; and with tragedy hanging imminent over the head of all. to fall . . . Who could any when, or at. what mo- ment? Yet the grim detennlnatton that. the War must be won was unal- tered. "Glve us more guns and more melts!" was the perpetual cry from the Front, and with heroism th‘e wo- men of England threw themselves into the breach and the guns and sheila were produced, at the cost. ll we now know, of many live: from munltwrl-polconlng, as well as tn other ways. Yet 1110 Wu lived g0 great.- ly tn time days that even the terrible Bllvertown murutlona factory explo-

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affect the morale of workers ln other parts of London. when King George received the communication concern- ing this disaster, he read it 1n silence, and for some moment; did not speak zrword, Then, after a very long pause, he said simply, "These things go to my very heart." He gave orders that £250 should be sent at once from him to the relief of the stricken area. The King always felt a. wry espe- cial respcncl-blllty and tenderness for his Overseas Force. and at the Open- ing of Parliament in Ptdbruary of this year he commanded that the Royal Gallery. through which the prooecslm would pus, should be reserved for wounded overseas officers and men. Just before the arrivahof the proces-

they loved so. well across the seas. (SHARED DISCOMFOBTS)

With Much come the compulsory rationing of meat and butter - a mea- .

‘most, pm with the admirable for-I titude which they showed through‘ all the trials and troubles of the War. A few. however, grumbled. and a woman in a food queue was once heard w re- mark, ‘by a member of the Royal Household, that. “it. must be lovely to ' be the King of England nowdays. Wonder ‘aw ‘dd like to be wld that ‘e comdzft ‘ems a. second ‘elptngl’ The heal-or could not refrain from telling the complainant that the King and Queen were atloned in exactly the same way as their subjects. and that the very strictest economy was prac- tlaed in the Palace. The King's Ration Cards still’ exist, and, as a symbol, they are of priceless value. King George could not. share the dangers and pclvatlons of his soldiers at the WW?» ‘but he could and dld share the discomfort-a at home.

In connection with this strict eco- nomy of food and smug annamlsing lwfy ls told of how the King was shown the apparatus for heating both the building and the water when h: TBMH-fktld 10 an official. "We live i" one comer Ol’ the £00m to keep vrnrn and only have a. hot bath once a week. The hot water business is a problem You can't shave in luke-xvarm wars; can you?“

This same March 1917, the Kur dwlded to tum part. of the riding school in the Royal Mews into a dor mttory for men home on leave, g buoy; for those arriving at Viclmta statior which was so near at hand. Queen Mary was always interested in the men who used the dormitory, and the ‘ room itself always had flowers in it even though, sometimes the Palace had to s0 without for flowers were scarce in those days. i

slon. the Lord Uhunberlatn read out

A friend tells of a bunch of glor-'

a message from the King m hf; a01- lous roses which were sent to thel

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den, wzcll my brave men who have Queen by “ma” who m", h" We (OOQYHGBT m "o." 1018M w whet-ff l" l“ ‘M m” or flowers, and of how there were ‘n’ an: rnrwcru-n w“ WWW’? 1° "n- m" I ‘Pprwm’, tears tn her eyes u she tenderly ar- thefr mvloe and what a pleasure 1t ts- ranged the b10503“ "It u a ma; w me w 915* It >'°“"__ dlspm‘ 1°? treat mm and smell than." she said. u”!!! ‘he my“ Gallery‘ Th“ mgssuc "Ono sees nothing ‘but. Wiﬂlblﬂli conﬂict rain; g 115° mm‘! "Mm a “pady “WV”? growing." Vegetables alone were grown and a l!!! "W" l° u“ “mm”! in the gardens of Buckingham Palace all through the war, and these par- tlcular roses were treasured and kept the burden ofhls Qmpln’; alive for weeks, Princess Mary care,- the graphic picture M1101- fully cutting the stalks every day.

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