THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 4, 1988.
THREE MILLION LINE ROUTE ΤΟ ACCLAIM HERR HITLER Colourful Scenes Greet German Leader In Italy
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First Talk With Il Duce Expected To-Day
Rome, To-day.
Three million persons were mobilised to line the
QUEEN FARIDA
Alexandria, To-day.
It is understood that Queen Farida of Egypt is expecting a happy event early in November.
-Reuter.
480-mile route between the Brenner Pass and VALUABLE
Rome in order to acclaim Herr Hitler on his visit to Signor Mussolini.
When the special train arrived at. Bologna, Herr
PRESENTS FOR
Hitler was greeted by the whistles of 200 en ROYAL BRIDE
gines in sidings. A crowd of 40,000 packed the station while deputations of girls present- ed flowers to the Fuehrer.
Herr Hitler was received like a king when he ar-sents rived at 8.30 last evening at Ostiense Station, which had been specially built to receive him.
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Rome had decorated itself with a The procession was led
by a splendour worthy of the City of the solitary motorcyclist, and then Caesars for the occasion, and King came prancing cuirassiers of the Victor Emmanuel and Il Duce were, Royal Guards with lights glinting among those on the platform when on their breastplates. Herr Hitler's special train entered the station..
Flaming braziers lit up the Im- perial Way, and the excavations of The Fuehrer, who was the first ancient Rome beyond were bathed to descend, bowed to King Victor in floodlight.
and smilingly shook hands with In the brilliant lights, Herr Hit- Signor Mussolini., The band play-ler's face looked pale and tense.
ed the German National · › Anthem and the Horst Wessel Song, fol- lowed by the Italian National An- them.
UPRAISED DAGGERS
HYMN OF ROME
Thirty thousand small torches threw a flickering light on to thou- sands of frantically cheering people outside the Quirinal Palace who Herr Hitler saluted with uprais-sang the Hymn of Rome as they ed arm, and then accompanied by waited for Herr Hitler and the King King Victor and Il Duce, inspected to appear on the balcony.
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KING AND
QUEEN AT THE EMPIRE EXHIBITION
London, To-day.
The King and Queen made an extensive tour both before and after lunch of the Empire Exhibi- tion which His Majesty opened at Glasgow yesterday morning.
They visited the Empire Amsterdam, To-day. Pavilions and later the King alone A great number of wedding pre-passed through the Colonial
arrived yesterday at the Pavilions. Chateau of Doorn, among them At the Australian Pavilion, three silver bowls from the Crown Their Majesties were interested in Princess Juliana and Prince Bern-a panorama of Sydney Bridge. hard, accompanied by a large After a brief call at the City of bouquet of roses in colours of the Glasgow Pavilion, they went to the House of Orange.
South African Pavilion where they The ex-Kaiser Wilhelm present-watched for some time a miniature
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ed the bride with a collier set with railway running round a model of precious stones, a costly piece the Kruger National Park. The from the heirlooms of the Pavilions of New Zealand, Canada Hohenzollern family.
and Eire were also visited.
From her father the ceived bracelets with stones. Trans-Ocean.
bride re- When the King and Queen left
precious the Exhibition, they were cheered.
by a tremendous crowd. They drove to the Royal Train and later left on a tour of the new housing estates and the distressed areas around Glasgow. British Wire- less.
QUIET RESTORED
JAMAICA
Kingston (Jamaica), To-day. has been restored and that the It is officially stated that quiet
[police have the strike
jured in yesterday's rioting while 89 arrests were made...
Eighty acres of sugar canes on the were burned by the' strikers but
a guard of honour composed of The organisation and stage man* the Italian Grenadier Regiment, as agement-of-the-pageantry struck sugar plantations well in hand. rains extinguished the blaze...
Four were killed and nine in- Reuter. well as Signor Mussolini's body-all foreigners, and nowhere was
guard of musketeers who wore black admiration so outspoken as among........................|||||||||| uniforms and stood with upraised Germans.
daggers.
Herr Hitler is expected to have
Later they drove from the sta-his first conversations with Signor tion in horse carriages. King Vic Mussolini before lunch to-day. tor, with the Fuehrer on his right, The Fuehrer will first visit the occupied the second carriage, and Pantheon, where the Kings and Rome accorded Herr Hitler a wel- Queens of Italy are buried, and come recalling the mightiest days will also visit the Tomb of the Un- of its past.
known Warrior, and will lay a wreath in each place.
FLOODLIT MOUNTED TROOPS
Reuter.
AT QUIRINAL PALACE
Rome, To-day.
In the afternoon there will be a display by thousands of members- The scenes outside the station of Fascist Youth organisations. and along the route almost defied description. The visitors stepped into an immense square ringed by a large force of mounted troops, with floodlights playing effectively King Victor Emmanuel and Herr on helmets and breastplates.
Hitler came out on the balcony of Inside were numerous formations the Quirinal Palace to acknowledge of the defence forces, with a band the cheers.
of Grenadiers, playing all four An-j When they were called
thems in succession.
back
after withdrawal, the Fuehrer pre-
Il Duce's car swiftly departed in sented Dr. Joseph Goebbels (the the opposite direction, leaving to Propaganda Minister) and Rudolf the Hitler party most of the popu- Hega
lar plaudits.
Il Duce had seemed in the very best spirits, and was laughing and joking with Count Ciano, his For eign Minister son-in-law, for a quarter of an hour while awaiting the Fuehrer's train.
MAGNIFICENT SETTING
Passing, the gates of St. Paul up the Aventine Hill, the procession
crowd.
(Hitler's Deputy) to
the
the route to the Palace were a Among the troops which lined detachment of Libyan native in- fantry brought over for the occa- sion.-Reuter.
ARCHBISHOP OF CAPETOWN
London, To-day.
entered the thousands of years old The Rev. J. R.` Darbyshire, Triumphal Way, but never 'was a Bishop of Glasgow, has been triumph staged in such a magni-elected Archbishop of Capetown.- ficent setting.
Reuter.
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