1939-06-23 — Page 12

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 28, 1989

Mass

50,000 Londoners

Outside The Palace

Amazing Scenes Of Welcome To The King And Queen

Two Appearances On The Balcony

London, To-day.

As contrast to Southampton's drizzle, the sun shone in London for the arrival of the King and Queen at Waterloo in the middle of the rush hour at 5.20 yesterday afternoon.

A few minutes before the arrival the Houses of Par- liament adjourned in order that Members might watch the procession from Parliament Square.

Here and along the whole processional route the

CLIPPER'S

RETURN FLIGHT

Paris, To-day.

The Pan-American Aflantic Clipper took off from Marignane. near Marseilles, yesterday with eight passengers and 12 crew on the return flight to the United States.

Atmospheric conditions

unfavourable.Trans-Ocean.

A TRIUMPH

were

JOLLY ROYAL LUNCH ON BOARD LINER

London, To-day.

The King and Queen's luncheon with the two Princesses in the "Empress of Britain" was one of the jolliest events of the whole voyage.

Everyone chatted happily about events during the tour, and when the meal was over coloured bal- loons which festooned the dining room were released and dropped out of the portholes to the delight of the crowds on board pleasure steamers and launches following the liner.

London, To-day. To its end, the journey of the

Amid the roars of the crowds as ocean the Royal liner

manoeuvred into and to, the other side of the con-her dock an operation render-

tinent and back has been a triumph. ed even more delicate than usual

crowds were so dense for hours before the ar-King and Queen across the rival that messengers with heavy parcels were caught unawares and were unable to proceed with their burdens; they had to be rescued from their predicament by sympathetic police.

reception at Waterloo was brief.

The ceremony attaching to the Many people had waited since very 8.30 in the morning, when the Princesses left the Palace. Others swept in a mass past the police cordons, till it was estimated that 50,000 were investing the building.

The King talked with Mr. Neville Chamberlain and, accompanied by Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary, passed along the line of Cabinet Ministers and members of the Diplo- matic Corps, having a special word for Mr. Joseph Kennedy, the Unit

ed States Ambassador.

BRITISH AND AMERICAN FLAGS

Their Majesties made a circular journey to Buckingham Palace in an open landau with a Sovereign's

Escort.

"WE WANT THE KING"

The chant of "We want the King" swelled to a mighty roar, and the King and Queen and the Princesses appeared on the balcony at 6.16 p.m. The King saluted and the Queen waved in acknowledgment, while wave on wave of cheers throughout Their Majesties' four minutes appearance.-Reuter,

arose

PREMIER AT PALACE

London, To-day. The crowds outside Buckingham Palace refused to disperse until Their Majesties appeared again on

They smilingly acknowledged the tremendous cheering from packed waved ranks of sightseers who Union Jacks, the Stars and Stripes and banners inscribed "Welcome home."

Silk hats and handkerchiefs took the balcony. the place of the waving flags as Their Majesties passed the Partia mentarians, who gave rousing cheers, while the bells of Westmins- ter Abbey pealed a joyful Te Deum.

WELCOME HUSHED Salvoes and sirens from ships and barges in the Thames added

Warmth of the acclaim, accorded owing to the great fleet of yachts Their Majesties yesterday at South- and pleasure boats crowding in to could be heard ampton, in the streets of London get a closer view

BOUDOIR ON WHARF

and at Buckingham Palace has be the shrill cheers of 2,000 children spoken not only the happiness of representing Southampton's youth loyal subjects to have their Sover-organisations. eigns at home again but the grati- tude of the people for a service uni- quely rendered by the Royal travel- These children were privileged lers in creating understanding and to

have a double view, as after friendship in the Dominion of they had seen the liner's arrival Canada and in the United States. they were transferred to the Cana-

dian Pacific shed, whose entrance Not content with the greeting was transformed with flags and rendered in thunderous cheers as flowers into a boudoir where a Their Majesties drove in a carriage number of presentations were Station to Buckingham Palace along with Royal Escort from Waterloo made.

The voices of the children again flagged and packed with a a route lined with troops and beled the cheering as Their Majes- throng, the people formed a compact streets

waving ties drove off along gaily beflagged

to the civic centre.

shouting mass outside the Palace Reuter. gates, calling for the King and Queen until Their Majesties ap-

peared on the balcony accompanied YUNNAN REFUGEE

REPORT PREMATURE

by the Princesses.

Then, for nearly ten minutes wave after wave of cheers rose from the enthusiastic crowds.

FAMILY REUNION

Chungking, To-day.

Regarding the Shanghai report of a proposed large scale settle-

that it is highly

Their Majesties were dining and For the King and Queen it was a ment of Jewish refugees from to the day too of family reunion. Princess Germany, informed quarters in were unable to respond clamorous cries until 8.30, when Elizabeth and Princess Margaret the King, in evening dress, and the had joined their parents on the Em- Chungking state Queen, in an attractive flowing helio- press of Britain in the morning, premature to discuss the matter in trope evening dress, appeared and and Queen Mary and other members detail. stayed for five minutes acknowledg-of the Royal Family travelled to ing the cheers, which reached a Southampton to greet Their Ma-" crescendo when the Queen blew ajesties on arrival there. kiss and retired.

"At the station they were received

It is believed by neutral obser- vers that Yunnan Province can absorb at the highest 10,000 such refugees in the future.

Urgent needs for the present are

a strident note to London's welcome, Mr. Neville Chamberlain arrived by the Lord-Lieutenant of the Coun- which became momentarily and sud-to see the King at, 9.20 and was ty of London and by the Prime for doctors and professors for hos- denly hushed as the Royal Jandau hardly recognised by the crowd, Minister and members of thepitals and schools as well as for

whose eyes were intent on the bal-Cabinet and representatives of the about 500 mechanics. cony, hoping for another appearance civil authorities. by Their Majesties.-Reuter.

reached the Cenotaph.

The King's hand came smartly to the salute, and the Queen and the two Princesses, bowed their heads.

Away from the Cenotaph Their Majesties passed under Admiralty Arch for the final phase of the drive to Buckingham Palace.

TUMULTOUS WELCOME

Cheering broke out with renewed vigour, and was maintained in a continuous roar until the landau passed through, the gates of the Palace at 6:58 p.m.

The welcome awaiting Their Ma- Jesties at Buckingham Palace was "the most tumultous of all.

NO SPECIAL IMPORTANCE

London, To-day. No special importance is attached to the audience granted by the King to Mr. Neville Chamberlain at Buckingham Palace last night,

Mr. Chamberlain reported to His Majesty on international develop- ments.

semi-official statement заув

The Diplomatic Corps was re- presented by the doyen, the Brazi- lean Ambassador, and Mr. Joseph Kennedy, Ambassador of the U.S.A., was also present.

The King spoke for some moments to Mr. Kennedy-British Wireless.

SOLEMN TE DEUM

London, To-day.

In thanksgiving for the safe re- that it is natural that the King, turn of Their Majesties,, a solemn after his long absence, wishes to be Te Deum will be sung in St. Paul's informed on the political situation. Cathedral on Sunday afternoon.

Trans-Ocean.

British Wireless."

Details, however, are not dis- cussed since the project is consi- dered premature, Trans-Ocean.

FRENCH CABINET MEETING

Paris, To-day.

Next Saturday the French Coun- cil of Ministers will meet under the chairmanship of President Al- bert Lebrun,

The Council will discuss exclu- sively foreign political problems, Trans-Ocean,