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QUEEN TUMULTUOUSLY ACCLAIMED
Achievement Crowds Smash Palace
[OUNT'Everest has been
M conquered! The bare
statement does not tell the full story which, when it is. revealed, will be ond of almost unbelievable human endurance, of courage, in- genuity, valour and many other qualities which, when compounded, bring triumph and achievement just at the moment when they appear to be beyond human reach. The details can wait: At the moment it, is sulelent to acknowledge that the world's highest peak, which hitherto has defied the at- tempts of men (and valiant and tenacious men) to reach her suminit, has nf last been scaled. Nor need there be any false modesty | about the fact that its conquerera comprised British expedition. On the contrary proper pride em ho felt. For
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Fence In Wild
Enthusiasm
INCESSANTLY CHANT "WE
WANT THE
QUEEN"
LONDON, JUNE 2. TUMULTUOUS CROWDS BROKE THROUGH POLICE CORDONS AND SMASHED A BUCKINgham palACE FENCE TONIGHT TO SEE THE NEWLY CROWNED QUEEN ELIZABETH WAVING TO THEM FROM A PALACE BALCONY.
Police were overpowered by the surging thousands racing across the wide carriageway in front of the Palace, while the 168 jet fighters roared overhead in tribute to the Queen.
The cries of the wildly excited crowd mingled with the roar of the jets as they zoomed 1,000 feet over the Palace. no embellishment, for The Queen, the gleaming Imperial State Crown' on her head,
most felicitous moment-on | the ove of the Coronation
of Queen Elizabeth. The Coronation, of course, needs
is ab unique
event historically and complete. Nevertheless the hearts of British subjects every-
Bri-
where have been gladdened by the news that the con- quering of the mighty Mount Everest by a tish team of climbers and their courageous .nsalatants coincided with the most im- portant event of the year: -the Coronation.
an
10 reach the summit of
Mount
Everest achievement which muy or may not yield anything of practient value to posterity, But its importance as yet another triumph of man's dotermination and fortitude: is undeniable, There Is lesson to be derived that | so long as the objective is
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acknowledged the cheers with a radiant smile and a constantly waving hand.
She stood on the balcony for seven minutes, her four-year-old son, Prince Charles, and her daughter, Princess Anne, 2, by her side. The children were caught up in the thrill of the occasion and both waved back at the crowd, the little Princess copying her brother's self-assured move- ments,
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With them on the balcony were the Duke of Edinburgh, the Queen Mother Elizabeth, Princess Margaret and the Duke of Gloucester.
They came outside 40 minutes after their processional return from the Queen's crowning in Westminster Abbey.
the gold bracciels-af sin after a day which began with and street parties, On the Queen's wrists were been a very tired person indeed, There were firework displays
drive through massed Then i was the turn of the
and wisdom" which she the received at her Coronation throngs to Westminster Abbeycrowds to march along the pufe
en late return to the Palace.
Her
with repeated ap- that royalty and troops had pearances on the balcony of the covered a few hours before, Palace.
Men in grey silk toppers and Shortly after returning to the morning clothes swung along Palace yesterday evening after side by side with men wearing the drive through the wildly cheer-blue hals,
triumphant processional jold raincoats and red white and ing millions, thousands of Lon- doners and visitors from over sens called repeatedly for her. so great a
The surge of the crowds was temporary barrier which had been put up in front of the Palace was broken down. Police lines were pushed aside.
drunk the Queen's health several Some people...had obviously.
times. But all the revellers were good tempered-Reuter,
This splendid United Press radio-photo was received from London carly this morning. It shows Her Majesty
the Queen, accompanied by her husband the Duke of Churchill's
Edinburgh, en route to Westminster Abbey for the Coronation. The Queen smiles happily and waves to the crowd.
Sir Winston
e lines were path a Coronation Briefs Introduces Queen To
The cheers grew and mingled with the roar of jetplanes as
Television's Triumph
Radio Listeners
Coach Astray
..............Landon -Juno-2.
BERMUDA TALKS
MAY BE
POSTPONED
London, June 2.
The British Prime Minis-
ter, Sir Winston Churchill, discussed plans for the postponement of the three.” power Bermuda conference yesterday with the French Ambassador to Britain, M. Rene Massigli, it is learned from
authoritative source.
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While no arm data for the Anglo-Franco - American сода ference has ever been an nounced, it was generally ex- pected here that it would open and would last on June 17, for about four days.
The possibility of holding it Instead at the end of Jure is now believed here to bo under discussion between the three governments concerned,
The motive, it is thought here, would be one of general convenience and Bot solely the fall of the French Govern- ment of M. Reno Mayer im- mediately after the announce- ment last month that the Bermuda conference. would take place.
But
President
Eisenhower Indicated recently that if the formation of a noW French Government proved a protracted operation, this might itself be a reason for putting off the Beranda talks.
Since the talks a are expected
to cover future tripartite policy. decisions, the United States ad- ministration, it is thought here, would prefer these to take place with the Incoming rather than the outgoing French Govern ment.
The proposal for three-power talks with Britain and France was made last month by Pre- sident Elsenhower and fixed up.. in trans-Atlantic telephone calls to the
two
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of hours. within a matter opean capitals President. Eisenhower.promptly. Sir Winston Churchill's coach accepted a suggestion from Bir today trundled off the route of Winston Churchill that the co- the Coronation procession toference should take place in avold poaching the Queen's Bermuda,--Reuter. place of honour....
At one
stago
on the grent
drive the Prime Minister's DELEGATE RESIGNS
coach had come abreast of other
vehicles in the long stream.
His
Prince Charles turned inquisi- and ended Uvely to ask what they were,
A few minutes earlier the crowd saw a little boy playing "hide and Beck with them behind the curtains, while they kept up an incessant cry of "we worth while there is no
want
the Queen." force existent which--can When the first of the Air Force provent
attainment. Meteors dipped low in salute, the its. Colonel Blunt and his party Throne-nudged his mother and excited Prince-heir to the embarked on an expedition
the sky, which was a test as much his father pointed up
The flypast was delayed 25 of their spiritual strength minutes because of the Queen's as of their physical durance. Though personal
The Queen faces another heavy the formations swept over in honour and glory is right round today-but not nearly as salute. fully theirs, It who A strenuous as yesterday's the
But this did not satisfy the aspect, which could hardly day of her Coronation.
multitudes. They called again they enter their minds as
Majesty's engagements performed the hazardous today include an afternoon drive and again for the Queen to
appear on the
the London, June 2. chal- through London's East End and undertaking. They
balcony. a State Banquet at Buckingham 1 langed, and in turn,
Palace
Earlier the
Sir Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister, in usurping her place of honour at Chief Delegate four-year-old during the
evening: Prince Charles and his younger challenged, and they won which Crown Prince Akihito is
The Coronation was televi- the rolling tones and resounding phrases for which solely because they refused to attend.
• Princess Anna joined their sion's greatest triumph. sister
Through the cyes to fall in their purpose in
he is famous, tonight introduced Queen Elizabeth first opportunity to pull off Rhos hud of 20 When the young Queen finally mother and father the Duke of
Edinburgh on the balcony, the face of adversity. retired last night she must have
cameramen and eight commenta when she broadcast to her people. The children were caught uptors, an audience estimated at Is the thrill of the occasion the 20,000,000 in Britain, France,
Princess copying
residence, her Holland and Germany saw the young brother's self-assured move- beauty and splendour of the ments.
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth But as the alight wore on the in Westminster Abbey, and the strain began to take its toll. The triumphal drive through the crowd had been growing all the packed streets of her capital. time but here and to come British sovereigns, only those
At previous Coronations It is my duty and my honour
of cries of stretcher wanted".
privileged to a attend the Abbey -usually, about 4,000 saw the historic crowning ceremony. -
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Police sald last night that |6,073 of the people lining the| Reuter,
Coronation route had to receive
Moon from Ambulance men.
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London, June 2.
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on their
Speaking from his official "We pray to have rulers who
No. 10 Downing (serve, to have nations who com-. Street, the Prime Minister Fald: fort each other, and have pro- "We have had a day which the pics who thrive and prosper oldest are proud to have lived free from fear. to see and which the youngest "May God grant us these will remember all their lives. blessings."
Then in trumpet tones the
Queen."-Reuter.
to lead you to its culmination. Prime Minister proclaimed "The
"You have heard the Prime Ministers of the Empire and Commonwealth pay their mov- ing tributes on behalf of the famous states, and races for whom they speak,
New, York. June 2. had merely fainted but Millions of Americans people needeti
hospital pictures-of-the actual crowning-The Eplendours of this second
of Queen Elizabeth
of June glow in our mirals. Now, A small army of 10,000 first television Screens only soven ald, workers had been mustered minutes after the event.
as night falls, you will hear the for the day.
voice of our sovereign herself, Pictures bringing the scenes Crowds before the palace vividly before their eyes were
crowned in our history and throughout the taken from a television screen were repeated
enthroned for
in ever
our city. People, many dishevelled at Beckenham, Kent,
hearts, radioed and with
soaked clothes the 3,000 miles across the At their hanging on them shapelessly, tante and immediately trans- shouldered their way through mitted by television
thrilled viewers in New York Hundreds of thousands bad Reuter. begun their homeward frek as
the celebrating streets.
of
"WHOM WE LOVE"
Smugglers Steal Liquor
Pátis, June 2. Twelve French and Belgian smugglers were today sentenced to up to five years imprisonment for mealing alcohol by pipirigit from a distillery through a 100- Sir Winston Churchill went yard underground funnel to a on: "Let it not be thought that garage. the age of chivalry belongs to The court was told that rafis the past. Here, at the unit were laid and coal trams Italled
to the
Accra, June 2. soon as the triumphal pro- Gay coloured umbrellas
of our worldwide community, to clear away the earth when the cession was over, heading for native-chiefs their own neighbourhoods
mingled with the the lady whom we respect tunnel was made. to brillant red uniforms of the
because she is our Queen ond It hall heard at an earlier continue celebrating
After waiting in disciplined Force at today's trooping of the
Royal West African Frontier whom we love because she is hearing that a group of 18.
herself. Ilacs along the parade route for Queen's Colour-climax hours they broke ranks quickly Acora's week-long celebrations words familiar to us all in second pipeline was built and. once it was over. They jammed Reuter.
incs
the tube stations entrances and formed long queues at bus
terminals.
But
of
smugglers successfully alphosed away, the alcohol for 17 years. without being detected. Then a
Seoul, June Z. sires conch pulled to the road-
An authoritative source hero and, when it rejoined, the procession Sir Winston said tonight Major-General Chol tendered his Churchill found himself behind Kat Shin had.
Korea's Queen's coach of State resignation as 'South
to the Kortan Armistice talles,
The source sald Provident not yet accepted the route and drove to Downing Chol's resignation but is likely Street on his aw-Beuter. to do so.-Reuter.
the rear.
The Prime Minister took the
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The news ROVER Seventy Five
"Gracious and noble aro
courtly phrasing. Tonight: they have a new ring in them be after that the diallery stocks. Moscow, June 2,
fell so fast that Inquiries began cause we know they are true The Soviet Foreign Minister about the gleaming figure whom
to be made. many were still home in Mr Vyachesiny Molotov accom- Providence has brought us, and Today 10 French men and time for the Queen's world-pauled by Vice Minister Andrei brought us in times when the women and two Belgions were wide broadcast in which
she Gromyko and Admiral Kuznetsov present is hard and the future found guilty of helping to steal thanked her people for
their attended the Coronation Ball at
30,000, fires (more than 8,000 velled. "loyalty and affection".
the British Embassy in Moscow
gallons) of 90 per cent proof The
country's
celebrations
"It is our dearest hope that spirit at Hazebrouck, tonight-Reuter...
North- went on. The Queen herself
the Queen shall be happy and east France and muggling it pressed the switch, which it up
Karachi, Jund 2
our resolvo "unswerving that into Belgium. bala London", да many af the Mosleme in many Karachi her reign will be as glorious as Five French men and Eve REISS, BRADLEY & CO., LTD. Tel. 28006 capital's fistoric buildings were mosques joined in prayers for her devoted subjects can help Belgiens, wern. acquilited.--Ilma-
Queen Elizabeth Router her to make|AL."
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