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Show ALBERT VIEWS IKIETHOPOUS N I mmmi "Is Grand Spectacle," the King Says; Queen Visits the New York Hospitals. ' Monarch Lauds War Relief j i Workers at Banquet; i ; Party Goes to Boston, j NET YORK. Oct. 4. King Albert of the Belgians fletv over Xeiv York this morning in a navy h yilTOauroplane piloted by Lieutenant Commander Tbomai B. Hasner. When the kint; aligbted, he said enthusiastically: en-thusiastically: "It "wa a grand spectacle " In the meantime, Queen Elizabeth, escorted by Mrs. Hylan, the mayor's wife, visited a number of hospitals and the .Rockefeller institute. A qualified tiurso by training and the daughter of one of Europe 's famous physicians, Duke Charles of Bavaria, the queen exhibited more than usual interest in American hospitals and research organization. or-ganization. Sho expressed an especial desire to visit "at least ono hospital which cared for soldiers and sailors wounded in the war, and expressed her sympathy for Ihe men there in many little womanly ways. Later in the morning, Queen Elizabeth Eliza-beth visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The king went from the Voolworth tower to the stock exchange, where trading was halted to welcome him. Brokers from the floor cheered him again and again. He also visited the sub-treasury and inspected the vaults. At noon lie went to tho Bankers' club, where he was the honor guest of the Commission for Relief in Bel-I Bel-I giuni at luncheon. j Is Guest at Banquet. I In reply to tho address of welcomo, tho king said: "Mr. Chairman: In rising to respond re-spond to your gracious words I wish that it were in my power to make you feci tho emotion that will move all Belgians when they learn that I have at last beeu able to bear to this city of New York and to the eminent citizens citi-zens who have devoted themselves to the work for the Commission for Relief Re-lief in Belgium, a testimony of tho sentiments of gratitude of a whole people that they have saved from fani-' fani-' ino. "That Belgium was able to resist for four years the frightful moral oppression oppres-sion of the enemy is iu great part due to the fact that she was not wholly abandoned by mankind and because she knew ,that there was somewhere in the world a powerful nation that was ! interesting itself in her unhappy fate. " Tn Belgium-, the name of the Commission Com-mission for Relief will always be pronounced pro-nounced with gratitude in the homes of the rich as well as in the homes of tho poor. T regret that Mr. Hoover could not be present today. With the sentiments senti-ments that T express to you here I should have likes especiallv to associate the name of this great friend of the Belgian nation. "Thanks to you gentlemen, Belgium did not perish, and now she asks to be able to resume her place among the producing nations of the world. Before Be-fore the war. she occupied the fifth rank in international commerce. Today To-day she is "applying all, of her energy to the work- of her economic reconsti-tutioii'nnd reconsti-tutioii'nnd is trying by her labor to continue to merit that sympathy which tho great American vouchsafed her in her misfortunes." Leave for Boston. The roval -party departed for Boston Bos-ton tonight, arriving there tomorrow morning. Boston and Buffalo will be the only cities in the east, other than New York to be visited by the king and his party. Tho king's decision to cancel engagements engage-ments because of the illness of the president did not apply to programs arranged for him in these cities. They will spend tomorrow in Boston, Bos-ton, leaving tomorow night, for Buffalo, Buf-falo, where they will remain until Monday evening, when thev depart for California. Until October 14, the party will remain at some place as yet unannounced unan-nounced and will not attend any formal for-mal affairs. On that date the Belgian ruler will be formally received by the city of San Francisco. Tho chango of g latin eliminates visits to Moline. 111., cattle, Spokans, Davenport, la., Kan-ens Kan-ens City. St. Paul and Minneapolis. It is thought probable that some of these cities may bo included in the itinerary on the return trip east. Gold Pots Prepared. BOSTON. Oct. 4. -Beans, baked Boston Bos-ton style, and served in golden pott) will be on the menu of the luncheon to be tendered King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium here tomorrow. Two gold pots have been made for the occasion and will be presented to the royal visitors after the luncheon. They were fashioned after the ordinary bean pot and are about six inches in height and eight inches in diameter. |