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Show Path of Monarch Strewn With Flowers By Associated Preae. BRrSBELH. Not. tl King Albert entered Brussels yeaterday morning at ie:3o o'clock. He was accompanied accom-panied by Queen. Kllsabeth, Princea lopold and Charles, and Princess Marie Jose. '- The royal party entered at the Porte de Flanders and proceeded to the Place de la Nation, receiving an ovation along the streeta. Entering; 1 the parliament houae. King Albert and his family listened to an addreaa of welcome. Then followed a review of allied troops which formed a line ten milea long. - i Flowers were thrown In the path j of King Albert ae the procession j made Ita way along boulevards liaed , all to obtain lodgings. Msny srs sleeping In publlo halls and shelters . The return of Ktng Albert to hla capital recalls the klnia prophecy In an Interview with (he Associated Press only a few months sfter the Belgians, having checked ths first rush of the Germans, had been driven from their country. In ths dispatch reporting this Interview, given on : Peceniler 20, 1914, at the kings! headquarters In West Flanders, ths ! following passage occurred: "Your majesty, it haa been predicted pre-dicted that you will reenter your capital within three months," ths cor- ' respondent said. The king shook his hsad sadly, faying: . "Not so soon, but some dey I ahull ride Into Bruaaels at the head of the Belgian army. iur iir,i.-ei wnn urrnaiej in njn(S. Kins; Albert and his two sons were on horseback. The crown prince was on his right and was dressed In khaki, while his younrer brother was dressed In the uniform of mid shlpman. j The Influx of thousands durlnr re-cent re-cent oava haa made it Impothle for |