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Show zr zr 2T zr Britain Hon ors Wilson in Royal Greeting and Pageant PRESIDENT III PALACE OF II. Sovereign Greet Wilson at Train and Escort Him Through Cheering Cheer-ing Crowd of London y Associated Presa . LMKN7-tt-cr-2K President and Mrs. Wilson were in Buckingham palace thin afternoon after-noon after a journey from Calais to London, during which they were accorded all the honors ever given roystty. Never hss a royal progress, except those of great national ceremonials, cere-monials, excited eurtwlnterest here as the first stste visit of an American president. 0 The drive of the short procession from the ststlon to the palace was made through streets lined with the flsS hung overhead and covered the buildings, while windows, balconies, sidewalks snd open spaces mere filled with people, many of whom wore the A met it a n. .colors. RIDCS WITH SOVEREIGN. It wag a brW spectacle. Kiret cam the iovereign's escort of troops from the household cavalry, with helru-ta and at I cuirasses. Then came the carriages with Kin George and Presi-dent Presi-dent Wifcaoij and (Jun Mary. Mra. W 11-14 in and Wlnreaa alary. Thru -w?r I followed ny thr othrra, which paaned almost unnoticed. &a all eyea war on Mr. and Mra. Wnatm and tha royal family. HISTORIC ROUTC A 1 thou ah tha trlD wti a ahort on, ft lay through a most Interesting set-1 inn of London. From Charing t roaa the route ran along the north aide of Trsfalgsr square. wiih the Nelson mntlMinent tn werlng nn th lef enH th national gallery on the rigM. its gray walls almost - covered by huee American and British flags. It cou-J tinued along Pall Mall, turning north-1 ward at St. James place and up St I James street to Picadilli the chief; landmarks along tnis stage being the! solid, weather-worn buildings of ihe I old Isnndon clubs, now decked with ! bunting they kep for special ocVa- I sions. The profusion drove westward I along the north side bf I'icadtlA , passing pass-ing a tract of club and big hotels and-palatial and-palatial residences, notably the home of the Iuke of levonshlre. with the Red L'rxmm flag over it and the residence of the thike of Wellington, at the entrance en-trance of Hyde pant, where the procession pro-cession turned. VAST CR0W0S. Between Piccadilly and Buckingham palace there stretches a green park , which waa dark with people. The parly par-ly drove past Wellington' arch and along the southern side of the park, flanked on the right by the wail of the palace ground, and then Into the broad plaza before the palace a nd through tha iron gates Into the palace forecourt. Probably the most interest! rrg part of fhe epectacle for the president was the people who were crowded everywhere every-where to greet him. The day being a holiday, work ngmn and women had a chance to turn out with their amall children. They made the moat of their (Continued ouauaj -, PRESIDENT IS GUEST IN PALACE OF BRITISH KING Royal Greeting and Pageant Page-ant Among Honors London Lon-don Gives Wilson. frentlnnH from parte L opportunity nd to no stratum of British Brit-ish humanttv con In ne president have made stronger appeal. HUMAN INTEREST HIGH. While the formal features of the event were -weH ticeH and managed, the human factor preaented the mom tnrereat. The interior of the irrlmy old Htation w here Kin Own w elromed Mr. W'l'son waa carpeted with red and I ha avu 1 la a nrl rmi met- li IH.ten He. i 1 arrived at iH'ver Jut about midday, i She waa met at Calais by feiir diaries ' Cust. the king's equerry, and Vice j Admiral Sir Koger Keya. who acrom-I acrom-I punicd the party to lover. four ('rench dent rovers eacorted the j Itt ik lit on to mtdelianncl, where British 1 destroyer and a d07.cn airplane took !'ocr the duty. j Am the l.ii;hion entered the harbor' the salute In honor of the president J ' ns f 11 1 d from 1 o rr astlc. Thia j I -" lyUi.lng I i'f thr w.tr thai thia honor baa )n 1 J Hn nrdfMj any vlMtor. The Brighton j path aiorg the line if ahlpa of i the fiirnoua I over patrol, all of which j (were flying American flaga and their crew lining the ralla. The band. . which when the rtrtghton waa alghted, i had piaed "-if,d Save the Kina;. now : look up i he "Star-Spangled HannerT- each htp'. com p n atuntllng at at-, at-, tentlonv 1 The Itrtghton waa flying the preal-' : dent's flap. Admiral Kcyea' pennant j and the HrlHh naval enaign. Mra. I Wilson, who aa on deck, took the! , greateat interest in' the evolution of; the briiiah destroyer. ; The prealdent. who appeared in aplendid apirits when lie atepped ! aahore. waa Immediately greeted by I ! the fluke of Connaught and the other j i memlera of the welcoming party. After reviewing the guard of honor, I he pasaed through the covered way) ' to the station, where the maydr and ! the corporation of lover In their ' scarlet rolea of office extended a ! t formal welcome. The addreea waa , read by Sir A. Bodklng. the city's re-! re-! corder. The preairicnt replied hriefly. ! Aa President Wi'aon walked to the ! train a doxen girla wearing the Amer- : lean colors strewed petala of roaes In .his path. All this time the airplanes had been hovering; over the pier and ' I the Mat ion, and aa the special train j I bearing the prealdent left for the j loHpital the airmn alao headed for hind maawea of flag. Club window were moat monopoltxeH hy men while the hotels nd More along the way ' were filled with guy parties only Ic Interesting than those on the streets. That auch mes of Anieriran flags I could bo prod ii red at auch r-hort notice j was a revelation of .ndon re.xourven and none appreciated iheru more ihan the American whi-e, a and t iiejacket among the apeftat-ne. As the president's train crossc f the i T'nmes and entered the ft iilon ,i rf it aiiaas win t an fmm li ml U4, li.te of f-rty-one guns w fired from , tUn Tower of London and in ilyoe ; park. COLO AND CLEAR. Before the prealdent'a h rrl a 1 it ; seemed aa though Iondon lo have its coldeat day of the winter. There was ire in the atreeta and a white frosl on the grass. Fortunately, however, there ae neither the rain nor the fug which usually prevail in December. Before 1 1 o'clock street In the west end were filled with holiday thrones afoot and In motorcars watching hun-i hun-i dred of workmen putting the finlsn-ing finlsn-ing toucher to the decorations, some of which had been blown down during (he night. BANNER OF WELCOME. AcroK St. James street was a huge blue banner with the words "The Citizens Citi-zens of Westminster Welcome Preai-I Preai-I dent Wilson." In gold letters. Sightseers poured in during the , morning from all points. There were thousands of soldiers and sailors, many hundreds of school children shepherded shepherd-ed by nuns and teachers, hundreds of flag venders, burnt cork mlnstrela with banjos, costers on donkey carts, bishops bish-ops In black gaiters, generals In various va-rious uniforms snd women and girls In their new Chrlatmae furs. Many brought their, luncheon In boxes or baskets. From the war office and other government gov-ernment building hi Whitehall British Brit-ish and American flags were flying feem the same ataffi Bhoioaenpha t President Wilson w ere displayed It wlndowa all along his route to Buck Ingham palace. BREAKS RECORDS. The parade moved smooth I y according accord-ing to program. It w-as w itnessed by such an outpouring of peopi and .-ipiid i such enthusiasm aa Indon had never; known except upon the occasion of coronations and of Queen Victoria's ' jubilee in 157. There was genrral agreement among Londoners that no j visiting head of a state had ever been) given such an matton aa that accorded j the American president. ' The progress of the royal and preal- denttal party waa in scrnlMaie courhes, j each drawn by four dark hnres, with j two pop t lllton a In srarlet imju, white i breeches and black silk hats and twoj footmen in long buff overctmt eitiinR behind. The coaches were escorted by London, accompanying the train all thn way In HftiiiUon to iho great crowds In the town, many people gathered along i the line of tho railway and at differ-lent differ-lent nations cheering as the train j paaMd. In reply to the address of welcome. t Prealdent AVIIeon said: "We have come through marly serious seri-ous time, together and therefore can regard rai-h other In a new light as comradva snd asaoclatea. Iwauae nothing brings men together like a common understanding and a, common purpose. "It is therefore, with deep emotion iind peculiar gratification that I find mi self her? afforded the opportunity ..f matching mv mind with the minds i'f Jhoe whii with a like Intention, are proposing titiTtVTher testrhey carr-smd-lh;it can le done In the great settlement settle-ment of the snuggle." scarlet -coated outriders. CHEERS AND SALUTES. Enthuatnatlr arenea marked the arrival ar-rival at Charing t roaa station. As the president. accompanied by Kins George, emerged from the station the crowds jamming the streets broke Into prolonged cheers. A t the same t Ime guns began to thunder out A salute and dozens of airplanes scared overhead. The. tiella and chimes all over the city also pealed a welcome. During the procession, flags, hats j Important Address j Expected in England ' By Associated Press. ! ON BOARD PRESIDENT WIL-! WIL-! SON'S SPECIAL i:.N ROrTK TO ! CALAIS. Ic r vrealdeht Wilson j left Chaumont for Knglund late yea- terday afternoon feeling more strongly than ever the magnificent part Amerl-can Amerl-can aoldiera took in the winning of the war. ve..ierlav review. In which j oiMi American aoldiera marched before himi created a deep Impression on the I president, quite apart from the hta-, hta-, ti.ric msnlficance. of reviewing fighting fight-ing men on foreign soil for the firat time. When addressing his troops a "fellow "fel-low eountr men,' he told them thst be believed that he Could "proiniae them a happy Nw Year." This waa conatd-.l'-d the keynote ff the abtrea and frien'le atont Mr. Wilson conmrul his word to mean that be waa beginning lo e the way more ca ly toward thf iitlHitmiei.t of the objectives he bss ! t for himself at t.i pea. e conference. 'EXPLAIN TO BRITONS. At lnM one ver tninrtatt address tnv t" cxpes'ts-d from the prrnioent I while he 1m tn England It mav define t.i4 line of thought moie clearly on ia-t ia-t .iicf4 in w hicb. .rrat ftntain is so det p-j p-j ly in t . td. He will take opporturl-l opporturl-l ty to do fhiM tn the nuif of confer-' confer-' in-c he will hold with Premier Llovd j t .rc. -I. Balfour. secretary of ; -tat for foreign affair, and Andrew D..inr l'W. chancellor of the eebequer. t hut w hatever pub tc. .speeches he will rn tke will be f crutrao tn explanation t iie F:rttlih' people themselves, who, he t.e!if ctj. nre in accord with the prin-riph prin-riph s on w hich the maklni; of peace : h.- li"n broti. I Itt hi S'Wi' tf the American troops eyi!.4 l'r"ueut Wilson sut'l he bad - found no difference in principles or of . funda mental pnrfMrse. He expects to 'return to Paris to continue the work I of ttie peace confTen e with wh.t ma I be differencea of opinion cleared away i or on the wav to accommodation. -ALL CHOKED UP.M J Yesterday's review waa a picture .worthy of a great painter. The eight of lO.wou Amer. can veterans carrying the United States flag on the soil of a I Htatei' republic: a comrade tn arms In 'a tsTfat cuune, was Just a little too much to permit the president to sup-I sup-I press, his emotion. He frankvy ad- mirted belt g "all choked up.' Mr. Wilson's visit to stillier' billets 'in ntrhy towns wil long be retnen-Iheted. retnen-Iheted. At one pl;.ce be climbed a bolder bol-der to the l"fi .f a Mrible to talk with, ' suddier quart fed there. Everywhere the bow an) j(irK -f the H'tle vdlagea ! brought n;itK flowers or gifta to him. . ne ."pry little miss actually ti"pted ' into his car i-tcl yiHtml a k"i in hia ! rh-t-k lelfort Hie p.-enis-ttt knew w hat 1 was goinr; '' Arnt.aMdr and Madame .lithfcetnnil who rromrwrw! .President a;,.i Mrs. Wilson to fhaumont. left for I 'Mr in ir the sm (itn ttiat Mr. Wll--on m ta;n slartl toward C-ilais. and handkerchiefs were waved, 'in president was, uncovered throughout ' the drive to acknowledge cheers. GREETED BY SOVEREIGNS. ' The scene Inside' 'the- Charing .Cross . station was not less cordial although : rot wi noiay. The reception party included in-cluded King .enrae. Queen Mai y, 1 Princess Mary.- Premier Lloyd fgeorge. snd all the members of the cabinet. , the heads of the army and navy, premiers pre-miers of the various dominions and 1 representatives of India and other of-ftcials. of-ftcials. There was a guard of honor of Scot guards, w l)i)e the baud of the ! (grenadier guards played the "Si;tT- i Sp-inged Banner." The king and Queen and Princess 1 Mary greeted President Wilson with cordialit; . President Wilson, accompanied accom-panied bv King Ceorge and tho Duke of Connaught inspected the guard of honor. Premier Lloyd e.rge and th members of 1 he reception committee were then presented to the president. Royal Salute Is Fired at Dover By Associated Press. DOVKR. Englsnd. lec. C - The weather waa bright and crisp thia morning snd Ioer wore a fost;i! ap-rern-e with lia drcoriiorts and Its animated I hrongs ledy to welcome, President snd Mra. vViNon. Their arrival ar-rival was signaled by the firing of a royal salute. Large crowds lined the admiralty pier and Its npimtarhe long before the president r.-tme ashore. The Imke of Connaught, with his suite, accompanied by John W. Davis. 1 he American a m basaa dor : t he Earl .tnf Heading. British ambassador to the United Htatea: Lord llerahell and the mayor of Dover, were on the pier to meet the visitors. The mayor' presented pre-sented an address of welcome to the president. President Wilson then reviewed re-viewed the guard of honor from the navsl garrison of Dover. The acene in thw harbor as the presidential vessel entered was an animated one, Airplanes and es-planea es-planea In large numhere circjed overhead, over-head, while the w arsbips In the harbor, har-bor, which Joined the shore battories In firing the salute. were gll dressed with buntjng. The .creus manned ship snd ch--rel- a file pros i Iri-ntial boat passed into the barlnd. VOYAGE IS SMOOTH. The sleamer Brighton, on.whu-'n thel Pre toVnt crossed - the . chnntiel k hal J a ojtjirk and smooth patee sn ' , 4 ' |