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Show BELGIAN KING AND1 QUEEN-ENIER GHENT Great Celebration Held in Honor of Peace and Royal Pair. By Associated ar..,. CilCNT. Nnv. 18. Klnc Alliprt. (jurrii Kliaabelli nd Trine. Iopold ..f lVlKlum nw.lc th.lr official .n-t .n-t ranee. Into ibi'iit Wcdnf adajr. Huge crowd., rtchriini. wi'h enthuelaam, lined the ureeta. Tne royal party mavMl throuKh cheerlna; thronga. amid Mmwcra of roif8 and chrysanthemums, j Kvery liafcony, window and roof waa j covered with people, om of whom ' clun iiiTllo iKly to chimneya and cor- ; nicee. The riyal party entered throurh tha P.rurr Kte at 11 y clock. The king wore the uniform of h Jel:an gen-fral. gen-fral. without decoration". 1'rlnce Lo-pold. Lo-pold. In tun uniform of a prlvata ao. dicr of n Ke.-.H line rVKiment. rode a prancing whltu ArahlHii. Both tha limit unil thr i tip 1 '-'' helmet. rn their hemif. The queen looked el.-nder and girllih. Hhe wore a alm-ple alm-ple chanipan colored riding habit. The troop, wiilch entered the city formed tli '.ret dlvlelon of tke Bet" ian army. In peace time theae men Virere quartered at flhent. They were riven a great reception by the cltlsna. the!r battered helmeta and tattered i nlforma bearing evidence of the re. cent fighting. The flag, borne by the troopa were Inacrlbed with the name of "t'larckem" the place where thla division ama.hed the Oe4Tnan llnee oa (taptember : and entered Houllholst foreet. The royal party halted In the een-.... een-.... nr th. d'Armea and reviewed the whole First division, thee noe- dleraalelng veterans of the whole four year? of war. Aa the regiments filed paat. with their bands playing, the king and prince saluted and tna queen bowed and smiled. Simons Van der Ieyna, a 19-year-old girl, Twshed through the Una- of lancers aad presented a bouquet to the queen. An aide lifted the child and the queen Vlaeed her on both , rusks Queen Elisabeth's gracious act , was eheered by tha throng. Tha crowd then sang the "Braba-aonna," "Braba-aonna," and wound up with a tremen-oove tremen-oove outburst of applause. King Albert Al-bert then went to the city hall, where he waa received by acting Mayor An-eeelo. An-eeelo. who expressed the admiration of tha eltlaena for the klnge attitude during the war. In replying, the king 'aald: The cltlrena of. Ghent have proved them.elv.a worthy decendenta of Van .Artevelde. who Buffered privations and tyranny with courage and fortitude |