Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-08-02 | Page 3 | King is O. K., Says Kansan

I I r I I. I If KINIS liV G GIS IS I OK 0 K SAYS A YS KAN SAN f KANSAN I George G orge Greets Greets' Ameri Americans Ar l ricans ricans ri- ri cans I Like ke May rJ bf i I Small Town T By Ely United United pres Press LONDON rONDON f Aug t q 2 King 2 George GeorgeI acted like the mayor of a small Kansas Kari Kan sas to in the the opinion of Represent Represent- atio ati o John R R. Connelly of ot Colby Kan ICan editor edItor of th the Colb Colby FrEE I Press Iress ess who today wrote his sion pf Br British royalty loyalty on the oc occasion aslon 0 of the re recep reception re- re cep ion of a congressional committee as follows x I By y John Joh R. R Connelly Kansas ansas Congressman Written n for the United Press pres t We Americans ar arS r not flot used to meeting royalty and d' d naturally had some feeling of embarrassment when we wey met the kin and queen of E Eng Eg England gland g- g land and their daughter The king queen and the princess immediately removed this this' this this- embarrassment Their greeting w s most The king g gave ve us us a regular Kansas handshake and anel then we talked for I half an hour The ahe fact that he spent I for yea Jn th the navy while a boy perhaps perhaps' nl niada d him at et t once find the subject we were both best I informed H H He discussed the subject with interest and understanding understand- understand j J ing I KING IS HUMAN ISHUMAN I The rhe committee came cam away with away with the impression t that at the king Is a most human human human hu hu- hu- hu man fellow He lie knew how to meet the committee e as just ry AmerIcans AmerI- AmerI cans and make ake them feel easy He treated us Just fine just as asif If h he were nere the thema ma mayor mavor r of a small Kansas town town The kin king Ing j Is rather small span of stature not so tall as the que n lIe He enjoys H He- He the hope a good s story ory expresses to us that after the war the Americans AmerIcans Ameri Amen cans will not think the Briton stuck up and that the Briton n ill vill he be lnore nore I tolerant toward the American disposition disposition disposition tion to boast QUEEN INTERESTING I The q queen een is fine appearing She I talked Interestingly ab about t the work worl to tobe tobo I Ibe be bo done for wounded soldiers io llers She is j I most active in this work going personally personally per per- perI I t to various hospitals She She- Shein In Inquired in- in inI I about the interest of American I women women She had read of their activities activities ties in the Red Cross ross and along 1 other lines of relief relict Princess Mary the only daughter of Ithe j I the king Icing and queen has four or five brothers in military service I