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Show - King Albert and Family Receive Ovation at . Brussels. PROPHESY FULFILLED! ! Ruler Said He Would Re-j turn at Mead of Army When He Fled. - BRUSSELS, 'Friday - Nov. '22. King Albert entered Brussels this morning at 10:30 o'clock. He was accompanied by Queen Elizaboth, Prince Leopold and Charles, and Princess Marie Jose. The royal party entered atihe Porte de Flanders and proceeded to the Place, de La Nation, receiving an ovation! along the streets. Entering the parliament parlia-ment house, King Albert and his family fam-ily listened to an address of welcome. Then followed a review cf allied troops which formed a line ten miles long. 1 Flowers were thrown in the path of King Albert aB the procession made its way along boulevards lined for miles with dense throngs. King Albert and his two sons were on horseback. The crown prince was on his right and was dressed In khaki, while his younger brother was dressed in tho uniform of a midshipman. The influx of thousands during recent re-cent days has made it impossible for all to obtain lodgings. Many arc sleeping sleep-ing In public halls and shelters. The return of King Albert to his capital recalls the king's prophesy in an Interview with the Associated Press only a few months after the Belgians, having checked the first rush of the Germans, had been driven from their country. In the dispatch reporting this interview, given on December 20, 1914, at the king's headquarters in West Flanders, the following passage occurred: oc-curred: "Your Majesty, it has been predicted predict-ed that you will re-enter your capital within three months" the correspondent correspond-ent said: "Not so soon, but some day I shall ride into Brusscla at the head of the Belgian army." LONDON. Nov. 23. American troops together with British and French contingents, marched with the Belgians into Brussels yesterday when King Albert made 1jJ; entry into his capitol, says tho Daily Mail's correspondent corre-spondent who witnessed the entry. "I havo seen many great ceremonies at many places," the correspondent writes. "It is ensy to uso the superla-tlvo superla-tlvo but I have never seen so vast and varied a crowd so carried away by a tumult o fervor. Put a modern artillery artil-lery barrage into terms of delight and you have some indifferent measure of "the concentrated ecstacy of a pcoplo who felt that their release from captivity cap-tivity coincided with tho birth of the millenium. "The royal family stood for tho return re-turn of peace. The king was at the head of tho army which had won that peace by its sacrifice. Two divisions of the Belgian army, occupying something some-thing of like fifteen miles of roads marched In tho procession, accompanied accompan-ied by battalions of French, American and British troops, with artillery. This procession was far down the Ghent road while tho front was passing down the Rue Royale. "Tho day was like midsummer. Many airplanes turned a silver lining to tho sun as they played fantastic tricks high in the blue. Others let drop stroamcrs on the crowd. Every window, win-dow, balcony, roof and 3treot kiosk was packed over the wholo route. "Tho people on the balconies had provided themselves with numerous miniature flags and chrysanthemums that they rained down continually. Thousands could not even approach the route of the parade. All tho roads leading to the Ruo Royale and the boulevard Anspach wero blocked with folk. The crowd was Impassable at thc Porte de Flanders hours before tho king's arrival. "I found three British dragoons enveloped en-veloped by an ardent crowd off the line of route "and afraid to move either way. Musical people burst into the national na-tional song at any prompting or at none at all. "At one place 500 young women, in soprano chorus, sang the Belgian song. Near their gay company stood a pathetic path-etic group of as many wounded men." PARIS, Nov. 23. (Havas.) King Albert of Belgium will accompany Marshal Foch when the allied generalissimo general-issimo makes his official entry into Strassburg tomorrow. PARIS, Nov. 23. (Havas.) Premier Clemenceau went to London today, the Matin says. The premier will return shortly before King George and Queen Mary make their visit to Paris at the end of the month. PARIS, Nov. 23. (Havas.) A socialist soc-ialist delegation called on Premier Clemenceau Friday to Inquire whether the government would have representatives represen-tatives of the working classes at the peace conference and whether an International In-ternational congress would be authorized author-ized during the negotiations. The-premier replied that he would refer this question to the cabinet and thfe allied governments. ' |