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Show BRUSSELS WILD Thousands of Celebrators Make Merry in Hour of German Downfall. BRUSSELS, Friday, Nov. 22. (By The Associated Press) It is midnight of the greatest day in the history of Brussols the day of the triumphal return re-turn of the royal family to . their capital cap-ital after four years of gallant fighting fight-ing against the German invader and tho city is still celebrating the homo-coming homo-coming of its king and queen. Brussols tonight was absolutely frenzied with happiness. All the (pent-up (pent-up emotions of its peopls which had boon held in leash through these weary years by the iron hand of bondage, bond-age, broke looso in a mighty volume with the advent of their king and queen and the city which In years gone by has been known as one of the gayest gay-est capitals in Europe has been swept with such a wave of patriotic joyous-noss joyous-noss as it never experienced before. Countless thousands of loyal subjects sub-jects for hours have been literally dancing their way through the principal prin-cipal thoroughfares singing, cheering and laughing as they dance. Gray haired hair-ed men and women, youths and maidens, maid-ens, children and soldiers and civilians civil-ians all have joined in the great throngs which have swirled hither and thither chanting their paean to the German downfall. The overwhelming reception given to the royal family this morning upon' their entry int otho city from Ghent was in itself unprecedented, but more ' remarkable scenes were to come. As evening fell the city for the first time in four years burst into bright light. Street lamps which had remained dark under German rule were lighted and the night in Brussels was turned into day. Even tho changing chang-ing electric signs on tho big buildings began their endless play and sent their variegated rays twinkling down the streets as In the happy days'before the war. Many of the big restaurants are still closed but others threw wide their doors to the crowds clamoring for admission. ad-mission. Hours passed and the boulevard du Nord incidentally this groat thoroughfare thor-oughfare today was re-named the Boulevard Adolphe Max in honor of the famous burgomaster and other neighboring streets became the play grounds of hundreds of thousands of people. The boulevard Adolphe Max lself was filled for hours with a crowd of not less than 100.000 celebrators. So rapidly did the merry-makers givo way to others and move their activities ac-tivities to adjoining streets that probably prob-ably no succeeding hour found the same crowd in the boulevard. There was plenty of music. It was mostly vocal, but here and there civilian banda blared their way at tho head of Joyous columns. |