Arizona republican., 1914-08-04
FRANCE AND GERMANY
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burst of cheering the king and queen
and Princess Mary appeared on the
balcony and bowed their acknowledge
ment of the demonstration of loyalty
! This did not satisfy the crowds.
which chanted I'VE Want King George"
to the tune of Westminster. chimes"
and sang Rule Britannia. This fin
ally brought the king and queen out
again. They were accompanied by the
prince of Wales and received another
noisy greeting. The demonstration
lasted several minutes and for a long
time after the royalties retired the
people continued to sing patriotic
songs
| King George and Queen Mary were
| also heartily cheered when they drove
| in the parks this afternoon. Great
crowds remained for hours around the
palace. the houses of parliament and
| Downing street.
The people were generally undemon-
| strative apparently being more curious
than excited. Occasionally there was
| cheering as some cabinet minister was
| seen leaving his office for the house of
| commons or on his return from the
house or when the palace gates
| changed. But on the whole Londoners
| preferred to spend the holiday in their
usual quiet manner
| AS the evening drew on, however
anxiety increased as to the attitude the
government intended to adopt and peo-
| pie became more excited. Winston
Spencer Churchill, as he walked from
| the admiralty to the commons, was
greeted with cries Of Good Old Win
stOn.'
Premier Asquith was greeted in a
similar manner and escorted from
his home to the precinct house by a
cheering crowd. Other members of
the cabinet as well as members of
the house received a cheer as they
passed in line to this historic build
ing to hear what. England intended
to do in the hour Of her crisis.
John Redmond, irish nationalist
leader. came in for a splendid re-
ception as he left the house, the
news of his speech, in which he
said that every soldier could be
withdrawn from Ireland, having pre-
ceded him.
Field Marshal Lord Roberts, Mar
quis Lansdowne and Andrew Bona-
Law. leader of the opposition, who
visited the prime minister in Down
ing street, We're seen surrounded by
the great crowd which followed and
Cheered them, but ambassadors, in
Guiding the German representative,
who went to the foreign office sew
eral times, and the Russian rep-esen-
tative, who sat in the house during
Sir Edward Grey's speech, being lit
tie known to Londoners, passed un .
noticed.
When parliament adjourned, a pro-
cession formed, composed mostly of
young men carrying union jacks and
the tri-color, marched through
Whitehall, Trafalgar Square, Leices-
ter Square and Piccadilly Circus,
singing all the way.
The railway stations where con-
tinental trains arrive and depart pre-
scented busy scenes throughout the
day. Each incoming train brought
refugee Americans and Englishmen
from the continent.
AS but few porte-s were on hand
ewing to the holiday, all of them
had to carry their own baggage and
some amusement was afforded by
their methods of trundling heavy
, trunks from the cars to waiting cabs
1t was announced that the extern
sion of the holiday applies only to
the banks which will give the gov
eminent time to complete arrange
ments to meet the financial situa-
ton Other business will continue as
usual.
Belgium Appeals to England,
King Albert of Belgium sent q
message today appealing for diplo-
matte intervention on the part OF
Great Britain The Belgian kings
telegram to King George was as fol-
lows:
Remembering the numerous proofs
: of your majesty's friendship and that
: of your predecessor, and of the
friendly attitude of England in 1876
and the proof of friendship which
: she has just given us again, I make
a supreme appeal to the diplomatic
, intervention of your majesty's gov
eminent to safeguard the integrity o.
Belgium
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r change Telegraph company says tn,
5 Belgian parliament win meet Tues