The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-06-22
ITALY'S ENJOYS
OVERWHELMED
BY WELCOME
City Makes Holiday in
Honor of Arrival of War
Mission.
"MUST AND WILL WIN"
Big Sacrifices Are Yet to Be
Made, Declares Prince
Of Udine.

enstrations, cheering throngs and the
respectful doffing OF hats loses It's nov
city, but in the royal lifetime of the
Prince OF Udine. second cousin of the
King OF Italy, no offering OF homage
and enthusiasm struck more deeply into
his heart than the greeting extended to
him and his colleagues of the Italian
mission by New York city yesterday.
1t came not alone from the thousa nd 8
seemed to have been poured into the
streets that marked the route of his
entry into the metropolis. He received
q welcome, hearty and wholesome. from
the Mayor down to the dirt streaked in
fants held In tho arms of sium mothers
The town proved that It had not spent
lie warmth In welcoming the distiu-
gushed visitors from England ana
France. Perhaps the Latin volatility ac-
counted for It: perhaps 1t was the ap-
probation OF the recent drives of the
Italian army. but in any event there
seemed to be a bigger and noisier out
hurst for the newcomers.
Inly's Emblem Everywhere.
There was much in the manner and
aspects OF the celebration that recalled
their native land to the ENJOYS. From
the moment they stepped aboard the po-
lice boat Patrol the skyline of the city
was colored with the emblem OF Italy.
In the gonfalons at the Battery their
own insignia were in even division with
the Stars and Stripes. AT the City Hall
Mt that ha ~ THAR
country's greatest marked the confines
Of the court Of honor And so it was
around the Garibaldi statue in WASH
ington Square. in front OF the Public Lii
brary and all along Fifth avenue. ver-
itably It was Roman holiday.
Add to this the thousands of school
children taken from the Italian districts,
whose voices blended at one moment IN
The Star Spangled Banner" and in the
next In thu itxitar raticnai anthem I:
the bands that brought the homeland
closer through their melodies, and the
unbroken lines Of men. women and chill
dren. who waved the flags of the two
countries 1t proved to Prince Ferdi-
nand Of Savoy that the new alliance is
one Of SOUL body and spirit.
eve Must Win the war"
This was the message emphasized in
the formal welcome of Mayor Mitchell.
seconded by Or. Nicholas Murray But
Ter Of Columbia University. And IL was
with this in mind that Prince Udine
said:
"The war is becoming every day more
terrible and is not yet nearing its end
We must win the war. no matter what
our sacrifice and our sorrow"
This utterance indicated that beyond
The ceremonials. beyond the tumult and
the acclaim the purpose Of the visit was
uppermost In every mind.
For the nations of the Entente" said
the Prince. the great problems Of the
war are those connected with the pro-
duction Of food, and above all with
shipping. A large number of ships is
what We need above everything.
Your enthusiasm is a guarantee of
victory. You appreciate the magnitude
ef the task you are confronted with. and
you are going to take 1t up; you are
eoing to reap new military glory, with
me faith which your nation has in its
destnies" 3
The manifestations OF the war feeling
were brought within the vision of the
iri"ce and his party from the moment
they stepped of the train at the Com
munipaw station of the New Jersey Gem
IRA! Railroad at 3:15 in the afternoon
pSaANt podI OT WHICH tneX embarked
nad It's gun muzzle uncloaked.
Guard Is Drawn Up.
AZ the landing pier. where the Prince,
under the escort of Lloyd c. Griscom,
FORMER Ambassador to Italy. and DIR.
Nicholas Murray Butler, gained his first
real view OF the city, there were drawn
up before him a troop OF cavalry, the
marine division OF the Home Guard and
company Of gray uniformed young men,
also OF the Home Guard. There we're
knaki uniformed officers of the National
Guard and platoons Of mounted police
men under the command of Inspector
rhonas Myers OF the traffic department.
iheee evidences OF the country's awak-
ening to the serious business in hand
hrust themselves forward with, even
greater stress in City Hall, where were
o*ted the men OF the Ninth REGIMENT
o' Coast Artillery and naval reserves.
II more humanity could be crowded
,h'o the lower end OF the city than was
damned into 1t when the Prince and his
party made their appearance It would
nave TO he accomplished by a miracle.
Tom the moment the mission showed
Hough the shadowed cover of the pier
We air was rent with huzzas and the
CRY "Evviva rItalia 90
Tue other major figure in the celebra
ton. Senator Guglielmo Marconi. kept
a. tar in the background as possible.
nevertheless he was generously remem-
n-red IN the shouts OF greetins. To him
>eN york was city OF remembered
I"chdIiness The day meant something
40 nm more than his arrival as one OF
t'" mission. Eighteen years ago exactly
ne came here seeking assistance for the
'Ap"itation Of his world revolutionizng
Invention, wireless teleyraphy. As ne
'ooRed up at the buildings he saw atop
ee' eral OF them STATS and antenna that
marked the development OF his invention
''hce that fateful day.
Personnel of Mission.
'theTs in the party were the Marquis
~, 'elere Ambassador to the United
nla'es Enrico Arlotts, Minister OF
transportation the Marquis Luigi Boa.
ear"li di Rifreddo. Under Secretary OF
e'a'e for Foreign Affairs; Francesca
Nerio Nitti member OF the Chamber
~ equities; Cavaliere de Parente. Sec
i"af! Of Legation. who Is acting as Sec
'',dr! Of the mission Lieut. di Zara
"'d Of Prince Udine. aud Gen. Gugiiel.
mouI military attache of the Italian
Embassy
The Prince rode in the first automo,