Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-10
AND HIS STAFF
GREETED BY KING GEORGE
American Army Commander Re-
ceived in Audience at Buck
ingham Palace.
CONFERENCES AT WAR OFFICE
London Papers Cordial in References
to L. S. Onicers-Foreign Secre-
tnry Balfour Arrives in England,
on Return From This Country.
CONFERENCES AT WAR OFFICE


LONDON, June General Pershing
was received this morning at Bucking-
ham Palace by King George. He was
presented to the King by Lord Brooke.
commander Of the Twelfth Canadian
Infantry Brigade.
General Pershing was accompanied
to the Palace by his personal staff
of twelve officers. After the audience
the officers paid formal call at the
United States embassy.
After the formal reception the King
! shook hands with General ,Pershing
and the members OF his stan. and ex-
/ pressed pleasure AT welcoming the ad-
! vance guard of the American army.
/ King George chatted for A few mo-
! nents with each member of General
Pershins's staff in addressing Cen
eral Pershing. the King said
1t has been the dream of my life
! TO see the two great English speaking
nations more closely united. My
dreams have been realized 1t is with
the utmost pleasure that | welcome
YOU. at the head OF the American con-
tingent. TO our shores"
KING CONvERSES QUIETLY
WITH GENERAL FERSHINC:
King George conversed quietly with
General Pershing for quarter of an
hour, shaking hands enthusiast lily
with the general as they parted.
The afternoon was taken up with
conferences at the War Office. To-
morrow General Pershins and his staff
VIII attend service at Westminster
Abbey. The general will dine with
i. "a
time he will meet Premier Lloyd
George and his chief associates in the
Cabinet. Other guests will be Paul
Cambon. the French amba assador. and
Nice-Admiral Sims. L. s. ". who met
, General Pershing for the first time on
his arrival yesterday. Tuesday even
! ing members OF the British Cabinet
Will give A dinner to the general
The American privates with the
PershinG party are being entertained.
when not occupied with clerical or
| routine work. by n civilian committee e
! and by committees of British soldiers.
Detailed stories of the landing of
General Pershing and his party at
Liverpool and the arrival in London
/ NIL a large part OF the leading news
columns in the morning papers. Ar
IahS eHlentS LOT the stay OF the Amerl-
cans in England. plans for the future.
biographies and portraits OF the Ameri-
can general and pictures OF his recep-
ton in Liverpool crowd the news from
the front into second place
The editorials. while welcoming Cen
eral Pershing personally, dwell par
ticularly upon tho significance of the
arrival of the American advance guard
as A symbol of perhaps the greatest
OF all the great events in the midst of
which we are living--so visibly great
that none can pretend TO foresee what
the full harvest will be for the Eng
lish speaking world and the sacred
doctrines II accepts" Emphasis is also
laid on the certainty OF ultimate vic
tory which American cooperation is
believed to insure. A typical express
sion OF this confidence read: "Ours is
the burden of to-day. but the burden
is made light by the knowledge that
the cooperation of the United States
insures the glory of Tomorrow"