Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-31
BRITISH HEART
is TOUCHED
BY President
Continued From Page One.

today. 1t was gray and thick, with
intervals of rain, but that is typical
of the season in the midlands, and it
kept nobody in doors. Merchants,
workmen, farmers, soldiers, with
countless thousands of women and
children stood in the streets and
rushed from pont to point for a
glimpse of the president from an
other angle
Shaking hands with the lord
mayor and the chief constable on
parting the president said;
Gentlemen, | congratulate you
both. In all my travels | have not
known arrangements to go on so
smoothly. You have given me
happy time. My only regret is that
it was not longer"
Cheers at Leave Taking.
The last Manchester saw of the
president, he stood on the platform
OF the royal tran, hat i'll hand, with
his military aide holding the dark
blue presidential flag which had been
presented by the people of France.
The band played The Star Spangled
Banner" The red-robed lord mayor
and the blue and silver bedecked
chief constable were in the fore
ground. with an American guard
of honor in the background, and
there came final tribute of cheers,
stirring the flags which hung from
the arches OF the station.
The president was the recipient of
ovations along the railway from
Manchester. The people had gather
ed along the line near the city and
near the suburbs and at various
local cities on the route and cheer
ed vigorously as the train passed.
In telegram regrettng his in
ability to visit Southampton and re-
ceive the freedom of the city, the
president expressed his cordial
thanks for the honor and said:
1T would have been great
pleasure, but it is absolutely neces
Sarv for me to return TO France on
Tuesday,"
Returns to London.
London, Dec. 50.-President Will
son arrived in London at us p. m.
and Immediately went to Buck;ng
ham palace. He was cheered by
large numbers of persons who were
proceeding homeward from bust
ness. Otherwise there was no dem
onstration as the time of the arrival
of the presidential train was not
known to the public.
President Wilson will go direct
to Italy from Paris. He will leave
Paris for Rome Wednesday night,
arriving in the Italian capital Fri
day. Rome is to be the only city
N Italy the president will visit He
expects to be away from Paris
week, returning there a week from
next Tuesday.
While in Rome the president will
be the guest of the Italian govern
ment 1t seems certain now that he
will visit Pope Benedict and also
call at the Methodist college.
Dimes With King George.
By the time the president returns
to Paris from Italy the British dele
gates to the peace conference will
have arrived, it is expected. The
preliminary conferences may then
be in sight and the preliminary or
ganization work of the American
peace mission will have been COM
pleted.
The farewell dinner given in the
state dining room at buckingham
palace tonight by King George and
Queen Mary in honor OF President
Wilson and Mrs Wilson was
a private function. There was no
procession into the dining room,
which was decorated with yellow,
and there were no speeches or
toasts. The Grenadier guards band
played during the dinner, but no
national anthems were rendered.