Arizona republican., 1918-11-25
bRUSSELSS|NGS
 ITSELF INTO A
 FRENZY OF JOY

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Nov. 22.-(By the Associated Press Ut is midnight of the greatest day in the history of Brussels-the day of the trium- phal return Of the royal family to their capital altar four years of gal lant fighting against the German in vader-and the city is still celebrat- ing the homecoming of it's king and queen.
 Brussels tonight was absolutely frenzied with happiness. All the pent- up emotions of its people, which had been held in leash through these weary years by the iron hand of bond age, broke loose in a mighty volume with the advent their king and queen, and the city, which in years gone by had been known as one of the gayest capitals in Europe, has been swept with such a wave of pa triotic joyousness as it never experi- enced before.
 Dance Out Their Joy
 Countless thousands of loyal sub jects for hours have been literally dancing their way through the prin- cipal thoroughfares, singing, cheering and laughing as they dance. Gray haired men and women, youths and maidens, children and soldiers and civilians all have joined in the great throngs which have swirled hithel andthither, chanting their paean tc the German downfall.
 The overwhelming reception given to the royal family this morning upor their ent ry into the 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 brilliant light. The street lamps. whicf had remained dark under German rule, were lighted and the night 1T Brussels was turned into day. Ever the changing electric signs on th' big buildings began their endless pla! and sent their variegated rays twink ling dow non the streets, as in tht happy days before the war. Many O the big restaurants are still closed, bu others in plenty threw wide then doors to the big crowds clamoring fol admission.
 Change Name of Boulevard Hours passed and the Boulevard al Nord-incidentally this great thor oughfare today was renamed the Bou levard Adolphe Max. in honor of tn famous burgomaster-and other neigh boring streets, became the playgrount Hundreds of thousands of people | The boulevard Adolphe Max itself wa filled for hours with a crowd of no less than a hundred thousand celebra | tors.
 So rapidly did the merrymakers giv | hnf nt ties to adjoining streets that prob | ably no succeeding hours found tn l same crowd in the boulevard. Ther was plenty of music. It was mostl vocal, but here and there civilia1 bands blared their way at the head 0 joyous columns.
 BRUSSELS. Friday, Nov. 22.-CB' | the Associated Press) liking Alber | having been enthusiastically receives l by the inhabitants of his redeeme | capital, today made an importan speech from the throne in parliamen his first utterance in the capital sine almost the beginning of the war. Nea the throne stood General Pershins I representing the American army; Gen | eral Plumer of the British army an other generals. The chamber was file
 
 were the diplomatic corps, includin Brand Whitlock, the American minis ter, who returned Thursday to his pos in Brussels.
 One of the most vital points in tn kings address dealt with the questio of suffrage for Belgium, and in thi connection he said:
 The government proposes to tn | chambers to lower, by patriotic agree ment, the ancient barriers, and t make the consolidation of the nation reality, on the basis of equal suffrag for all men of mature age, require for the exercise of civil rights
 This statement aroused a storm ( applause from all the members.
 General Pershing took no part in tn parade or other ceremonies of the da, having entered the city quietly as spectator.