Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-27
President Enjoys Whole
Hearted Reception by
Worlds Metropolis
WAVES HAT TO CROWDS
American Executive Passes
Through Miles of Cheering
People on Way to Palace
By ERNEST MARSHALL
Special Cable 10 Euening Public Ledger

Copvrt0ht, 1918, bV NctO YORK IImeS Co'
London, Dec. 81.
II ever a countenance bespoke un'
alIoyed appreciation, it was Presi.
dent Wilson's as he drove through the
streets OF London yesterday. The
King and Queen and the leaders OF the
state had met the President and his
wife at Charing Cross Station. Sow
ereign honors had been paid the Amer.
lean Chief Magistrate and the first
lady of the land. Guns had doomed
a salute. Guards OF honor had pre-.
scented arms. A military band had
played the national anthem of the dis.
tinguished visitors country.
That was the welcome of the State,
given with all due ceremonial. But it
was in the streets outside that Presi.
dent Wilson touched the core of his
reception in the British metropolis
From Charing Cross, where Thackeray
who once said you were sure to meet
everybody in the world worthwhile,
il you waited long enough-probably
never dreamed a President of the
United States would arrive one day, to
Buckingham Palace, it was one long
wave of cheering as the presidential
and royal procession passed.
The scene at Charing Cross Station
when the presidential party arrived
was described to your correspondent
by one of the British ministers pres.
ent, Sir Albert Stanley, president or
the Board of Trade.
King Welcomes President
When the train drew up. Sir Charles
Gust stepped out and bowed to the
King, who moved forward with out
stretched hand as President Wilson
came out of his carriage to the plat.
form. The King and the President
shook hands warmly, and then His
Majesty introduced the President and
Mrs. Wilson, who followed her hus
band to Queen Mary and Princess
Mary.
AS the ladies' stood chatting the
King and the President walked to-
gether along the platform to review
the British Guard Of Honor and the
American troops drawn up in the sta.
tion, the band of the Grenadier Guards
meanwhile playing the Star Spangled
Banner" Then Premier Lloyd George
and Secretary Balfour and all the
other members of the cabinet present
were individually presented to the
President, who exchanged remarks
with a number of them.
stories of the Presidents smile had
preceded him. Some hundreds of thou.
sands of Londoners were captured by
1t yesterday.
ats a fine face" said Sir Henry
~Dalziel, standing by your correspond.
ent In the crowd in Pail Mall.
The Presidents enjoyment of 1t all
vas obviously whole-hearted. He was
not satisfied to go through the ordi.
nary motions of a salute with his hat.
He waved it with a grand sweep of
which any cavalier would have been
proud.
King George sat beside his guest
riotionless. It was not his day. but
an who knew how deep and sterling
are his Majesty's convictions on the
point of Anglo-American relationship
are confident that it was a proud and
happy day for him when he had the
President Of the United States sitting
Mt his right hand and receiving a
hearty welcome from thousands upon
thousands of his Majesty's lieges.
Reception Hearty and Sincere
given to President Wilson there can
be no doubt. 1t was hearty and sin.
cere. To some who do not know the
undemonstrative British there may
seem to have been a lack of emotion.
Those who do know them think rather
that the sustained volume of cheering
ms the President passed was n most
significant indication that the English
have taken him to their hearts.
In the great open space before
Buckingham Palace a crowd of 10000
had gathered. 1t was an assemblage
of all classes and ages. People up
from the country for the holidays
rubbed shoulders with dwelers in
Mayfair. Aged Chelsea pensioners
hobbled alongside Dominion soldiers
Factory girls blocked the view of staff
officers and everywhere through the
throng were American soldiers and
sailors watching a little curiously to
see how their President was received
Several busloads Of wounded Tommies
were admitted to the forecourt Of the