The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-10-02
KING EXPRESSES HIS
PLEASURE IN COMING
Secretary Lansing, Secre-
tary Baker, General March
and Others Greeted the
King of the Belgians and
Other Members of the
Royal Family.

New York, Oct, ALBERT, king Of the
Belgians, Queen Elizabeth, and Prince
Leopold, who came to America to per-
sonally express their gratitude for the
aid extended by generous nation to
their martyred country, received a noisy
welcome to New York when aroused at
dawn by the firing of salutes as the
transport George Washington steamed
past the outer harbor Notifications 1t
was truly American welcome, such as
greeted returning heroes from France
since the cessation of hostilities and not
even Difference to royalty was observed
to still siren or whistle.
The George Washington formerly the
North German Lloyd liner of that name,
arrived off the Fire Island lightship at
o'clock yesterday. She anchored at
sunset three miles east of the Ambrose
Channel lightship, A fotila OF IL de-
stroyers under command OF Rear Ad
miral Horace Plunkett, escorted the
George Washington up the narrows and
up the bay to Army pier, No. 3, at Ho
boken. Several other municipal boats
and yachts proceeded to quarantine to
greet the vessel, but did not form part
of the official feet
As the ship came up the harbor salutes
of q guns were fired From Castle VIII.
liams, on Governors Island, and from
the coastal Notifications. In response,
the George Washington broke out at her
masthead the flag of the Belgian royal
family and the national banner Amer
lean warships responded by dipping their
colors.
King Albert's Message to American Peo-
pie.
King Albert to-day issued the fol-
lowing message to the American peo-
pie:
"At the moment of setting foot on
American soil the king of the Belgians
desires to express TO the people of the
United States the great pleasure with
which the queen and himself are coming
to its shores at the invitation of Pres.
ident Wilson. The king brings to this
nation of friends the testimony of the
powerful aid, moral and material, which
America gave them in the course OF the
war The name OF. the commission for
the relief Of Belgium will live eternally
in the memory of the Belgians. The king
reioices at the prospect of visiting the
cities whose hearts fought with the cit
, les OF Belgium and whose continual sac
rifices knew no measure. He happily
will be able TO meet the eminent citi-
zens who, animated by the highest
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Of organizations for relieving the suffer
ings of the war. The American people,
their splendid army and their courageous
navy powerfully served great ideal. I"
With the welcoming party at the pier
were Secretary Lansing, Secretary Bak-
er, General March and Breckenridge
Long, third assistant secretary of state.
The royal visitors will be ''incognitoo
during the first "a hours Of their stay
here. Seclusion viii be maintained at
the WTfdorif- Astoria, where they are as
signed to the suite on the third floor
that was reserved for General Perish
ing while he was the guest of the city.
The official greeting of the city will
take place tomorrow morning when the
royal party will be taken in automobiles
to one of the North river piers, whence
they will proceed by boat to the Bat
terry. Later there will be exercises at
city hall.
Tomorrow afternoon, the royal party
will see $4,000 school children in Cen.
tral park and in the evening they will
lattend performance at the Hippo
drome.
Saturdays program includes visits to
the Woolworth building, the stock ex.
change and the produce exchange by the
king and luncheon at the Bankers club
as the guest of the committee for re-
lief in Belgium. In the afternoon the
royal couple will receive the representa-
tives of various war welfare organiza-
tions in the exhibition room of the New
York public library and in the evening
the king will attend the mass meeting Of
the American Legion in Madison Square
Garden.