New-York tribune., 1919-10-02
L. S. Creets
King Albert
Here To-day
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a destroyer at a place not yet desg-
mated, drop down the river and then
formally land at the Battery-no longer
incognito.
Until they arrive there, however, the
rules of the game, as laid down by the
State Department. provide that their
presence in the city be ignored None
is to seek admission to their presence
unless they should be so favored as to
be sent for; there is to be no demon
stration outside of the hotel, no cheer
that crowds do not gather in the vicin-
ity of the hotel during these hours of
rest. Officially the King and Queen
will not have arrived
They will step ashore at Pier A at
1880 o'clock in the morning. There
they will acquire an escort Of two
companies Of infantry, two of sailors
an and two of marines. Major General
Thomas Barry and Rear Admiral Glen
non will be there.
Rodman Wanamaker, as chairman OF
the Mayors Committee of Reception to-
Distinguished Guests, will be there to
guide them to City Hall and all the wav
up Broadway and Park Row from the
Battery to the City Hall steps, where
Mayor Hylan will await them The
people Of New York will shout their
welcome.
Arriving at the City Hall, Mayor
freedom of the city.
And from that moment until thew
depart late Saturday night for Boston,
New York's hymn will be "La Brabon-
come and her .colors, Red, Black and
Yellow.
King Albert is to reply to Mayor
Hylan's speech Of welcome, and then,
after brief reception, the royal party,
accompanied by the Mayor and the
members of his committee, Will motor
to the Waldorf-Astoria.
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon the
King and the other royal visitors will
go to Central Park, where they will
receive $4,000 children of the public
and private schools Of the city There
Will be patriotic celebration, which
will end by the planting of tree by
the King
In the evening the visitors will at
tend performance at the Hippodrome.
Programme for Saturday
For Saturday the programme for the
party, SO far as arranged, will be as
fellows:
10 a.m.-King Albert and Prince Leo
pold will leave the hotel and visit
the Woolworth Building.
ii a.m.-Visit the Stock Exchange.
11.3O am.--Visit the Produce Ex-
change.
IL a.m.-Luncheon at the Bankers
Club, as guests Of the committee Of
Belgian Relief
3 p.m.-Reception in the exhibition
room of the New York Public Lii
brary to official representatives OF
the War-Work Organization. in
Guiding committees of the YM.C.A.,
Wv CA, K of c.. Jewish Welfare
Board, Red Cross, War Camp Com
munity Service, Salvation Army,
Colonial Danes arU Belgian So
ciety. This reception will occupy
about two hours
10 pm.-Visit to the mass meeting
of the American Legion, at Mad-
son Square Garden.
Queen Elizabeth and her lady in
waiting. escorted by Mrs. Hylan, Mrs
Whitlock, wife Of the Ambassador and
Baroness de Cartier de Marchienne
wife of the Belgian Ambassador, will
visit hospitals in which children and
wounded soldiers are located.
At the Waldorf the entire third and
fourth floors Of the Fifth Avenue side
of the building have been prepared for
the Belgian King and Queen, their en-
tourage and the representatives Of the
United States government assigned to
look after their entertainment The
section of the hotel devoted to them
has been curtained off and divided by
doors closing the corridors so that the
visitors will have an entirely separate
establishment, with four private eleva-
tors, kitchens, dining parlors
and reception rooms. The members OF
the party will have absolute privacy.
King Albert and Queen Elizabeth
will be the guests of Harvard Univer-
sity Sunday afternoon, officers Of the
university announced yesterday. Cardi-
nal MERCER will visit Harvard on Mon
day afternoon.
King Albert and his party will re-
main in Cambridge for about an hour
while Cardinal Mcrcier will spend the
entire afternoon Monday