Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-23

will be your own value to your
country and your friends. Put your
country always first. and above all
things, be good Americans. The
better Americans you are, the bet
ter friends you will be to your
brother Scouts and sister Guides OF
the British empire"
Sims Honored Guest.
The last person to say good-by to
the price was Admiral Sims, who
was the guest of honor at a fare
we'll luncheon given by the royal
visitors. The anchors were already
being weighed when the admiral left
the ship.
Five carrier pigeons were taken
on board the Renown tobe released
500 miles at sea and return to New
York with greetings from the prince
to his New York hosts.
Sir Robert Borden, premier OF
Canada, went aboard to accompany
the royal party to Halifax.
Just before the prince sailed he
handed the newspapermen this
statement:
II wish TO leave a message for
the city of New York before | sail
today. The people of New York
have welcomed me with such kind
ness that l cannot leave without
saying two words of farewell.
Refuses to Say Good-by.
II refuse entirely to say good-by.
Whether you like it or not, l am
going to pay the United States an
other visit as soon as I can, and
because like it so much and wish
to see much more of the country
and its people, including the great
west.
There is one thing which /
should particularly like you to say
for me in the press. have had
hundreds of charming letters since
| came to the United States, and
not single disagreeable one. wish
that all these letters could have been
answered. They have been too
many to make this possible, but |
hope their writer's will let me thank
them in this way for the many nice
things which they have said.
New York has been so kind to
me that l can never forget this
first visit. AS I have said before,
| am proud to be New Yorker in
my own right, and determined to
see more of the great city as soon
as | can. One can never have
enough of such hospitality as yours
and l hope all the people of the city
will realize how grateful and appre-
ciative l am"
The prince. autographed ticket
for the Actors National Memorial
day performance in this city De.
cember S, which, will be sold to the
highest bidder, the proceeds to be
devoted to the actors fund.
Gift Of Menorah.
A silver and garnet studded Men
orah, the traditional candelabra
used in the ceremony commemorate
ing the liberation of ancient Judea
by the Maccabees, was presented
to the prince by Zionist delegation
headed by Judge Julian w. Mack.
British friendship for the Jews,
was emphasized by Judge Mack in
making the presentation nand he
mentioned the assistance of Great
Britain in creating a national Jew
ish homeland in Palestine and the
deliverance of Judea from the yoke
of Turkish misruleJ by the armies
of Sir Edmund Allenby.
The prince granted special audi
ence to five members of the book
committee of the Art War relief
when he was presented with hand
somely bound copy of "The De-
tenders of Democracy" a book
dedicated to those who served in
the war and containing historical
messages, poems, stories and illus
trations. At the conclusion of the
presentation speech by Mrs. James
Robert Mckee, a daughter of Ben
jamin Harrison, the prince accepted
the suggestion that the first of a
number of children's libraries to be
established in Europe by the society
be named after him.