The New York herald., 1922-06-22
LOVING WELCOME TO
| PRINCE OF WALES
London Declares Holiday and
Enthusiastic Crowds Cheer
Him in Streets.
ROYAL FAMILY REUNITED
Mother Kisses Him and Sister,
Married in His Absence,
Hugs Him.

Special Gable to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1929, bv THE New YoRK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
London, June 2l.
The Prince of Wales after an absence
of eight months returned to England
this afternoon to find himself a greater
idol of the people than ever. London
declared holiday and its affection for
the Prince was expressed in waving flags,
cheers and flying roses by great crowds
In the streets At Buckingham palace
crowds continued their enthusiastic DEM
onstrations while the family reunion was
held and surged along with the carriage
to York House, the Princes London
home.
The Prince. whose face was tanned,
looked tired as he sat in the carriage
at the left Of his beaming father. and
appeared to have grown older. but as
the crowds cheered he soon proved tina;
he had lost none of that engaging smile
which England loves. He obviously was
touched by the demonstrations and the
familiar boyish blush again rose to his
cheeks.
Royal Family mt Station.
The most touching moment was that
when he stepped off the special train at
Paddington and rushed forward to
grasp the outstretched hand Of his
father for a hearty Anglo-Saxon hand
shake. amid deafening cheers of crowd
that jammed the big station. Then
quickly he turned to his mother threw
both arms about her and kissed her as
any loving son would greet his mother
after a long absence. Princess Mary.
who was married in his absence, seized
hold Of him and hugged him. as well as,
kissing him repeatedly. Dowager Queen
Alexandra, his grandmother, he kissed
tenderly.
Next In line were all the Cabinet Min
listers. headed by Prime Minister Lloyd
George, court and State officials AMI
naval and military department heads.
The Prince dashed over to the Premier
and the silver haired statesman and the
ruddy checked youth--for despite his
almost 2S years he preserves the boy
ishness of 17--shook hands effusively.
AS the Prince with his father and his
brothers, the Duke of York and Prince
Henry, drove through the streets to the
palacs women and girls pelted the
heir apparent with roses. and several
times the police Gordon was broken by
the crowds in their eagerness to get
near the Prince But 1t was done in a
spirit of happiness, love and admiration
which brought only indulgent smiles
from thoss in the royal carriage.
Critic of Indian Tour.
Although the people gave particu-
larly affectionate welcome to the
Prince. some critics are inclined to view
his trip to India as more or less Of a
failure as far as helping India to accept
British rule unquestioningly.
Stuart Hodgson editor of the Daily
Netos, writes: Whether or not it was
wise policy to challenge the new
spirit of India, embodied for the mo-
ment in Gandhi. by sending the Prince
over there. the challenge nevertheless
was given. taken and fully understood
by both sides My own view OF the
results of the visit. given with all
diffidence, is that both the optimists
and pessimists were disappointed in
their expectations. The optimists who
thought that es IL by magic, the
Princes visit =, AID remove the discon-
tent in India were deceived
THE pessimists. who saw in the pro-
posal nothing but danger, were equally
disappointed. From the Governments
point of view the net result OF the Prince
of Wales's tour decidedly balances on
the side of good For that result the
Prince deserves a good share of the
credit"