Evening star., 1927-10-30
KING OF CANADA" TO VISIT U.S.:
PRESIDENT TO CALL ON HIM
Governor General Wilmington
Will Be Accorded Honors
Due Ruling Sovereign.
Premier Mackenzie King Also
Planning Trip to Capital.
Coming in November.
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

The King Of Canada" Niscount
WillinSdon, will make a state visit to
Washington on December & and and
be received by President Coolidge and
the United States Government with
the full honors due ruling sovereign.
Niscount Wilmington, whose official
status is that of governor general of
Canada, now functions as the titular
head of the Canadian nation. instead
of the representative of the British
government, as governors general in
the past have done. Under the reor-
ganization of the British Common.
| wealth." which the imperial dominions
have just brought about, the Canadian
governor general is, in fact and in
effect. the personification of the crown
at Ottawa. He reports no longer to
Downing street. in London. but direct
ly to Buckingham Palace. He has
all the prerosatives and authority of
King of Canada.
Premier Also Is Coming.
Preceding Viscount Willingdon's ar
rival, the political ruler of Canada
Prime Minister ". l.. Mackenzie
king--is coming to Washington. lie
will spend November %. % and "a
here as the guest of the Dominion
Minister, Mr.. Massey, and devote him.
self, it is understood. exclusively to
social and private activities. The
President and Mrs. Coolidge will en-
tertain Premier Mackenzie King at a
White House luncheon and Secretary
Kellogg is expected to give a dinner
party in his honor.
Suggestions that Mr. Mackenzie
King Is coming to tackle st. Law
renee waterway and other pending
Canadian-American questions ARE
secuted in authoritative quarters.
When he was premier six years ago,
the Canadian statesman paid his re-
spccts to President Harding, and he
desires now to leave his card upon
President Coolidge. At one time Mr..
MackenZie-King planned to be in
Washington on the occasion of the
Armistice day Canadian monument
unveiling, but conditions made a later
date necessary. His arrival will fall
almost midway between the monu-
ment ceremonies and the Canadian
governor generals visit.
Epoch. Making Sojourn.
Washington will be epoch-making and
hood" of Canada and the diplomatic
independence exemplified by the estab-
lishment in February, 1927, Of Ca
madam legation here. Viscount Will
lingdon will live at the legation on
Massachusetts avenue, not as the
guest of the Canadian Minister, Vim
cent Massey, but as IL sovereign dom
iciled within his own castle. Acting
as his own host in the magnificent
mansion recently purchased by Can
ada, Viscount Wilmington will receive
a call from the President of the United
States. 1t will be the first time that
Mr.. Coolidge has crossed the thresh.
old of the Canadian legation. as it is
not customary for our Presidents to
set foot upon foreign diplomatic prem.
ises as caller upon minister or an
ambassador.
Details of the governor generals
stay in Washington are not yet
worked out. 1t is expected that his
program will include a function at the
Canadian legation. at which Viscount
and Viscountess Wilmington will en-
tertain. perhaps at state dinner for