Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-30
ngIo-American Friendship
Has Had Severe Tests
Since World War.
PRINCE AND HIS PARTY
OFFICIALLY WELCOMED
Liner Docks at Quebec With British
Heir, Brother and Ma
tion's Premier.

By the Associated Press.
QUEBEC, July 3o.-The Prince
Of Wales. Prince George and Premier
Baldwin, visiting Canada to take part
in the diamond jubilee confederation
celebrations. were officially welcomed
to Canada shortly after 1890 o'clock
this morning, being given an enthu.
siastic reception.
Early morning found the ship NOV.
ing up stream close to her schedule
and early morning also found the an.
cient city tense with expectation. Bril-,
liant with flags and bunting, Quebec
lived up to it's traditions as the his.
toric gateway.
River Traffic Pauses.
The ships in the harbor stood by,
dressed with their colors fore and aft
and the river traffic paused as the
liner took up it's place. Even the
rusted and sea-swept freighters joined
the siren chorus of welcome, while
from the citadel the royal salute Of
guns doomed out at regular intervals.
A busy week, with brief interludes
of leisure hours, lie ahead of the two
parties of visitors before the start for
Western Canada. Quebec, Montreal,
Ottawa and Toronto will all throw
open their gates to the princes and the
premier.
Sunday morning their royal high.
nesses with Mr.. and Mrs. Baldwin
will attend divine service in the ca.
thedral, where from the royal pew
they will worship where their parents
and their grandfather, the late King
Edward. also worshiped. The cathe.
dral is now we'll past the century
mark and was hung with the battle
flags of British regiments which were
carried through the peninsula wars
and were present at Trafalgar. Late
in the morning the visitors will go
aboard the steamer ST. Lawrence and
spend the rest of the day on the river
en- route to Montreal. where they ar.
rive about 10 o'clock in the evening.
Plans No Farley.
Premier Baldwin said that he does
not expect, during his stay on the
North American continent to meet
President Coolidge to discuss the dead
lock at the tripartite naYal conference
at Geneva.
The premier said that he had not
heard of the suggestion that he meet
President Coolidge. He also expressed
the firm hope that a definite conclu.
sion would be reached at the disarma.
ment conference, but added that If a
definite conclusion were not arrived
at it would not be Great Britain's s
fault.
II did not leave England until
was satisfied that our delegates could
go back to Geneva with a fair hope Of
arriving at a conclusion" he said,
"and / am quite sure that no effort
will be spared on our part to arrive
at conclusion. 1 further feel con.
fident that if a definite conclusion is
not arrived at, it will not be our
fault"
Scores Welcome Ship.
The Empress of Australia, which
bore the distinguished visitors from
England, anchored off Kings wharf
shortly after midnight to await the ar.
rival of the official welcoming commit.
tee.
Meanwhile, an unofficial welcoming
committee, composed of scores of en-.
thusiastic residents of the city, from
other parts of the Dominion, and from
the United States, gathered in Dufferin
Terrace. Many We're armed with field
glasses. and when the ship was still
In midstream in the st. Lawrence
they swept the vessel with their
glasses in hope of catching a glimpse
of the visitors.
The visitors came from far and
near. A casual walk near the Chateau
Frontenac. huge hotel about which
many Of the activities of the visit will
center, revealed the United States
represented by automobiles from 20
States. One striped-down car of a
popular make was a long way from
nome and demonstrated that if a cat
may look at king, tiger may try
TO look at prince. The car, which
must have cost all Of $40, belongs to
group of Clemson College students
from South Carolina and bore a pic.
ture of ferocious-looking beast with
the injunction, Eat EN- Up. Tigers"
The Clemson foot ball players are
called tigers. Names Of the Southern
tourists. painted on a sign as one Of
the decorations, suggested that the
quartet included Springer. Walsh,
Jeter. Ramsay. 1t was parked under
a NO Parking" sign.
Mayor Has Four Speeches,
There was some speculation as to
the possibility of the Prince of Wales
dancing while he is in Quebec. He
has long been well known as a great
dancer, to dance is a mortal sin in
the archdiocese of Quebec, an order
against dancing having been issued
by the late Cardinal Begin and re.
iterated by the present archbishop,
Mgr. Rouleau.
Mayor Martin as he rehearsed his
speeches of welcome. four of them.
was making dominion history. 1t is
the first time that two princes of the
ruling house have visited Canada to.
gether and the first time that a pre-.
mier in office has come to the country.
The mayor had two speeches in
French and two in English. The
Prince of Wales was seeing the city
of Champlain for the third time. He
was here in 1919 and again in 1924.
Prince George passed through Canada
last year, returning to England from
his naval station in China, but did
not touch the ancient city of Quebec.
Mr.. Baldwin will have a birthday
while he is in Canada. He will be 60
years Of age next Wees
Civic Holiday Proclaimed.
The streets and buildings were dec.
grated with the national colors and a
civic holiday was proclaimed by the
mayor.
The princes aboard the Empress of
Australia attended their final dance Of
the voyage last night and did not re-
tire until an early hour. Wales met
a number of Canadians and inquired
Of them for many of the friends he
made on previous visits.
The days schedule called for the
princes to go to Spencerwood, the Of
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