New Britain herald., 1930-01-04
Takes ROunda bout Route

Brussels Jan. 4 lPl-Takins a cir cultous route 10 avoid enemies Of her i bctrothcd, Princess Marie Jose to. day vas Cn route 10 Rome. where on January s she will become briIe Of iumbert. Prince of Piedmont and i Italian heir. She should reach Rome Monday morning. ! The three special trains which lcstI { lscrc at 9:AU p. m. last night entered | rance an hour later at Jeumont- | tulnoyc, proceeding toward Baslo, Switzerland. by way Of Charlevillr. Longuyon, and Nancy. A shorter more direct route was abandoned be- i cause of danger Of intofascist actiy- itjcs.
 Extraordinary porce precautions marked the departure ot the roy,.l party. Police clcarec tho railway station and surrounding streets cn- tircly Of spectators bcfore King AL 1 bert. queen Elizabeth. Princess ] Marie Jose. the crown prince anl ! princess. and Prince Charles arrived | Crowds Cheer Party
 There were cheers from croWuS outside the b,.y ned section. however, as the pretty 25 year old princess vas tal.rn to the train which was to bear hrr flon. her homeland. queen Lli"abeth d. was cheerel. It vas ! her inst public appeaIt Tee in six weeks. She looked ve,y pale but waved a cheerful fareroll to the crowds.
 Princess Marie Jose wajhed with her father ot the head or the pre- cession from automobiles through the station, rLich had L,cE decor. atcl iC h,' honor, to the waiting trains. Olce aboard tn train her i eyes were ,i,v:ously u'lS,y as sh ; leaned from an e'aborat windoar and waved n,r own farewell D friends and countrYpoopl". most ~ wEoIn slclnr. genui:s'ry acIry that thc uI1ncess M as leaving hr,le. Princess Shows Emotion | Several times in her emotion. the princess buried her head in her cor sage of lilies of the valley. The ne- ccssity for so strongly guarding the station on her departure and the elaborate precautions against mis- hap en route were known 10 have i sa ddcncd her, although she was be- lieved 0 have recognized them as rcedluL As the trains started the chcc s and shouts ot the crowds, reached the royal party. They were Long | live the princess. Long live Prince lIumbert,' and Long live the king
 | Just before the train bearing tho princess disappeared into the night, Marie Jose could be seen still way ing her gloNed hand in farewell, Officials and other dgnitaries reached the railway station half an hour before the princess and the re- mainder of the royal family. Prin- cess Marie Jose on her arrival vas presented with bouquet of orange blossoms by Baroness Lemonnie-, Both the princess and her mother wore fur coats. King Albert and the two princes were in full dress uni form. Thirty young girls chosen i from pupils of the Brussels school of music chanted a song as the party entered the station.
 Pass France in Night
 The trains were expected 10 reach ! Basic at about daybreak, cutting | across the shortest edge Of north I eastern France 50 that their progress |, through French territory would last i, only eight hours, all in the dead of night. The route enabled the trains 1, 10 evadc the French Riviera. where | many enemies of the fascist regime | and the house Of Savoy live in exile | The exact railway routine was not made public.
 There have been several recent | revelations Of plots against the | lives of the royal party. A few weeks | ago an attempt was made against | the life Of Prince Humbert during his visit to Brussels at announce | ment of his bctrothal. His assailant was an Italian cxpatriate living in | France.