Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05

O'Clock tomorrow morning. She Will be
greeted by her future husband, Crown
Prince Humbert of Italy, at Rome's
central station.
Borne in the beautiful new royal
train of Italy's Sovereigns, which is
probably the finest and most up-to-
date conveyance running on European
railways, the princess and the Belgian
royal family will end their long and
carefully-guarded journey from the
north with a royal reception at the
| station. King Victor Emanual III,
Queen Helena, the crown prince and
the princesses of Savoy will greet them
Will Attend Mass.
Shortly after their arrival the two
royal families will attend mass in the
Pauline chapel of the Quirinal Palace,
where the wedding of the crown prince
and the princess will be celebrated on
Wednesday morning. The rest Of Sum-
day will be given over to repose.
Warehouses picture was displayed in
nearly every shop window in Rome this
evening and on the front page of every
newspaper. Her name, and that of
Crown Prince Humbert, was on every
body's lips. WCrkmen and store en-
ployes were feverishly busy putting the
last touches to the decorations in their
honor
All public and almost all the private
buildings will be ablaze with electric
lights, festooned about the cornices and
along the roof lines, tomorrow night.
The royal coats of arms of Belgium and
Italy will shine in multi-colored splen-
dor. Yards of bunting, the black, yell
low and red OF the Belgian tri-color
alongside the green, white and red of
Italy, hung everywhere today.
The railway station itself was a mass
OF bunting and banners. The royal re-
ception room, rich in red plush and
gold, through which the Belgian
SovereignS, their daughter and sons.
will make their exit, was banked with
potted plants and flowers. Its ap-
proaches were carefully guarded to-
night by carabinieri In full-dress uni
forms, cooked hats with red plumes.
blue swallow-tailed coats with white
facings and 4 wealth of gold buttons
and braid.
Detachments Of the Fascist railway
militia, in black fezzes end shirts and
gray uniforms, patroled the yards of
All the stations along the route to
Rome.
Shops Compete With Decorations.
All the shops Of Rome engaged in q
window dressing competition under
auspices Of the Fascist Commercial
"
to be Illuminated inside and out until
late at night.
The proclamation Of the Governor
of Rome, Prince Boncompagni-Ludo-
visi, exhorting the citizenry to acclaim
the princess, her royal parents, her
future bridegroom and the royal house
OF Savoy, was placarded on walls all
over the city beside manifestos of
loyalty from the Fascist organizations,
the war veterans and various local
committees.
Foreign Minister Grandi will greet
the royal Belgian party at the station
on behalf Of the government.
Royalty Assemblies for Wedding.
A brilliant array OF European royalty
began assembling In Rome today for
the wedding of Crown Prince Humbert
| Of Italy and Princess Marie Jose of
Belgium.
In addition to members of the Euro
pean nobility, the following royal per-
! SonageS will be present: King Boris of
Bulgaria, the Grand Duchess of Luxem-
burg, the Prince of Monaco the Duke
! of York, the ex-King of Portugal
Prince Danilo Of Montenegro, Prince
Paul and Princess Olga of Jugoslavia,
! the 1nfante Don Fernando Bourbon of
| Spain, Prince and Princess Christopher
| Of Greece, Prince and Princess Victor
Napoleon, the Count of Paris, the
Princes and PrinceSSes of the House of
Bourbon Parma, the Archduke and
Archduchess of Austria, the Duchess of
Bavaria, Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria,
the Duchess of VendOme, Princess Anne
Of Battenberg, and Princess Helen of
Russia.
The Osservatore Romano, the news
paper that reflects Vatican opinion, to-
night extended q warm welcome to
Princess Marie Jose and the Belgian
royal family on the eve Of their arrival
in Rome.
The leading article Of the Osserva-
tore recalled the visit Of King Albert
and Queen Elizabeth to Pope Plus XII
! soon after his coronation in 1922.
MuSsOllni Inspects Air Corps.
CLAMPINO AIRDROME, Italy, Jan
uary (P.-Premier MussOlini, accom-
panied by Air Minister Balbo, today
personally inspected the aerial division
which will participate in the military
revew January 8 in honor of Crown
Prince Humbert and Princess Marie
Jose.
The premier addressed the 400 picked
pilots. reafiirming his faith in the flu
ture OF aviation and assuring them of
his constant preoccupation with their
problems and the development of their
service.
Plan OfFlciaI Welcome.
CIVITAVECCHIA, Italy, January 4
R.-This town, which was formerly
port for Rome, tonight completed its
! preparations for the passage Of the
royal train bearing Princess Marie Jose
and the Belgian royal family tomorrow
morning.
When the royal train reaches here,
the visit becomes "oficial." The train
will make q brief stop at the Civita-
vecchia station to permit a local COM
mittee to present the princess with an