The Washington times., 1930-01-06
WILDLY.
GREETED IN
ROME
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and princes who have already ar.
rived are King Boris of Bulgaria,
the Duke Of York, Of England,
Prince Danilo Of Montenegro, and
Prince Louis Of Monaco.
Most Of these have taken I'D
residence at the embassies Of their
respective countries. Members of
the Belgian royal family who ar.
rived with the bride yesterday are
guests Of the Italian royal family.
The arrival Of the princess, who
Is destined to become Italy'S future
queen, was greeted by uproarious
acclaim Of the populace.
Meets Bride On Road
Prince Humbert boarded the
special train which brought the
Belgian bridal party across Eu-
rope from Brussels at q suburb
outside Of Rome, and after greet
ing her affectionately rode with
her to the railroad station here,
where thousands had gathered.
A colorful display, almost un-
rivalled in any European capital
n recent years, followed when the
Belgian royal party left the train
and rode to the Quirinal in COM
pany with the Italian royal fam.
lily, in Is open carriages.
White-wigged coachmen, breast.
plated Italian royal guardsmen
mounted on superb SteedS, other
brightly uniformed Italian de-
tachmentS, and Fascist militia in
black shirts contributed to the
spectacle.
The populace went wild as
their beautiful prince" as Hum
bert is affectionateIy called, rode
through the city to the Italian
royal palace sitting opposite hls
bride-to-be. A shower Of flowers
hovered over the carriage as 1t
passed through the throng-laden
streets while soldiers standing
four deep kept q passage-way
open.
Thousands FIJI Square
Princess Marie sat beside her
SiSter.in-law, the Duchess Of Bra
bant, former Princess Astrid Of
Sweden. Prince Humbert sat op-
posite, next to the young Prince
Charles Of Belgium.
Thousands filled the square In
front Of the Quirinal Palace,
where the Belgian royal party
was formally received. The Ital-
ian King, Victor Emmanuel. and
Queen Elena, had greeted the
Belgianerroyalties at the station,
but Premier Mussolini and high
cabinet officials waited within
the Quirinal.
Twice, the ,betrothed couple had
to step out on the balcony to
acknowledge the cheers of the
multitude outside.
Afterward, there was a family
luncheon Of the two royal fami.
lies, following which a wreath
was placed on the Tomb Of the
Unknown Soldier and another at
the tombs of the Italian kings in
the Pantheon. Dinner was also
served quietly at the palace.
The wedding will take place at
the Pauline Chapel of the Quiri-
nal Palace Wednesday morning at
about 10 o'clock, Sardinia Maffi,
archbishop of Pisa, will officiate
at the colorful ceremony.
GENEVA, Jan. 6 d,NS0-
French, Swiss and Italian police
today were making a thorough
search for anti-fascisti plotters
who had planned to blow up the
royal train which brought the
Belgian royal family from Brus-
sells to Rome despite the great
precautions taken all along the
route.
According to documents seized
by police at AnnemasSe, France.
"a plot was conceived there which
had for its object the destruction
Of the royal train at a spot be-
tween ChiaSSo and Milan.
The exact location of the pro
posed bombing was found out in
time and heavily guarded by
Italian police as the train
passed it.
According to one story circu.
lated here, the perpetrators of
the plot had made attempts to
hire notorious Chicago gunner
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