Evening star., 1938-10-09
BR|TA|N'SRULERS
MAY VISIT j. s. ON
'39CANAD|AN TRIP
First Reigning, Sovereigns of
England to Set Foot in
New World.
3-WEEK SUMMER STAY
IN DOMINION PLANNED
Roosevelt Meeting With George
and Elizabeth at Border Also
a Possibility.
py the Associated Press.

1y the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 8.-King George VI
and Queen Elizabeth will become the
first reigning British soyereigns ever
to set foot in the New World" by a
visit to Canada next Summer which
may take them to the United States
A brief official announcement today
from Balmoral Castle in Scotland said
the British rulers would make the pre-
cedent-shattering trip "in the early
summer" and spend about three
weeks" in Canada.
No mention was made of the United
States, but many believed it was pos
sible their majesties might go there as
a gesture of Anglo American solidarity
for international reasons and increas-
ing pressure here for closer ties be-
tween the United States and Great
Britain.
Accept Premier's Suggestion.
The announcement from Balmoral
where the King and Queen are staying,
said simply:
The King and Queen have gra-
ciously consented to accept the sugges-
ton of the Prime Minister OF Canada
that they should visit Canada next
year.
Their majesties hope to arrive in
the early summer and spend about
three weeks in the Dominion"
Some sections of the British press
have urged that the King and Queen
visit New York's Worlds Fair next
year. If they do not enter the United
States, there was the possibility they
might meet President Roosevelt on the
international boundary.
There has been deep appreciation
in England for President RooSevelt's
two appeals to Chancellor Hitler OF
Germany against war during the
gloomy days of the recent crisis.
Two Princes of Wales have visited
Canada and the United States. The
late Edward VII, when student al
oxford, was the first descendant ol
King George III, who reigned wher
the 13 colonies revolted to form the
United States, to see the United States
He went shortly before outbreak oi
the Civil War.
The present Duke of Windsor was
tumultuously acclaimed when he Wis
tied the United States and Canada II
1919. While Prince of Wales he Wis.
tied the United States a second TINT
incognito in 1923, and year latel
went third time on private visit.
The state visit of King George v.
to France in July of this year was hi!
only one outside the United Kingdom
since he assembled the throne in sue
cession to Edward VIII, who abdicatec
to wed an American and become tht
Duke of Windsor.
Prineesses May Not Come.
Since the sovereigns' two younf
daughters, the PrinceSseS Eliza betf
and Margaret Rose, were not men
toned in the announcement, it wa
taken for granted they would be lef
at home.
George is King of Canada as wei
as England under the terms of thu
statute of Westminster signed in 1881
which granted legislative autonomy II
the dominions-placing them on
theoretical equal footing with th
United Kingdom.
The King and Queen will cross thu
Atlantic on specially chartered line
not yet selected.
The news magazine Cavalcade in
recent article proposing such visi
to the United Sttaes said the projec
had the blessing and support" o
United States Ambassador Joseph P
Kennedy.