Evening star., 1939-05-07
Canada Preparing
Historic Welcome
For Royal Visitors
81 Cities and Towns to
Greet Rulers During
Month of Tour

TORONTO, May 6 canadian
Press) and excited by
news King George and Queen Eliza
beth are Quebec bound on the At
lantic. all Canada pushed ahead
final preparations today for a his
toric welcome to the first reigning
British sovereigns to visit any do
minion.
Their majesties are to travel by
train land boat more than G.00O
miles after arriving at Quebec
May Is and before departing from
Halifax a month later.
Canadians will greet the King
and Queen at So cities and towns
These royal stopping places already
are being gaily decorated with flags
and bunting. Thousands of photo
graphs have displaced merchandise
in store windows. School children
are being armed with union jacks.
In hundreds of churches across
Canada prayers will be offered to-
morrow for safe crossing for their
majesties, aboard the Empress of
Australia.
Parliament Rushes Work.
Parliament, after a six-hour ses-
sion today in an effort to clear a
path to early prorogation, meets
Monday amid slightly rising hope
that business can be completed
next week.
Should the session end in time.
King George will prorogue Parlia-
ment May 10 in a history making
ceremony. No British monarch has
ever performed this royal function
outside of Westminster.
The House will adjourn, possibly
for a month, should propagation
not be reached next week, and
Prime Minister King, who will ac-
company the King and Queen on
their entire tour, will lead his cabi-
net to Quebec for the first great
reception.
At old Quebec, the Prime Minis
ter will go aboard the Empress of
Australia to greet the visitors.
Officials to Wait at Gangway.
Waiting at the foot of the gang
way will be the Lieutenant Cover
nor. Patenaude, of Quebec and Mrs.
Patenaude; members of the Domin-
ion cabinet and their wives, speak
ers OF the Senate and House of
Commons and their wives, Premier
Maurice Duplessis of Quebec, Mayor
Borne of Quebec City and Mrs.
Borne, and officials assigned for
special duty during the visit.
These will be the first to meet
the King and Queen. In the weeks
that follow, the same privilege will
come to premiers of other provinces,
mayors of the various cities an)
towns visited. members of Parlia-
ment members of provincial legis-
latures and many others.
Also at Quebec will assemble
members of the Kings Privy Coun-
Gil in Canada, made up of cabinet
ministers, former dominion min
listers and limited number of
others. Total membership is 90.
Will Unveil War Memorial.
The grand tour" after Quebs c
promises many high lights, both for
their majesties and for the hum
dreds of thousands who will see
them. Ottawas big moment will
occur May l8, when the King un-
wells the national war memorial
More than 100000 are expected
to jam Woodbine Park in Toronto
May % for the running of the
Kings Plate, Oldest continuously
run horse race in North America
That is because the King and Queen
will attend. His majesty annually
contributes so guineas to the win
ming owner.
At Winnipeg the King will broad
cast an Empire day" address May
"a to his subjects throughout the
world, Canadians celebrate May "a
as the birthday of Queen Victoria
but in many other parts of the
Empire it is described as Empire
day
Indians to Greet Them.
AS they steam out of Vancouver
May % for Victoria, their majesties
will be greeted at the lions gate
in Vancouver Harbor by a for
nation of more than 20 Indian
war canoes. They will have seen
many groups of Indians on the
prairles, but this 'vobably will be
their first and only ew of Canada S
first settlers in theil eolorful boats
On the eastward ip they will
visit Niagara Falls an ! like thou
sands of tourists before them, visit
the wind tunnel under Ehe falls
Then four days in TIM United
States as guests of the .Sesident
and Mrs. Roosevelt, finally fo the
maritime provinces of New nuns
wick, Prince Edward Islano \and
Nova Scotia.
Police authorities everywl. ere
were preparing for the greatest
throngs they have ever handled
Toronto alone expects more than
100000 visitors May o. Windsor
expects more than 100000 Amer
leans to cross the river from De-
trait June 6-for 15-minute royal