Evening star., 1939-05-06
Royal Guests
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At $50 pm. they will set out for
Mount Vernon, where the Crown
Prince intends to lay a wreath on
the Washington Tomb. On their
return he and his party will stop
at the Lincoln Memorial and then
proceed to the White House for
tea. At 5:45 pm. the Crown Prin-
cess will visit the Girls Scouts
Little House" She is interested in
the Girl Scout movement in Den
mark.
Their day ends with a dinner at
the Danish Legation at $3.50 pm.
Members of Danish Party.
In the Danish party arriving here
are:
Crown Prince Christian Frederik
Franz Michael Carl Valdemar Georg,
heir to the thrones of Denmark and
Iceland. now held by his father,
King Christian x; Crown Princess
1ngrid Victoria Sofia Louise Mar
garcia, the niece of Crown Prince
Gustav Adolf of Sweden, who was
here last year: Countess Sipuille
Reventlow, lady in waiting to the
Crown Princess, who is distant rel
ative of Count Haughwitz-Re
low.
Johan Vest, the royal chamber
lain; Capt. Comdr. F. R. Waelbach
of the Royal Danish Navy, the
Crown Princes adjutant; Karl Eske-
lund, chief of the press department,
Danish foreign office. and Otto
Wadsted, the Danish Minister to the
United States, who has been with
the party since it debarked in Cali
fornia after the journey from Den
mark
The Crown Prince drives locomo-
tives, writes musicals and is an
officer in the navy. His wife is in
terested in social welfare and is an
interior decorator and embroiderer.
Their schedule tomorrow begins
at II am. with a reception at the
Legation for Americans of Danish
and Icelandic descent; l pm, pri-
vate luncheon; 4:30 pm, reception
for American officials at the bega-
ton; $3.50 pm, private dinner at
the Swedish Legation.
Mondays Schedule.
Monday morning they will see the
Capitol, the Congressional Library
and the Supreme Court. At lis
pm, luncheon with Secretary and
Mrs. Hull at the Carlton; 2:45 pm,
departure for Annapolis of the
Crown Prince while his wife goes
back to the Shoreham; 6:15 pm,
Crown Prince back at the Shore
ham; $50 pm, private dinner at
the Danish Legation. At 2 am
Tuesday they catch train for New
York.
The Nicaraguans will remain until
Thursday. For them there will be
no more displays of pageantry, dur
ing which Gen. Somoza got two
21-gun salutes-once as he came out
of Union Station and again as he
entered Arlington Cemetery. where
he laid a wreath at the Tomb OF the
Unknown Soldier. The generals
chief business now is inter-Amer-
ican politics.
Gen. Somoza was educated years
ago at the Pierce Business School
in Philadelphia, where he studied
accountancy. His daughter now at
tends Gunston Hall here, and he has
two sons at military school on Long
Island. His wife is the sister of his
diplomatic host, Minister De Bayle
President Somoza Is q Central
American strong man with a deep
understanding Of the value Of good
will toward the United States. He
talks of democracy, but in the old
Latin American way. When he was
nominated for the presidency, he
accepted as he said, with the as
surance that on election day the
Nicaraguan people, regardless of po-
litical af1iliation. will support me
with their votes"
New Label Is Coined.
He was right. He was easily
elected, and inaugurated January
l, 1887, for q four-year term. He
cut, this short last March for an.
other Inauguration as the opening
Of an eight-year term.
Gen. Somoza has given a new labe
to President Roosevelt's "gooc
neighbor policy" He calls it tn.
movement toward the solidarity o1
the countries Of Christopher Co.
lumbuS."
Somoza's land was discovered BY
Columbus in 1902 and was freee
of Spanish rule in 1921. Across i
runs the site of the projected Mica.
ragua Canal, for which the United
States has held a $4,000, 900 optior
since 1916.
The general and President Roose.
welt probably intend to talk about
that canal well as the Pan