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WINS ALL LONDON
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, .Cjrcsiuciu JLinioys wiiuiu-
Hearted Reception by
.World's Metropolis
' WAVES HAT TO CROWDS
American Executive Passes
Througli Miles of Cheering
People on Way to Palace
By ERNEST MAKSHALL
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Cepvrtahl, 1918. bu .Vcio York Tivits Co.
London, Dec. 27.
If ever a countenance bespoke un
alloyed appreciation, It was Presi
dent Wilson's ns ho ilrovo through the
streets of London yesterday. Tho
King and Queen and tho leaders of tho
State had met the President and his
wife at Charing Cross Station. Sov
ereign honors had been paid tho Amer
ican Chief Magistrate and tho first
lady of tho land. Ouns had boomed
a salute. Guards of honor had pre
sented arms. A military band had
played the national nnthein of tho dis
tinguished Isltor's country.
That was tho welcome of tho State,
given with all due ceremonial. But- It
was in tho streets outsldo that Presi
dent "Wilson touched tho core of his i
reception In tho British metropolis. I
From Charing Cross, where Thackeray
who onco said jou were sure to meet
everybody In tho world worthwhile,
If you waited Ions enough probably
never dreamed a President of tho I
United States would nrrlvo one day, to
Buckingham Palace, It was one long
wave of cheering as the presidential
and' royal procession passed.
The scene at Charing Cross Station
Then the presidential party arrived
was1 described to your correspondent
by one of the British ministers pres
ent. Sir Albert Stanley, president of
the Board of Trade.
King Welcomes President
When the train drew up. Sir Charles
Cust stepped out and bowed to the
King, who moved forward with out
stretched hand as President Wilson
came out of his carriage to the plat
form. The King and the President
hook hands warmly, and then Ills
Majesty Introduced the President and
Mrs. Wilson, who followed her bus
band to Queen Mary and Princess
Mary. i
As tho ladles stood chatting the '
King and the President walked to- j
gether along the platform to rex lew '
tho British Guard of Honor and the i
American troops drawn up In tho sta-'
tlon, the band of the Grenadier Guards ,
meanwhile playing the "Star Spangled ,
Banner." Then Premier Lloyd George
and Secretary Balfour and all tho
other members of the cabinet present i
were Individually, presenteu to tno
President, who exchanged remarks
with a number of them.
Stories of the President's smile had
preceded him. Some hundreds of thou
sands of Londoners were captured by
it yesterday.
"It's a lino face," said Sir Henry I
Jalzlel. standing by your correspond
ent In the crowd m ran .Man.
The President's enjoyment of It all
was obviously whole-hearted. He was
riot satisfied to go through the ordi
nary motions of a salute with his hat
He' waved It with a grand sweep of
which any cavalier would have been
proud.
King- George sat beside his guest
motionless. It was not his day, but
all who knew how deep and sterling
are" his Majesty's convictions on tho
olnt of Anglo-American relationship
are confident that it was a proud and
happ'y day for him when he had tho
"President of tho United States sitting
at his right hand and lecelvlng a
hearty weleomo from thousands upon
thousands of his Majesty's lieges.
Reception Hearty and Sincere
Of the character of the reception I
given to President Wilson there can
bo no doubt. It was hearty and sin
cere. To some who do not know the (
undemonstrative uruisn tnero may
seem to have been a lack of emotion.
Those who do know them think rather
that tho sustained volume of cheering
as tho President passed was a most
significant indication that tho English
have taken him to their hearts.
In the groat open space before
Buckingham Palace a crowd of 20,000
had gathered. It was an assemblage
of- all classes and ages. People up
from the country for the holidays
rubbed shoulders with dwellers In
Mayfalr. Aged Chelsea pensioners
hobbled alongside Dominion soldiers.
Factory girls blocked the view of staff
officers and everywhere through the
throng were American soldiers and
sailors watching a llttlo curiously to
see how their President was received.
Several busloads of wounded Tommies
were admitted to tho forecourt of the
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DUB HUSBAND "JOLLY PRESIDENT'
Special Cable to Evening Fublic Ledger
"""" Cotvrtoht. tilt, bv Nete York Timtt Co.
London, Dec. 27.
Mrs. Wilson, as sho drove with Queen and Princess Mary from Char
ing Cross station to Buckingham Palace, was the cynosure of every feml
nlno cyo. She wore a seal sack of three-quarters longth and a three
cornered hat, with an aigrette. Tho Queen and Princess both had touches
of color in their headgear. A woman correspondent writes: "Tho womon
wanted to see Mrs. Wilson. They wcro discussing the clothes sho might
wear beforo sho arrived. There was piquancy in the mental plcturo of
Queen Mary and tho American Mrs. Wilson driving side by sldo through
London. People were asking If it had happened bofore this driving
through the capital of the Queen with an untitled woman of democratic
birth.
"When the cheering began It had a power of Infection that I have not
felt In many official London's greetings of famous men. Tho carriage
camo along and then, somehow, we all grew excited. There was President
Wilson, radiant with Bmtles, waving his top hat In his hand with all the
abandon of a school boy. It was impossible, surely, that this happy, Jolly
man should bo the statesman who had made so many speeches in time
of war and had talkod so learnedly of International politics.
"Cheprs camo again nnd again not reserved cheers of politeness, but
Jolly, happy cheers, worthy of tho Jolly, happy man who rode by with the
King of theso lands. To the women of London Wilson will bo ever after
tho Jolly President.
"Mrs. Wilson, a pleasant, comely woman, chatted busily with the Queen
in the second carriage Sho was a little afraid, it seomed, to take the
cheers as meant In any way for herself, but now nnd 'again she smiled
delightedly nt the crowd, and tho women liked her kind, motherly face.
"There were sighs that It was all so quickly over, yet tho half mln
uto In which Wilson passed was sufficient to glvo us a new thought of him.
We know by tho unaffected way In which the President enjoyed himself
that ho was not merely a statesman."
palace, but they were tho only per
suns for whom places wero reserved.
The spaco at tho end of the Mall
Is admirably arranged for a pageant.
In tho center stands tho Queen Vic-fni-ln.
mpmnrial In whtto m.irblo and
a gieat arc 300 yards in diameter Is
marked all around It by low walls
and ornamental gates giving on the
park. Yesterday this circle was kept
empty, the lower platform of the
memorial being occupied only by a
contingent of tho Women's Auxiliary
Array Corps nnd tho roadway was
kept by lines of bluejackets on one
sldo nnd guardsmen on tho other.
This drove the crowd back to the
circumference, and there they massed
in solid banks. They balanced them
selves on the low walls; they clam
bcied up tho gates; they comman
deered park chairs nnd perched them
bclves on them. They began to as
semble hours beforo the President ar
rived and they waited patiently for
tho chanco of seeing him for a mo
ment. rroerrm Traced by Tide of loiinil
The first Intimation that he was ap
proaching was the boom of the presi
dential salute, echoing from tho high
buildings. Then came the sound of
cheers. As the procession passed along
Piccadilly, a quarter of a mile away, and
turned down Constitution Hill. Its course
could be traced by the tide of sound
which drew nearer and nearer.
The crowd made one last effort to
pack tighter and see better. The
"Wanes" on the Memorial hurried to
form a line around the base and man It
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like bluejackets on a battleship, and the
figures of the escort of Life Guards came
Into view. Tho crowd held Its cheers
until the first royal carriage came by,
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and men and women burst Into rounds
of cheers.
The President was evidently much
pleased, he bowed and smiled to right
and left. His hat was not on his head
for a second, and he kept waving It as
some more than usually exuberant
cheerer caught his eye.
He passed, and after another detach
ment of the escort came the second fer
riage with Mrs. 'Wilson, the Queen nnd
Princess Mary. Mrs. Wilson acknowl
edged tho cheers only by smiling and
kept chatting with the Queen.
The royal and presidential procession
swept by at a gentle trot around tho
Memorial amid a hurricane ot enters,
while the "Wooes" in their enthusiasm
forgot their discipline and ran around
to art nnothcr vlnw of Wilson. Then
the procession disappeared through tho
main gates of the palace Into the Interior
courtyard.
Crowd Barges Toward IJateeny
Tint thn rrnwri had noted that red
hangings had been put In place on the
broad balcony of the palace and knew
that meant the rresiaeni wouia on
coming out to show himself to the peo
ple. The soldiers and police were with
drawn, and In thousands the spectators
surged up to the palace ratlings. The
sentries wero submerged. A young cadet
officer climbed to the top or a sentry
box, and In a mlnuto all along the front
of tho palace the railings were adorned
by adventurous climbers.
The police ordered them down, but a
little later an American bluejacket and
an American aviator established them
selves securely on the pedestal of one
of the ornamental lamps that break the
railings. Each had a large American
flag, and the sailor, waving his, excitedly
called for cheers for the President, for
tho King, for Halg and for Foch. Then
he signed to the crowd Impressively and
called for three groans for the Kaiser,
which were given no less heartily.
By this time a Scotch Tommy, with
tho Union Jack, an Australian with an
arm In a Bllng the wounded man In
hospital blue and a New Zealander
had clambered up alongside the Ameri
cans, and the police thought It time to
check this Interlude.
A number of American soldiers and
sailors, carrying American flags and in
more or less military formation, were In
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th crowd, and they began to chant,
"We want Wilson." Somewhjro elsa a
number of women sang "God Savo thn
King" and tho crowd becarrio a llttlo
Impatient.
"Hasn't tho President drunk that cup
ot tea yet?" called ono cockney with
characterlatlo humor. But hs had
hardly shouted It when the President
hlratelf was seen coming out on the bal
cony. With him waa tho King. Bo
hind them camo Mrs. Wilson and the
Queen. Trlncess Mary nnd tho-Duko of
Connaught were also In tho party. As
they appeared onco more a great storm
of cheers went up.
Speech Impossible
Tho President stood gazing at the
multitude gathered to do him honor
ond bowed again and again. It was
quite Impossible for him to make a
speech. As far as ho could sco through
tho gathering dusk there wcro men and
women cheering, waving flags and
swinging their hats. All ho could do
was to turn from one sldo to another
and bow and wave his hat In recogni
tion of tho greeting. Mrs. Wilson was
by his sldo with a little Union Jack In
her hand, which she fluttered tbward the
crowd, and by tho sldo of their guests
Btooil tho King and Queen, half a pace
to the rear, evidently delighted at the
reception given to the Chief Executive
of tho United States.
So the llttlo group stood for five or
ten minutes, white the public did all It
could to emphasize Its welcome. The
President and Mrs. Wilson chatted a lit
tle with the King and Queen, and then,
with a farewell bow from Mr. Wilson,
they passed Into tho palace.
Even after that somo of the specta
tors found It hard to turn away, and
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Personal Glimpses of Presi
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Tarls, Dec, 14 (By mall-.
The biggest story In tho world In a
deerskin coat stood on the bridge of
the George Washington as she steamed
out of Now York harbor. It was Presi
dent Wilson. Tho coat he wore was the
gift of a Georgia friend and mado of
several fine deerskins. Hat in hand, he
stood beside Mrs. Wilson acknowledging
the din of whistles, sirens, bells and
cheers that voiced bon voyage.
The water getting rough early, George
Creel retired to his stateroom shortly
after the vessol got under way. He was
not avallablo to visitors for several
days.
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their lifeboat assignments. One passeng
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"old timer" didn't feel tho need of car
rying his life-belt out on deck.
"Ah, but you should set the example,"
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said Ambassador Jusserand, exchanging
vlaws with the captain. Thereafter the
captain woro his life-belt.
While President and Mrs. Wilson, one
were on deck talking with the press cor
respondents. Ambassador Jusserand came
up. There followed the following bit of
repartee:
"You should have seen tho moving
pictures last night, Mr, President," said
Jusserand. "They wero very fine. The
story waa built around a near-beer call
ed 'Vevo' you know, 'Veva la France,'"
added the ambassador, smiling.
"Oh, yes, 'Bevo l'Amerlcan,' " rejoined
the President, at which there was gen
eral laughter.
Througli the efforts 'of Admiral Oray
son, President Wilson's cold rapidly Im
proved. He went to the movies fre
quently. Ambassador Jusserand Is a believer In
preparedness. He carries a small
French volume In his life-belt pocket
to afford him reading material If by any
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