SCOTLAND REJOICES

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 111, 13 May 1935, Page 9

SCOTLAND REJOICES

LONDON, May 12. The Duke and Duchess of York visited. Edinburgh, where they were rapturously welcomed. They Viewedpageants and illuminations. The Duke addressed 15,000 children, to whom he .repeated his Majesty's broadcast mesi.sage. ■•-.■-. ■ ...... (Received May 13, 10 a.m.) .f . LONDON, May il. ■ Fifteen thousand Edinburgh children cheered when' the Duchess, of York released a flight of carrier . pigeons bearing Scotland's loyal greetings to the King in London. .. _^__^__ <-** " LOYALTY OF ULSTER / LONDON, May 11. ..The-Duke of Gloucester arrived at Belfast to receive the freedom of the city and represent the King at the Jubilee celebrations. He travelled.in the warship Achilles, which was escorted ■ up-• the Lough 'by Ulster Air Force bombing aeroplanes.' Enormous crowds thronged the gaily-decorated streets; • ■ • The Duke of Gloucester; replying to 1 the welcome, said their Majesties rejoiced in Ulster's loyalty and affection, and added:—"The outstanding « thing keeping the world sane during • the past two years has been the stabilising effect of the British Empire." THE KING'S SPEECHES ' WROTE THEM HIMSELF (Received May ,13, noon.) ' LONDON, May 12. , The "Sunday Express" says .that the King wrote every word of his broadcast and the Westminster Hall speeches

himself. He turned lor "guidance" only to the Queen, who suggested some happy homely phrases. Another source says that his Majesty looks ten| years younger since his Jubilee. Always somewhat shy, he now feels thoroughly assured of the personal affection of his people. CHILDREN^ DAY FIRST JUBILEE DRIVE TUMULTUOUS RECEPTION . (British Official Wireless.) (Received May 13, 12.10 pjm.) f RUGBY, May 12. This morning London was invaded bj armies of happy and excited children. They came in contingents of many thousands from all the outlying districts of the metropolitan area. Carefully shepherded by special stewards and their teachers, they marched to the stands on Constitutional Hill and in the Mall which, at the King's wish, had been reserved for them that they might see their Majesties in the best possible circumstances on the first of thes four 'processional drives to be made on successive Saturdays to various parts of London. Arrangements had been made for the transport and comfort of the children by a staff of the London County Council in co-operation with the; Office of-Works, London Police, and the railways, underground railways, and bus authorities. During the period of waiting the children were entertained by bands lof the Brigade of . Guards and by British Broadcasting Corporation programmes which I i were broadcast through loud speakers and interspersed with bursts of community, singing. , 1 The road from Hyde Park Corner to the Marble. Arch . was linea by 15,000 lads from different Youth organisations. I Their Majesties drove in a procession of open carriages with the Sovereign's escort of Life Guards, and followed the route to Edgeware Road 'and Marylebone Road. At the Marylebone Town Hall their Majesties alighted arid received the Mayors and other civic dignitaries from the various London municipalities. - -They returned through Baker Street, Oxford Street, Regent' Street, and along the Mall. There was a pleasant air of intimacy about'the whole drive, and the streets were packed with cheering and waving people. As their Majesties approached the stands of the London schoolchildren—there were more than 70,000 with the best seats allotted to them by the kindly forethought of the, King—the shrill cheering of the wildly-excited children provided one of the most moving episodes in a week of loyal jand affectionate ovations, and their I Majesties were obviously, pleased and .touched by their welcome". ' AN EARLIER REPORT 1• . LONDON, May 11. Seventy .thousand children, labelled ; with their names and addresses and [the time of departure of their homeward trains, swarmed over London today, accompanied by 4000 teachers. ! They were marshalled in Green Park [and St. James's Park, which were reI served, for a massed picnic. Later the [girls and younger children filled the stands in the Mall and the boys crowded the pavements to .see their .Majesties' first Jubilee drive through the city escorted, by the Life Guards. The route of the procession was I packed with cheering crowds. Their Majesties halted-.at the Marylebone Town Hall, where they received the Mayors and Mayoresses of the northern councils. -.',., - When a banner.was unfurled at a nearby scaffolding, bearing the words. "Twenty-five years of war and unemployment," workmen immediately tore it down. - ■ •