THE KING & QUEEN

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 116, 19 May 1939, Page 9

THE KING & QUEEN

TREMENDOUS RECEPTION

OVER TWO MILLION PEOPLE

REDSKIN CHIEFS SPEECH IN

VERSE

(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.)

(Received May 19, 12.20 p.m.)

MONTREAL, May 18.

Canada's biggest city and the world's largest inland port, Montreal, gave their Majesties a tremendous reception today. The normal population of Montreal, 1,300,000, was swelled to upwards of two millions, and many people travelled hundreds of miles from the far corners of the province and cheered themselves hoarse along a route of procession 23 miles long. It was the largest crowd that will greet their Majesties until they reach New York on June 10.

Obviously deeply moved by the warmth of their reception, their Majesties were particularly delighted at two functions in the crowded day —a gathering of 85,000 FrenchCanadian children at Ball Park and another of 15,000 -Anglo-Canadians at Molson Stadium. They heard "God Save the King" and "Vive Le Roi" sung and shouted, and Empire flags waved with equal enthusiasm.

There was no doubting the warmth of the Redskins' welcome to their Majesties, even though the presence of the Scottish plaid was an anachronistic note in the otherwise authentic garb. Chief Old Big Sun expressed himself in verse as follows: — "Weoased to scalp our foes And eat their juicy limbs, I But now we've learnt the arts of peace As taught in Christian hymns. We used' to dance and whoop, j But now that we can sing We'll wave our bloodless tomahawks I And cry 'God Save the King.'"