CHRISTMAS ABROAD

Evening Star, Issue 18159, 27 December 1922, Page 4

CHRISTMAS ABROAD

IN LONDON. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, December 25. Christmas Day here was chiefly distinguished by incessant rain. In the morning it began to drizzle, and the afternoon brought a downpour. Tho West End and city streets generally were deserted, except for an occasional policeman and an equally occasional churchgoer. Tire train and omnibus services had been reduced, and taxi drivers elected to take a holiday until the evening, when prospects of carrying fares to the hotels for gala dinners brought them into evidence. All the leading hotels were gaily decorated, and those wluch secured an extension of tho hours "during which wine and spirits could be served were well patronised, but those which offered tho extra attraction of good bands and dancing floors fared _ better'; otherwise the city seemed quiet and closed within itself. The Royal Family, with the exception of Prince George, who is ill, were present at Die Christmas dinner at Sandringham. The Palace guests included King Haakon and Queen Maude of Norway, and the Dowager Queen Louise of Denmark. —A. and N.Z. Cable. SEAMY SIDE IN THE STATES. NEW YORK, December 25. Nine persons were shot in Christmas rows to-day in various places in the United States. A telegram from Seattle states that a ferry boat operator who was temporarily crazed invaded the homo of a citizen, and killed three of the latter’s children. He then shot himself, dying later. At Louisville (Kentucky') a woman shot a man in her apartment, and kept an allnight vigil over him. According to a Uniontown (Pennsylvania) despatch four men were shot during Christmas celebrations in a local mining region.—A. and N.Z. Cable. WILHELM AT DOORN. A GLIMPSE oFInS OLD FORM. NEW YORK, December 25. Tho New York ‘Times’s’ Doom correspondent states that the ex-Kaiser celebrated Christmas in something like tho former Imperial style. The so-called Goblin Hall of his residence was decorated by a huge Christmas tree cut by the ex-Kaiser and adorned by his bride. The Crown Prince and the ex-Kaiser’a grandsons attended 'the feast. The children presented' Willhehn with a de luxe bound copy of his own book. 'Carols were sung after dinner, in which tho personnel were allowed to join. The ex-Kaiser led the singing in a lusty voice. A special service was held in the private chapel. Wilhelm, dispensing with the sea-vices of ■ the chaplain, officiated himself.—A. and N.Z. Cable. CHILDREN IN RHINELAND. ENTERTAINED BY BRITISH AND AMERICAN ARMIES. BERLIN, December 25. Thousands of German children were tho guests of the British and American armies in the occupied regions of Germany. The children, who were led by their school teachers, received packages containing clothing, food, toys, and candy. The army bands furnished music.—A. and N.Z. Cable.