Demonstration At The Palace
(Received 2 p.m.) LONDON, September 30. QROWDS WAITED TWO HOURS IN THE RAIN OUTSIDE BUCKINGHAM PALACE. WHERE MR, CHAMBERLAIN ARRIVED AT G. 3& HE WAS TAKEN TO THE PRIVATE APARTMENTS AND RECEIVED BY THE KING AND QUEEN ELIZABETH. TEN MINUTES LATER, THE • KING AND QUEEN AND MR. AND MRS- CHAMBERLAIN APPEARED ON THE PALACE BALCONY. THE KING MOTIONED MR. CHAMBERLAIN TO GO FORWARD, AND HE STOOD IN FRONT, WHILE THE CROWD’S ENTHUSIASM REACHED NEW HEIGHTS. IT WAS PROBABLY THE GREATEST WELCOME GIVEN ANY VISITOR TO THE PALACE. Earlier, the crowd broke the police cordon, and mobbed the car in Victoria Street. This delayed the arrival at the Palace for nearly half an hour. Crowds sang “God Save the King” as Their Majesties and Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain left the balcony, after which Mr. Chamberlain had a| discussion with the King and left the Palace at 7.12. The crowd in Whitehall was delirious as the car appeared.
Speaking from a first floor Avindow, Mr. Chamberlain said: “My good friends, this is the second time in our history that peace has come with honour, and I have returned to Downing Street from Germany.” He added, amid 1 thunderous cheering, “I believe it /is peace in our time. We thank God from the bottom of our hearts,” at which the crowd shouted “We thank you. God bless you.”
Mr. Chamberlain, waving his hand, added: “Now I recommend you all to go to your homes and sleep quietly in your beds.”
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Northern Advocate, 1 October 1938, Page 7
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