QUEEN MARIE OF RUMANIA.
AMERICAN TOUR CUT. KING FERDINAND'S REQUEST. INSULT FROM COMMUNISTS. By Telesraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received 5.5 D.m.) A. and N.Z. CHICAGO. Nov. 14 King Ferdinand of Rumania has asked Queen Marie to return to Bucharest by Christmas. The Queen has therefore cancalled her Southern tour and will sail for home or, December 11 irstead of on December 24. Three hundred Communists carrying incendiary banners derogatory to Queen Marie and the Rumanian Government marred Chicago's welcome to Her Majesty last evening when she arrived on a four days' visit. Sheltered from the rain in her limousine the Queen gave no indication that she noticed the bedraggled battalion of workers in the background of the welcoming tlirongs outside the railway station. • When the Communists were marching to the station they encountered a force of police. The sticks of many of the banners were broken in the ensuing melee. Several men were arrested when they attempted to enter the City Hall The Royal visitor was tendered the keys of the city.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19486, 16 November 1926, Page 13
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