“DEAR LONDON!”
KING OF RUMANIA’S SPEECH. WELCOME BY CITY. By Telegraph—Pres* Association—Copyright Heuter’s Telegra -n« (Received May 14, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, May 13. The King and Vueen of Rumania had a great reception in the city when they drove to the Guildhall to receive the address of welcome from the city in a gold casket, in the presence of the prince of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of York, Prince Henry, Prince and. Princess Arthur of Connaught and other royalties, Mr MacDonald and Mifts Ishbell MacDonald, all the principal Secretaries of State, Mr Winston Churchil, Mr Stanley Baldwin and Mr H. H Asquith. The Lord Mayor, in a speech, recalled that this was the first occasion on which their Majesties had ceremonially visited England since the accession to the Throne in 1914. He referred to the increase of British commercial interests in Rumania. The King of Rumania, in replying, said that they rejoiced that the ‘‘ dear eity of London ” appreciated the efforts of Rumania to recover lierself. He was convinced that Britain would continue to support her endeavours by strengthening and developing British trade with Rumania, whose potentialities in oil and other produets offered a wide flold for the activity of British capital and trade.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17349, 14 May 1924, Page 7
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