PRINCE OF WALES
VISIT TO WHITE HOUSE.
(By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Außtralian-N.Z. Cabl# Association.) Received Last Night, 7.30 o'clock! WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. The Prince of* Wales visited White House, and conversed with President and Mrs Wilson. He brought to the I President many persona] . messages from the Royal Family. The President sat propped up in bed. Tho Prince had tea with Mrs Wilson and the President's two daughters. The Prince, earlier in the afternoon, placed a wreath on Washington's tomb at Mount Vernon, Virginia. He also decorated more than one hundred soldiers, officers, and nurses. • The British Embassy held a reception in the evening. The Prince later attended a dance given by Mr Gillette, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Queen Alexandra sent a message to President Wilson, expressing the hope that he was feeling stronger, after his wonderful work for the benefit of the whole world. President ftVilson replied, thanking the Queen. He said his health was steadily improving, and added that the welcome extended' to the Prince of Wales was from the hearts of Americans.
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Wairarapa Age, 17 November 1919, Page 5
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