THE BRITISH PREMIER.

Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 17839, 11 October 1929, Page 7

THE BRITISH PREMIER.

HIS MISSION ENDED

MR MACDONALD’S FAREWELL.

WINS GREAT POPULARITY. <»y Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright.) (Australian Fress . (Received Oct. 11, 10.30 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 10. His mission of peace accomplished and the message of British goodwill delivered, Mr Ramsay MacDonald bade farewell to the capital of the United States, and departed on his long homeward journey. -The sincerity which so captured the imagination of official and unofficial Washington was more apparent than ever in the head of the British Government as he said goodbye to representatives of Mr Hoover at the station before leaving for Philadelphia. A large throng was gathered to obtain a final glimpse of Mr MacDonald and Miss Ishbel MacDonald. Addressing them, Mr MacDonald said: “I am sorry’ to be leaving you.” His visit to Philadelphia is unofficial, being purely for the purpose of lunching with Dr. Solis Cohen, who treated him for bronchial trouble in 1927 Those treatments were so successful that Mr MacDonald never forgot the services the physician performed. , Immediately the luncheon ends Mr MacDonald will proceed to New York.

Washington has been captivated by the Prime Minister’s personality and frankness,

and wherever he went he was cheered in the streets by all who recognised him. ARRIVAL AT PHILADELPHIA. LUNCHEON TO PHYSICIANS. “GOING AWAY CONTENT.” (By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) (Received Oct. 11, 11 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 10. At Baltimore an ovation from several hundred people greeted Mr Ramsay MacDonald and Miss lshbcl MacDonald, when they came to the observation platform of their car during a live minutes’ slop. A Philadelphia message states that the Premier arrived before noon and gave a luncheon to the physicians and nurses who tended him at Jefferson Hospital when he was ill there two years ago. In addition to the reception committee a delegation of 36 British war veterans formed two lines at the station, through which Mr MacDonald passed. He shook hands with every man. The crowd on the station broke through the police, and surrounded Mr MacDonald, who shook hands with all in reach. After arrival he said: I am going away content and convinced that in the more congenial atmosphere there would be satisfactory results from the Hoover Conference.

ARRIVAL AT NEW YORK. TO SPEND THREE DAYS. (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) (Received October 11, 1.20 p.m.) NEW YORK, October 10. Mr Ramsay MacDonald arrived at 5.10 to-day for a three days’ visit.