Of Europe , f, King Came to Throne l as War Tall: Echoad Across the, Channel

n, s. r; ssxnnnsou cflnfldllll Press Staff Writer

LONDON. May 13-(CP) _,_King George has occupied the British throne 29 months and during that time there has been crisis after crisis, with Europe tottering back and forth on the verge of war. ,_ Through it all King George ma Queen Elizabeth have set the British people a fine example of coolness, deter- mination and devotion to duty.

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A recent incident shows this. The King and Queen were in residence s; Windsor, 30 miles from London, when it became necessa y for Prime Minister Chamberlain ,to consult lm about some aspect of foreign affairs arising out of Italy's con- uest of Albania. Normally, there 'ouid have been no question of the rlme Minister driving to Windsor.

But Britain has n "crisis king," no who realizes the physical and , ental strain undermining the irength of his cabinet ministers-—- o he volunteered to drive up to ondon to see Mr. Chamberlain and are both the time and energy o, is 70-year prime minister. And hat’: what happened.

No monarch in modern times has sd his reign punctuated so regu- arly with major alarms as King orge. When he succeeded his rather Edward VIII in December. 936, the Spanish war was only six onths old. Since then Nazi Ger- any has swallowed Austria. lechosiovakia and Memel. Italy has nncxed Albania.

in between these territorial grabs he two Fascist nations have kept he world in a continual state of liters by threats against Poland, rance and other countries. The ivll war in Spain, due to their in- erventlon, threatened many times o cngulf Europe. Today Europe is n armed camp with every border inrd with men and guns. In Asia, lilnll and Japan are locked in a {nth struggle.

‘it has been a nerve-wrecking elgn for Britain's 43-year King. (onth alter month he has watched is country escape war by the pro arblal inch. And yet he has re mined cool and collected, doing his est to lnstil confidence in the inds of the people. flwhen the nation embarked on a art complicated scheme to protect tacit from air raids, no man set a iper example than the King. He - dered the old dungeons of Wind- ql- Castle to be strengthened into derground» shelters. and every air weeks every man, woman and lllld on the estate, including the g and Queen, go through an air . d drill.

EMERGENCY.

Every light in the castle is shut -~ people scurry down to the old pl goons, first aid crows assemble, I< fighters take their places-all e undel- the watchful eye of l g George, who once demon- traicd cool nerves by boiling cocoa uring a naval battle.

~_The same thing is true of the lng's interest in Britain's gigantic ellrmament program. Many hours ave been spent touring munltion

Uniform Version“ of "O Canada"

There are several versions in Enllisll of "0 Canada." and tho Dominion interdepartmental com. mm" "l illllfso of details for the Joya! visit points out it would be unfortunate if the words used throughout the nation were not unllglrm. 0 fill! lyrics were writta in . Fllllcll, by Judge Adolphe Roullller of Quebec in 1888 to the tuna of Cslixa Lavallee. Robert Stan- ley Weir, Montreal judge ‘m1 poet, wrote an English version 20 years later, in 1908. The commit- tee has asked that English-speak. lng school children sing the Weir version. First verse and chorus follow:

0 Canada! Our home and native land! .

True patriot love in all thy sons command.

With ‘glowing hearts we sea thee r se.

The true north strong and free.

We stand on guard, 0 Canada,

We stand on guard for thee.

O Canada, glorious and free!

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee!

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee!

All Canada Big Picture For Visitors

Varied Scene as Royal Party Travels ‘lo Pacific Coast, Baclt ‘lo Atlantic

_ ny R. x. CARNEGIE Canadian. Press Staff Writer

OTTAWA. Mfly 13--(CP)—Land- scape and history of infinite variety and distinct from that of any other country they have visited will unfold before the King and Queen as they cross Canada twice during the coming month in the first tour of a British sovereign of a self- governing Dominion.

Coming to the Dominion through the great St. Lawrence waterway, they will see the forested hills and innumerable lakes of Quebec, Nia- gara Falls, her hundreds, of miles of railway pathways through bush- land and her Great Lakes.

Then 1,000 miles of prairie, the wall of the Rockies and the moun- tain valleys and fjords and islands of British Columbia before they turn eastward to the great woods of New Brunswick, the red cliffs and shiningsands of Prince Edward Island and the rockbound coasts and salty tides of Nova Scotia. They will stay in a long-settled land and touch the frontiers of a new country, find in French Canada an ancient civilization in- tact and watch new traditions building in the north and wast. In Quebec they will hear French and English spoken at the same table and watch a landscape that might have been lifted from old- world Normandy.

Ontario will show them great manufactu in; areas and scenes that range from primitive to pas- toral, from peaceful Old-English countryside to rugged untrscked timber highlands.

They will see the colorful, re- freshing Rideau Lakes and Mus- koka Lakes districts, industrial, central and western Ontario and the beallty that has been given Ottawa in a well-planned improve ment scheme.

Burgeoning wheat will fill the elevator-dotted, prairies like n sea of green as their Majesties move

Eager To Receive ~RoyaHy

Colonies Which Quit British Empire _in l7._76 All Set for Greeting

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NEW YORK, May 13- (CP)

Queen Elizabeth visit the United States in June, the great democracy that wrested itself from the British Empire more than a century ago will welcome the chance warmly to take them to its heart. The main worry of officials in charge of details of the visit ls to see that demonstrative America does not literally _ h-them in the fervor of 1 reception.

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The country and its citizens have been prersrlns for this um visit 01 Yelilllfll British monsrchs—-and lnlkins flXclledly about it-sinco l: was announced their Majestic; would break their Canadian tour to

spend four d d d United Statesfrow e an in the Police officials candidly odmlg

they will “have their hands full" holding the crowds back on the few public appearances the King and Queen will be able to make. They recall that when the Duke o! Windsor visited here as the Prince of Wales and travelled as unob- "uslvslv ls Possible. Americans Wl-“llllfll l0 set close to the royal Parsonage almost mobbed him at "Very turn. '

The non-public engagemsn‘ on U" "W1 Prosram alsonpresent a major problem. Officials fsoo o Solomonlc task in preparing invita. tion lists for such Washington func- tlons as the garden party lo be given at the British Embassy and the state dinner and reception at the White House. Only one out of every hundred or more would-be guests can be accommodated. Many are bound to feel their toes have been stepped on,

Tl"! K1118 and Queen are to enter the United States at Niagara Falls, N.Y.. late in the evening of Juno ‘l. An official reception committee, likely to include Cordell Hull, Seo- retsry of State and seeker after international unity through-recipro- wl lrndlns. will greet the royal visitors as they touch American soil. There, too, will be thousands and thousands of “average Ameri- cans" drawn from every part of that populous border district.

After a brief stop. the Royal trains will roll off for Washington. En route, they will pass through Maryland and it may be their Ma- jesties will see a scene typical of that part of the country-a colonial home snuggled behind a thick, dark hedge. They may recognize the hedge as an English "bold-may even recall they are orl territory George III granted Lord Baltimore about the time the first Maryland- ers were sending to England for box-wood cuttings.

During the two busy days they spend in Washington. the King and Queen will be White House guests of the President and Mrs. Roose- velt, but their "palace" will be the British Embassy and there again will be many .eminde of England and home.

NEW YORK VISIT.

‘Phey are to pay "an official visit to New York." Presumably that en- tails a courtesy call on Mayor

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King George and Queen

Aldershot; the camera catches a hint of the quiet dignity and naturalness of their Majesties when talking with crowds

or walking with kings.

“Nor Lose the Common Touch . . ."

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Canada's Prime Minister Ailends Sovereign

OTTAWA, May 13—(CP)-—Prlme Minister Mackenzie King will sc- company the King and Queen on their tour of Canada and the United States as "minister in attendance in the full constitutional sense" and will present the lieutenant-gov- ernors, provincial premiers, cabinet ministers, mayors and other digni- taries. with their women-folk, to their Majesties at the various stop- ping places across the continent.

Canada's bachelor prime minister has headed the Dominion govern- ment for 13 of the last 18 years. An early student of political economy and labor problems, he was deputy minister of labor in 1910-11 and was elected to succeed Sil- Wilfrid Lsurier as leader of the Liberal party in 1919. l-le became prime min- lster on the return of the Liberal party to power in 1921.

As the royal party reaches each province, the prime minister will be joined by one of his cabinet colleagues from that province. Mr. "ackenzio King's party will also include the following special offi- cers of government departments:

Coleman, under-secretary of state and chairman of the inter- departmental committee. He studied law at the University of Manitoba, was secretary of the Canadian Bar Association 1919-1933. He entered the government service in the latter year.

H. J. Keenleyslde, first secretary of the department of external af- fairs, a position he has occupied since 1936, when he returned from service in Tokyo. Born in Toronto, he moved early in life to Vancouver, where he was educated. On the royal tour he is secretary of the inter-departmental committee.

Gustave Lanctot, Dominion archi- vist and tour historian. He was edu- cated at the University of Montreal, Oxford and the Sorbonne. He joined the archives department in 1912. served overseas and was appointed to the war archives survey in 1917. He succeeded Sir Arthur Doughty as Dominion archivist in 1937.

Arthur P. l-Ieeney, private secre- tary to the prime minister. He prac- tised law in Montreal until he re- celved the appointment to the prime minister's office last October.

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Known for Easy Grace

Devoted Wile and Mother, Queen Joins ln Life of the Nation

By PAT Usamm Canadian Press stall wl-llel-

LONDON, May 13—_ (CP) -- In Queen Elizabeth Canadians will meet a devoted mother and a thrifty housewife. When the Queen steps ashore with King George at Quebec they will see, too, that famous smile with which she has won her way into the hearts of all the people of the Empire. They Will appreciate her gracious, friendly manner which fre- quently has set nervous and flustered officials at their ease. WIDE INTERESTS.

Canadian women will find the Queen full of questions about how children in the Dominion are brought up, disciplined, educated and so forth. She has always taken great care to see her own children are not spoiled. They are being brought up as ordinary British chil- dren are brought up. The inevitable formality of the court has been kept down to the minimum so far as the Princesses are concerned.

As a housewife the Queen will find plenty to interest her in the Dominion. She began serious house- keeping as a girl of 21 in rambling old Glamis Castle in 1921. Her mother, the Countess of Strath- more. was ill, and the Lady Eliza- beth Bowes-Lyon, as she then was, had to run the castle.

Queen Elizabeth will be curious about the meals Canadian house wives provide. She likes plain. wholesome fare herself ratherthan elaborately prepared dishes.

During the lour she is likely to taste some of New Brunswick’s justly famous salmon. and will be able to compare it with the Scot- tish variety she already knows. At tea-time in various places along the Royal route there is sure to be shortbread to remind her Majesty of her Scottish home.

Wherever she goes the Queen wants to know how people live, the sort of food they buy, how they furnish their homes. Typical of her interest in such domestic details was a visit shc paid with the King to a- Tyneslde housing estate last winter.

In one cottage she asked how the fireplace and stove worked. praised the polished brass work and admir- ed the china tea set and spotless tablecloth set out in her honor.

With French-speaking Canadians Queen Elizabeth will be perfectly at home. She speaks French fluently, has done ever since she was 10. Canadians will hear her in both languages when she speaks at an Empire Day broadcast in Winnipeg. WELL INFORMED.

The Queen is an animated con- versationallst. Joseph Kennedy, the United States a bassad , spoke of her as one of the most intelligent women he had ever met after a week-end at Windsor Castle. Doro- thy Heneker-well-known Montreal executive of international business women's organizations-meeting her at Lady Astor's, was called upon to explain the intricacies of women's committee work at Geneva.

"She told me she was not clever. so I was to make my exllliinflllflfls as simple as possible," Miss Heneker

“Marmn and “Sirn for Maiesiies

A short curtsy for women and

a formal bow for men are the

Jnodes of salute for Canadian civil- ians who meet the King and Queen at various points across Canada during their month-long tour.

"Ma'm" is the correct address for the Queen. The King should be spoken to as "Sir," and if conver- sation ensues “Your Majesty” should be used at least once. Au- thorities stress tho opening of conversation is their Majesties’ privilege and the signal the con- versation ls ended will be a slight nod of the head by the King or Queen.

Curtsying to their Majesties while they are in Canada will be a simpler feat than the deep gesture at court presentations. "Swing left leg directly behind right leg and bend knees until left knee centres right calf, keep- ing body and head erect." is. the instruction. At the Drawing Room held by their Excellencies each year and patterned after St. James's court, women make a deeper curtsy almost reaching the floor.

Men will bow only by inclination of the head and not from the hips.

Queen's Day Gives Li’r’rle Leisure Time

Many Engagements on Booll for Her Majesty; Some Appeals for Help

By EDWIN S. JOHNSON Canadian Press Staff Writer

LONDON, May 13 (CP) -—- "Oh, to be a queen." . . . Many a Cana- dian girl has probably played with such a thought, conjuring up dreams of regal splendor, fabulous luxury and day-long leisure.

That may occur in dreams, but not in the actual, day-to-day life of Britain's popular Queen Elizabeth. The fact is her Majesty enjoys far less privacy and freedom from home and family cares than the average Canadian housewife.

The Queen starts her day when the morning papers are brought to her at eight o'clock. She usually ap- pears in her sitting room by 10 a.m., but by that time her Majesty has seen her children and attended to the many domestic details, in- separable from the running of the home,

The Master f the Household. an important official at the Palace, takes charge of arrangements for entertaining on a large scale, but the Queen has always preferred to

see to the ordering of the daily meals herself and to exercise her own taste in arrangement of flow- ers, pictures or furniture in the many rooms of the Palace. At 10:30 a.m. or soon after, the Queen sends for her Lady-in-Walting and goes through all the letters that have not been reserved for the private secretary.

QUEEN'S LETTERS.

To the Lady-in-Waitlng fall most of the letters appealing for assist- ance, acknowledgment of letters of greeting from all parts of the Em- pire and of reports from societies in which her Majesty is directly in- terested. Every letter in this large postbag is read personally by the

Heavy Task Truly Done

But He Lille: to Doll, Regal Attire to Sing Wiih Boys oi Camp

By GUY BHOADES Canadian Prell Staff Writer

LONDON, May 13- (CP) \_ Canadians who attend cele- brations this summer of the visit of the King and Queen to Canada will see a tall, fair- haired, quiet man who looks Elly 811d appears yotmger than his 43 years. King George usually appears serious, except when he is visiting his boys’ camp or taking part in some thoroughly informal activity. On formal occasions he seems slightly worried.

AT BOYS’ CAMP.

His Majesty's ability to unbend when the occasion offers was exem. Dllfied particularly inst “mm” when he went ashore from the yacht Victoria and Albert and landed at a seaside boys‘ camp, where he mingled with the youths and sang "The_Chestnut Tree," a light-heart- ed piece with gestures which be-

came a national favorite after audi- entices saw news-reel pictures of the

His Majesty is s fair athlete, has a golf handicap of eight and can Rive a good account of himself on the tennis court. Known as a hard worker at school and college, the King himself says examinations usually found him "at the bottom o! the lists.’ His shipmates in naval ‘i350! day! Sly he was a fine coal hcaver and filled up the dusty bags in the collier holds as though ho enjoyed it.

As the Royal party tours the Do- minion the King will be revisiting many scenes of a tour he made as Prince Albert, a midshipman, in 1913. With about 60 other cadets he visited Quebec, Niagara Falls, Ottawa. Montreal. Saint John, Hali- fax and St. John's. Nfld.

At Halifax he got in trouble dur- ing his previous visit. To play ten- nis, he ducked an official reception and was caught. His father, George V, heard of the incident and sent him a scorching cable advising him to attend to business. It was the only time Prince Albert was ever known to dodge an engagement.

When his Majesty meets Lord Tweedsmuir and government offl- clals in Ottawa he may recall that he caught influenza in the Canadian capital in 1913, that it laid him up for several days after he reached Quebec on his was east.

The dignity that surrounds the King's office came with the Coro- nation, but in England his Majesty appears eager to shake off the pomp that attends the throne whenever he can. He locks happiest when he is visiting factories, talking to army and navy officers or taking part in some social service, in which he is an expert. g

MAKES LONG DAY.

A glance at s normal day's pro- gram followed by King George slnce his accession more than two years ago proves he puts in longer hours and works harder than the average subject of his realm punch- ing a clock in office or factory.

Every day, whether at Bucking- ham Palace or at any of his country homes, the King has pressing duties of state to perform. Unlike cabl- net ministers and others, he cannot delegate his duties to some one else while he goes off on a holiday.

Everywhere he is followed by the inevitable stream of official des- patch boxes, containing the impor- tant work of government which forms the background of his life. Ho must give quick attention to Foreign Office telegrams, take ur- gent telephone calls, read highly confidential cabinet papers and sign a huge sheaf of documents every

During the North American visit a council of regency has authority to act on all matters normally re- quiring the King's personal atten- tion. The sovereign, however, will be in constant communication with Whitehall. This extra responsibility will somehow be sandwiched into his program of official activity.

In London, where the court's time is chiefly spent, the King starts his day by seeing his private secretary, at 10 o'clock. About an hour later ile is in the thick of his program as > distinguished public servants begin