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V AMERICAN EDITORS OF ROYALTY Journalists Are Entertained by King George and Queen Mary at Sandringham Worry About Clothes Is Soon Set at Rest King Upsets the Arranged Program and Has a Bully Day With His Visitors. iJondon. The American iiditorson tour of England were notified, after a round of rather severe social enter tainments and of dutiful attendance upon various political functions, that King George and Queen Mary would be graciously pleased to receive them at Sandrlngham on Sunday, October 13. It was Intimated that It was a most unusual concession, for his majesty and his court preferred to ob serve the traditions and keep them . selves to themselves, apart from the formalities of their positions, at their country seat--on the Sabbath day, at least. Sandrlngham is the summer home pf 1 royalty, aDoui one nunureu nines nuui London on the eastern coast near the sea. It .had been, acquired and devel oped by King Edward, and was his private estate, the location of his fine racing stables and splendid gardens, and it Is now the permanent residence of his widow, Queen Alexandra. The first group of American magazine and periodical editors and writers, througli a coincidence now In London, were also Included In the royal command, and together all were to go, furnish ing for his majesty his first personal view of composite American journal ism. The proposed audience, it was hinted by those who arranged It, was eubstantlal and convincing evidence of the high interest of the king In the forthcoming entente between the two great English-speaking nations. One hears much on that fruitful subject Just now in England. Editors Worry About Clothes. The first result of the royal Invita tion was to throw the gratified editors - cf into a nutter or discussion aoout tne I kind of dress needed for a court pres entation. The ministry of informa tion, which has the Journalists In charge, gravely informed them, how ever, that It was to be no formal oc casion but a social and unofficial visit at the week-end to Sandrlngham, and that nobody need to lie awake o'nights worrying about whether to wear a high hat and morning dress, or the usual work-a-day suit of the average American. But the decision of the ministry did not entirely settle this important matter, nor did the minis try Itself adhere to Its ruling for in formality. Some officious personage came hurriedly from headquarters and announced that It would be strictly de rigeur to wear a top hat and a cutaway, and other sucli apparel. After due arrangements hail been made to accord with this lutest de cision as to the correct thing in court fashions, some one higher in authority at the last moment gave out final word that everybody might dress as he pleased, but that the king would un doubtedly prefer to see his guests in the costumes they ordinarily wear at home. The controversy being happily concluded the editors started off for Sandrlngham In the garb which each of them thought best suited to his style of beauty. For the most part silk hats went by the board. k The time of the visit was most aus picious. Great news had just come out itt Germany to the effect that she had decided to capitulate, after four years and more of war, and it was to be" supposed- that the atmosphere about Sandrlngham would be most con "fenlal for felicitations. There are no Sunday papers worth the name In Great Britain, but the king, of course, had his own private information about the happy turn of events. A royal messenger was indeed In the train which boe the 23 Americans to Sand rlngham. His office was to tell King George what he already knew. " King Upsets Program. " The journey to Sandrlngham was taken In a special train, under a semi cloudy sky, through a lovely land scape. There was a glimpse of the famous college town of Cambridge, and of the historic cathedral at Ely. The party arrived at the Sandrlngham station reserved' for the guests of roy alty about two o'clock and found waiting there three spick and span carryalls. There had meanwhile been received from the major domo of the ministry specific instructions as to how the party was to be received. They were to be divided -Into three groups, and each of them was to enter the au gust presence separately and was to remain not more than ten minutes. It was expected that his majesty would have had quite enough in that brief period. But It proved that this thought of the courtiers -who seek to decide Just who shall be privileged to bask in the smiles of royalty, and how long, was erroneous. -For the kins unset the entire program and had a ""bully" day with his visitors, as Mr. Roose velt might call it; so did his family. All ceremonies were quickly waived and forgotten, and everybody had a i grand time. , Sandrlngham Is a noble estate with fine drives, spacious lawns, prodigal greenery and occasional lakes and ponds. Queen Alexandra, the mother of the king; occupied the "castle," which Is no castle at all, but a fine country house. The king dwells, dmv lng his stay there, in a comparatively modest place called York cottage, ttere he rests for several weeks in the ARE GUESTS IN GREAT BRITAIN summepf!the; pleasant' hunting season and here all the children of George and Mary were born. Made to Feel at Home. A drive of about a mile through winding ways and over an attractive landscape brought the party to Sand rlngham. A functionary In a bright red coat, decorated with many medals, Indicating worthy service in the Life guards, .ushered them into the waitings room. There were other officials who had no special Insignia of rank Or sta tion, and who, with well'bred ease, put themselves so much at the disposal of the guests that they soon felt quite at home. . . - . . " : j King George was attended by Queen. Mary, the Dowager Queen Alexandra, Princess Mary (his daughter), Prin cess Victoria (his sister) and several ladies-in-waiting. A very old man, Sir Richard Probyn, a hero of Indian war fare and possessDr of the VictorlaH cross, was the personal attendant and courtier of Queen Alexandra. The king was garbed in an ordinary busi ness suit, and all the court Indies were dressed much as one sees every day the women of America in any Amer ican city, in admirably fitting tailored suits. There --was no ostentation or stiffness, and but little ceremony. Tie party had been individually warned not to offer, to shake hand? with the king or queen unless they first made the approach, which ihey did In every Instance. "Address him always .as 'your majesty and the queen in the same way, and the princess 'your highness, " it was said. Some of the editors perhaps forgot the rules, but no one attempted any familiarity, lUk UV UUC 11 I and certainly none was invited; but every one of the royal personages, af ter the Introductions, descended Into easy conversation with someone or oth er of the Americans. Gets Laugh Out of King. The pictures of King George do not do him justice. He is animated In ac tion, ready and distinct in speech, with an inclination toward the humorous, and affable in manner, without conde scension. He Is not afflicted with the English habit of swallowing his words, and he is at a loss at no time for some thing to say. He expressed to all the editors, without constraint, his pleas ure at their visit and showed an under standing of American affairs and of the purpose of their coming to England which was quite surprising. It is not permissible to quote him directly on any matter of politics or statecraft, but probably it will not be objectionable to repeat that he is in accord with the 1 sentiment in England for a close union with the gtfPat American republic no binding agreement, no formal league, no contract alliance, merely a rap prochement which would prevent any vital disagreements and which would mean harmony and unity among all the English-speaking nations of the world with resultant benefit to civili zation and humanity. Someone had the temerity to say that the Repub lican party In America sadly needs a candidate for president, and asked if the king might not come to America and stand for the nomination with the assurance of certain election. The king merely responded to the novel sugges tion with a loud "Ila-Ha." The laugh of England's king Is ready and con tagious. He understands ah American Joke. He likes baseball, too. .He was Immensely Interested In his several re views of American troops, and he per mitted It to be understood that he would like soon to see again the Ameri can soldiers in camp or on march. King and Queen as Guides. After many pleasantries with the king and queen and their attendants, the guests were asked if they might not desire to go over Sandrlngham. All were, of course, delighted to say yes, and the whole company started, under the guidance of the king and queen, over the grounds. The king and queen walked rapidly. First there YANK TANK GOING 1 llk 1 -' One of the many tanks that took part In the capture of the Mihlel salient by the troops under the command of General Pershing Is here ahovm plowing irsway through trench and starting, toward th Oenaaa lines. POLK COXmTY NEWS. TRYONfN. C. was a ; visit ' to Tort ?ewttage wrier there was an Intimate view of how the royal family lives. . Some one of the -king's entourage took charge of , cer-c tain groups of the editors and 'each appeared to be anxious to show the advantages and attractions of the great estate at its best. One curious journalist asked half-a-dozen lords and ladies in turn what was J&ejaxea of Sandrlngham' and all said they did not know." But the king promptly set tled all doubts by ruling that It Is 15, 000 acres. t York cottage is a plain brick dwel ling of 15 or 20 rooms, of only.mod eratesjLze, with a workshop or tudy for the king. If there were any spe cial courtiers or equerries there they were not seen. The equipment In .fur niture and in hiodern conveniences was complete and in some respects ele gant, but there are many homes in America which might be compared fa vorably with it. . There was a long tour afoot to the gardens and to the stablest, both the particular hobby of King Edward. v A pony cart driven by the faithful Probyn, followed the company around. It was for the use of Queen Alexan dra, but she went the entire rounds with the others and did not & any time appear to lose interest in" her guests or In what they were saying and seeing. In the vicinity of the royal stables Is a great statue of Persimmon, which won the Derby In 1896, and which was o pet of the former king. He was bred at Sandrlngham. It is a magnificent effigy of a splendid horse. In the sta bles were many animals each in charge of an attendant who brought them out for exhibition. Both the king, queen and the dowager- queen busied them selves In passing to the thoroughbreds carrots which they took with great gusto. In all, there must be 100 first class animals In the stables. The chief of the stud is "Friar Marcus," which was never beaten as a two-year-old. Several members of the party who had the fortune to fall In with Queen Alexandra were asked to accompany her to a place she called a "workshop It appears to be modeled somewhat after the artcraft establishments con mon In America. There were many beautiful specimens of delicate hand made furniture. The companions of the queen were delighted with what they saw and said so, of course ; where upon she graciously presented to each of these surprised and somewhat em barrassed Americans a tea table. One of the pieces will go to Buffalo, one to San Francisco and one to Portland. King Shows His Library. The tour was completed by a sec ond visit to Sandrlngham, where tea tva served. It was a rather elaborate function, though all the royal party continued to mingle with the vlsljorf In the most democratic fashion. The king later expressed a desire to show the editors his library, doubtless with the Idea that it should be of special Interest. to men In a supposedly liter ary calling, as it was. It had been a bowling alley, but King Edward had thought It would be more useful and ornamental as a place of study and reflection, and he made the changa Then the king led the way to Sand rlngham chapel, wonderful littl house of worship with many appropri ate decorations and memorials. Then he took them back to his reception room where he and the royal group bade good-bye to all their guests, shak ing hands with each in turn. If they were asked to come again, at least one of the Anericansdid noTHear It. It may be assumed . that It Is not the royal custom, for there was every evi dence to show that the hosts were as pleased with the event as the guest were. The king has the appearance an manner of an alert, quick-thinking. welMnformed, well-groomed, middle aged man of business. Queen Mary, a stately and beautiful woman, with something of the grand manner, waa throughout most gracious to her vis itors, and entered Into the festivities In a very lively spirit. Queen Alex andra, dressed in complete black, haa a noble presence, with an Indescrib able personal charm. Princess Mary, yet a very young lady, was garbed quite simply, but most tastefully. She was everywhere among the editors, who found it impossible to resist her girlish and vivid personality. It was a great day for the editors. They saw the king and the queen, and the king and queen saw them. OVER THE TOP IMPORTAMr i NEWS THE WOULD OVER im IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIO -AND OTHER NATIONS FOR SEVEN "DAY8 GIVEN THE HEWS OF THE SOUTH What It Taking Place ln-Thf4teiC land WUI Be Found In Brief Paragraph , . Domestic . The upper South Carolina confer ence of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, in annual session at Chester, S. C, voted, 93 to 28, for the extension of laity rights to the women of the conference. The United States senate finance committee has completed revision of the war revenue bill, designed to raise six billions of dollars in taxes in 1919 and about four billions in 1920. On July 1, 1919 2-cent postage will be restored on letters; one cent on postcards. Liberty fuel, vastly cheaper than gasoline and possessing many advan tages over the product, has been in vented by officers of the war depart ment and is now being produced in large quantities. The sixteen so-called tent camps originally constructed as training cen ters for national guard divisions will be abandoned as soon as practicable, It is announced by the war depart ment. ' Five armed bandits held up and robbed a dozen men in a poolroom in the center of Philadelphia of cash and jewelry amounting to $5,000. The sentence of Thomas J. Mooney sentenced to be hanged on Decem ber 13 for the death of ten persons killed by a bomb explosion in San Francisco . during a preparedness pa rade in July, 1916, was commuted by Governor W. D. Stephens to imprison ment for life. Wholesale thefts of liquor in trans portation from the North to "wet" sections In the South has been re vealed in Chattanooga, Tenn., by the arrest of a former politician named Sam Jones and others. The South ern road had been called upon to pay $8,000 for missing liquor, but it has not yet been determined how the li quor was taken from the cars. G. K. Schinn of Uvalde, Texas, re cently sent Speaker Champ Clark a sweet potato weighing fourteen and a half pounds. The United States government has refused to approve the proposed trans fer to a British syndicate of the ves sels now under British registry own ed by the International Mercantile Marine Corporation. Washington The entente allies have decided to demand that Holland surrender the former emperor of Germany to justice, according to the London Daily Ex press. A Iteuter correspondent who visited "Uboat Avenue" off Harwich, where the surrendered submarines are lying, states thaj: the "avenue" is over a mile long. General March, chief of staff, an nounces that the Cunard liner. Maure tania, sailing from Liverpool for New York November 25, has aboard 165 of ficers and 3,834 men of the American army, including 116 sick add wounded. An intensive campaign to bring home to the American people the need for food conservation so that three hundred million hungry people in Eu rope and the near East, may be fed, will be conducted by the food admin istration. In the coming year, it is announced, we must send twenty million tons of food to Europe practically the limit of loading capacity at our ports. At a dinner given in Paris by the American aviators in honor of their French comrades in the air service, it was announced by the under-secre-tary of aviation that of 240 American pilots in the Lafayette squadron, 60 lost their lives. It is officially announced that during the war the forces of Great Britain actually lost nearly one million men, killed or dead, through various causes. There was no formal celebration of Thanksgiving Day in Washington, but hundreds of soldiers and sailors, many wearing the golden V for serv ice overseas, were dinner guests in private homes. Indications anent the peace confer ence are that the "League of Nations' will be taken up early In the delib erations. A Lima dispatch says that It is of ficially announced that Peru has with drawn her consuls from Chile as a re sult of the renewal of anti-Peruvian, rioting in Iquique and Antofagasta. The possibilities of hostilities be tween Peru and Chile are the topic of discussion in diplomatic circles. The controversy about the boundary line has approached a critical stage. -.The Twenty-seventh division, to taling 484 officers and 12,681 men, and the thirtieth division, totaling 488 of ficers and 12,099 men, both of which operated on the British front, have been withdrawn from the Lemans area, and probably will embark in a days. , , Although President Wilson sail for France next week, no details hav been given out The president plans to complete the trlpLwithin six weeks. - Soldiers reaching Berlin report that the great bulk of the German army will resist all efforts of the Bolshe Tikl to control the new Germany. ' On Thanksgiving da? epeclal serv ices were held in most churches over the country. President ,Wilson ; and Mrs. Wilson tteded the. Central Pjes byterian charch, where simple services were conducted by the - pastor, thq Rev.: Dr. James Taylor who read the president's proclamation -before he de livered his sermon, It is stated by-way ot London that the new Austrian government will de mand the; trial , of Kaiser Wilhelm Germany and Emperor Charles of Aus tria. The representatives at the peace conference of the United States will be President Wllsonr Robert Lansing, secretary bf state r -Henry White, ior mer ambassador to France and Italy; E. M. ouse, and Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, representative of the American army with the supreme war council at Ver sailles. This is the announcement made directly from the white house. It is announced in a dispatch from Munich that Bavaria has broken with the Berlin government. The message says that this action Is taken "owing to efforts of the Berlin government to deceive the people by withholding the truth about conditions." Viscount Kato, former minister of foreign affairs,, will head the Japan ese delegation to the peace confer ence at . Versailles, according to un official advices reaching Washington from Japan. Difficulties between Peru and Chile, which resulted inw recall of consular representatives by each nation from the principal cities of its neighbor, have , been overcome by an apology on the part of the Peruvian , govern ment, Carlos Castro Ruiz, consul gen eral of Chile, is announced in New York City. It is understood that the question of the extradition of the former German emperor is being considered by Brit ish law officers of the crown, who are working in close co-operation with the French authorities. Action in the premises was taken immediately af ter the flight of the former emperor to Holland. Reports from Germany of tests of strength between the conservative ele ments and the independent and Bol shevik Socialists in, various places con tinue to indicate that, as far as mere numbers go, the extremists are almost negligible. George W. Wickersham, attorney general in the Taft administration, in an address in New York City before more than a hundred educators, law yers, bankers and " merchants engag ed in international trade who are members of the Council of Foreign Re lations, advanced the opinion that the constitution makes it mandatory upon Vice President Marshall to assume the office of president if Mr. Wilson leaves the United States to attend the peace conference. The former attorney gen eral quoted section one of article two European Count Wilhelm Hohenzollern will soon leave Amerongen, Holland, ac cording to news from Amsterdam. It Is stated that he will go to a sanita rium near Arghem, where he will un dergo treatment for shattered nerves. The former kaiser is reported to be subject to frequent fits of violent weeping. Austria-Hungary lost four million killed and wounded during the war, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen. Eight hun dred thousand men were killed, in-. eluding seventeen thousand officers. The German losses in the war are placed at 6,330,000 by the Socialist Vorwaerts of Berlin. The celebration of victory over Ger many opened at Pekin With a review 1 of the chinese and allied troops by President Hsu Shih Chang. Eleven hundred Jews were killed during the recent massacre in Lem berg. Hundreds of Jews are said to have barricaded themselves in a syn agogue which was set afire. Those who " attempted to escape from this refuge were shot. Germany must pay the cost of the war to the limit of her capacity, Pre mier Lloyd-George declared in a speech -at Newcastle, England. Lloyd-George says: "We have got so to act that men in the future who feel tempted to follow the example of the rulers who plunged the world into war will know what is waiting for them at the end." General Allenby, who commanded the victorious allied troops In Pales tine and Syria, in their operations against the Turks, has returned to Egypt from the battlefront. Marshal Foch, the allied commander-in-chief, has , established head quarters at Luxemburg. Nowadays when you go to a police station in Berlin the desk sergeant will say: "You are not required to register any longer.: They do not even look at your passport. A striking feature of the "new free dom" in Germany is that the private soldier no longer salutes his superior officer. The soldier calls his officer "Comrade." - Advices received in London say that dogs and men are battling in Petro grad for the flesh of horses which drop dead in the streets. Winter has begun in earnest over the whole northern Russian front. All the rivers are ice-bound. The Bolshevists have mounted big guns along the front south of the al lied armies operating near Archangel, Russia. The Bolshevists are receiving reinforcements. The Augsberg Evening Gazette ad vises the Bavarian provisional govern ment to take a positive stand against the Berlin radicals and to threaten ths north German terrorists with the se cession of Bavaria and other south German states unless thej adopt a dif ferent policy. mmm i$T8EPS CHIEF CRiMiKj a , ofl IN THAT He MEAN, GONTEHPTBL E t Respect f0 Be MSI",S- the ChJ inal U vmf a . 3red '"irnune. London. -bringing to 1 -,une William, of G,n!iany TN culprit for puMhsmpnt Z.m& the person." ' e wttldd The paper adlr, that th 'that he-can bf punifh there are oti:,. who S cannot be ad.tr.-.i e r . ay mat arcj continues, "a tvi would escape ; there are othr yet been brouj?! neither law nor listen to such a J-;. the aTt who ha aye not j augment fmmon sense "Besides, it is jr0po the kaiesr w t0 too, swho will he Is the chief l,-'ause most highly criminal. . "The one argument against Wnat we can tn ht . inal to justice is that at present he k auu comempuDie figure hid ing his head from the min he brougk on his country, and that if ve pr0se. cute him we may somewhat Impin dignity to him. "On the other hand, how can spect for international law in the fu ture be based on the immunity of principal offender against its provi-sion-s in the past?" AMERICAN ARMY IN PRUSSIA; CITY OF TREVES OCCUPIED With the American Army of Occu pation. American troops crossed th& frontier into Prussia at daylight be hind the German rear guards. Treves is the most important city thus far oc cupied. General Pershing is in the imme diate vicinity to observe the opera tions. His advance headquarters will be established at T.eves, where Gen eral Preston Brown will be military governor and General Harry A. Smith, in charge of civil affairs. Treves is situated on the right bank Of the Moselle river. 57 miles south west of Coblenz. It is perhaps the oldest town in Germany and is rich in Roman relics. UNITED STATES PAYS HONOR TO DISTINGUISHED GENERALS Washington. General Pershing hw been directed by President Wilson to confer the distinguished service medal on General Bliss. Lieutenant Generals Liggett and Bui lard and Major Gen erals Dickman, McAndrews and Har bourd. 100,000 CASES OF INFLUENZA IN ISLAND OF PORTO RICA San Juan, P. R.-Governor lager has ordered all schools, churches ana theaters closed and placed a ban on public gatherings because of the in fluenza epidemic. It is estimate there are 100,000 cases of influenza J the island. The labor federation has requested aid and has asked that the Urteo States public health service be p.a in charge of it. BERNARD BARUCH RESIGNS! TO TAKE EFFECT ON JAN- M. Baruchr Washington Bernart i : .v,q war i!l(lUSt.rl. CUiUimau ui prps. iea ins i csio , n to take effect JanuM a Vision to resign i ident Wilson Mr. Batuch's dec line with his known xw - by. affairs of the board can be c. the first of the year. RMAN GOVERNMENT IS TO INVESTIGATE OWN GE London.-The German is stairting an investip1 German crimes in F"''"ium :bie ac- Among "those held niSponsdispatcli. cording to an Amsterdam are General von Saubereg. former military govern teiel General Baron Kurt con military commander at verncr Baron von der Yancken. j- CaV. of Brussels at the time o. - ell's execution TRANSPORT BEADY TO sA ...iru WILSON AND r wit" New York-The American ? George Washngton, sielecte ident Wilson ot convey himself and other inem'be' e co American delegation to the P . ference, will be convoyed d of tleshlp Pennsylvania and a 'fire fast" destroyers, i pier i ; Washington i lyto a her history Hoboken ready to s" - tice. making trip t mo r l