The Archive · 1921

Warm Reception in London

London, May 9.

Crown Prince Hirohito was_profoundly impressed by the cordiality and magnificence of his reception Portsmouth. Never were arrangements for the landing of a royal guest at Portsmouth more picturesque.

It was a fine scene as the royal train left, the Prince of Wales and the Crown Prince standing side ey side in the saloon at the salute, in response to the thunder of guns and the strains of the British and Japanese National Anthems. Huge crowds in the vicinity of the station and along the narrow streets of

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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