This is the first time in history that a British Premier has visited Canada during his time in office. her Jubilee year. The present visit Mr. Baldwin has not been in Can-Bf the Prince of Wales, Prince ada for 37 years and has noted jorge and Mr, and Mrs. Stanley great changes since his last visit, Idwin was arranged at the last His present tour is only to last for; perial Conference when an invita-20 days and each day will be filled jon was extended to them by Mr. with official duties, so that it is "ing on behalf of the Government only being accomplished at gre: for ie and no pains or ex-'Canada, Thus our visitors are "personal sacrifice, but Canada never reas the official guests of the [will forget this visit of her beloved {princes and Britain's Prime Mini Bense have been spared to make, "ter, and Canadians in every part Bil arrangements in accordance with of the country are watching with The importance of the occasion. interest the progress of the dis-The Canadian tour commenced a tinguished party to the various parts Breck ago, when the visitors landed the Dominion, and ench city is Quebec from the C.P.0S. vieing with every other to sui 3 of Australia and proce pass in its reception and welcome tthe river to. Montreal. The party. the generosity and enthusiasm of its Rrrived in Montreal on the evening friendly riv Sunday, July 31, and were ac-The day on which Mr. Baldwin Borded an' official welcome addressed the Canadian Club umber of prominent citizens and a Montreal was very hot, and the Public welcome by the people of the Yoom was crowded to capacity by sity, who turned out in their thou-1,400 enthusiastic Montrealers, ands and lined the route from the When he stood up to speak, he was Bocks to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. ery warm, 80 he calmly took off he crowd wa hhis coat and spoke to the men in land the Princes and Mr. and mated at 150,000 his shirt-sleeves. Canada will never Baldwin were cheered by the gr [cease to remember that Mr, Baldferowd of French and English-speak-{ng Canadians.
Monday was a crowded day for The visitors. In the morning there was a civic reception at the City all, a Canadian Club luncheon at fine o'clock and in the afternoon a widen party at the home of Mr, MacDougal, formerly chairman of \.ighe Montreal Harbour Commission, ud in th ening a dinner was iven at the Mount Royal Club by Mr, E. W, Beatty, President of the Ganadian Pacific Railway. While it Iwas a busy day for the guests, it was no less strenuous for many suqysands of the citizens, who fol-the Princes and the Premier fever they went and showed by every action their love and Fegerd for their future King and for the great occa. win delivered his first public utter-Jance in her metropolis in his shirt-sleeves, and no word or point of his address lost weight on that account, Sound common-sense ap. plied to the solution of extra. ordinary difficulties and exceptional problems, that is the Baldwin m thod, It' may well be that this incident heralds the dawn of what [will be known to future generations. as "shirt-sleeve statesmanship."" There might be many worse things {in store for the Empire than that.
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