Soestdijk, Feb. 1.
ING George and Queen Elizabeth, of Great Britain, this morning sent a basket of red roses, tied with the British colours, to Soestdijk Palace, where a girl was born yesterday to Crown Princess Juliana. Accompanying the flowers was a congratulatory message.
The small, sturdy girl, with blue eyes and fair hair, weighing eight pounds, who arrived at Soestdijk Palace yesterday morning, has sent the whole nation wild with joy. Throughout Holland, in the Netherlands East Indies, in Netherlands ships at sea and wherever Hollanders met together there was the one great thought—Princess Juliana's baby.
A communique issued by Dr. de
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