Bucharest, Sept. 9.
In a democratic gesture aimed at inspiring Rumanian national confidence, the boy King Micshael today ordered the gates of the Royal Palace thrown open to the general public fo: slightly more than half an hour.
The order was that this be "done daily between 10 am. and 12 noon from now on.
King Michael personally gave the order following his return from the Great Patriarchal Cathedral where, together with his Ministers, he prayed for the preservation of Rumania The Boy-King was not allowed to greet his people personally within the Palace on the first occasion, but it do so in future, because today's trial was satisfactory in that it resulted in perfect order despite the formation of is outside the Palace grounds.
Rich and poor alike were admitted. At noon the great gates were shut and it was learned that young King Michael was amused as he watched from a small window, because many who were let in to see the "Palace had to be ushered to the rear and left by one of the back gates which were so rusty they had to be pried Palace attendant.—United
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