"They Were Smirking, I
Saw Red—I Am Glad of It," Says Litigant Paris, June 23.
Following day-long telephone consultations between the British Foreign Office and the Quai d'Orsay here, it was finally decided late this afternoon to postpone the British sovereigns' state visit to Paris from June 28 to July 19.
The suggestion to set forward the date of arrival of King George and Queen Elizabeth was made by President Albert Lebrun when he learned of the death of the Countess of Strathmore, mother of the Queen.
The postponement of the royal visit will permit the Queen to accompany the King and therefore the programme already established for the sovereigns' stay in France will not have to be changed, Arriving on July 19 instead of June 28, the visitors will remain until July 22. Their programme includes, the inauguration of the Monument to the Australian War Dead at Villers Bretonneux, which will close their ceremonial visit.
Special editions of the evening papers announced the change in date necessitated by the Countess of Strathmore's untimely death. 'The populace were at first slightly disappointed, but the Queen's mourning aroused popular sympathy and also gratitude for the British rulers' decision to make their long-planned trip after all—Havas.
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