A lusty cheer went up from a crowd of 6,000 persons as the King and Queen stepped from the royal train on their arrival here from Montreal. The King inspected a Guard of Honour of the Princess Louise Guards, wearing khaki great-coats over their colourful red tunics, and of the Cameron Highlanders, who were attired in full Highland dress.
Their Majesties were greeted by Lord Tweedsmuir, the Governor-Gen. eral of Canada, who was formerly John Buchan, the world famous ~author. Lord Tweedsmuir is a personal friend of the King and Queen.
'A Royal Salute of 21 guns boomed out, and the Royal Couple then drove away to Government House to receive diplomatic missions. They were accompanied by an escort of the Dragoon Guards.
The crowd who lined the streets to cheer Their Majesties on their way had stood for two hours in the pouring rain, with newspapers slung over their shoulders.
They commented freely on the Queen's charming smile. One Canadian exclaimed colloquially:—"Oh, boy, the Queen is going to tear things right open."
'The sun emerged as delighted comments were heard from the crowd. The route to Government House was ablaze with colour as the crowd, including thousands of young people, lined the streets waving Union' Jacks.
The Queen entered the capital wearing a lilac-coloured ensemble, and a grey hat with ostrich feathers, while the King wore the full-dress uniform of a Field-Marshal with a plumed hat.
Address te Parliament Yesterday afternoon, the King drove to the Parliament Buildin where he addressed both Houses in the Senate during a ceremony giving royal assent to certain bills.
The King said that no ceremony could more completely symbolize the free and equal association of the nations of the Commonwealth, "As my father said on the occasion of his Silver Jubilee," His Majesty continued, "the unity of the British Empire is no longer expressed by ihe supremacy of the time-honoured Parliament at Westminster.
"It finds expression today in the {ree association of nations enjoying common principles of government, a common attachment to ideals of peace and freedom, and bound together in common allegiance to the Crown."
Referring to his tour, the King said that it was his earnest hope that it would give the Canadian people a deeper conception of their unity as a nation.
iHe also hoped that his visit to ihe United States would help to maintain the "very friendly rejations" existing between the United States and the nations of the Commonwealth, "These visits," he went on, "like the one recently made by the Queen to the Continent of we trust, be viewed rb am expression of the spirit of our peoples, which seeks ardently a closer friendship and better relations, not only with our own kith and kin, but also with peoples of all nations and races."
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