MR. ASQUITH IN ROME
A GREAT RECEPTION JSy TelczraDh—Press Association— OoryrlEM 1 (Rec. April 2, 5.5 p.m.) , Rome, March 31. Mr. Asquith has arrived in the city. The school children and Government and private employees received a holiday. The TJnion Jack and Allied flags were displayed everywhere.' It was difficult :■■■ to control the enormous crowds. •'•' , . .' • Mr. Asquith received a splendid ovation in the streets, the ■ crowds .■shouting: "Viva Quadruple { Vlvo 'Asquith! Viva Britain I": ■ ' ; \'.' . There was a great demonstration in front of the British Bmhassey, where Mr. Asquith bowed' his acknowledgements from tho balcony, and cried in Italian: "Viva lire! Viva Litalia." ! Later the King gave him an audience at the Quirinal, and Mr. Asquith visited Queen Margherita. ' .
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2736, 3 April 1916, Page 5
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118MR. ASQUITH IN ROME Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2736, 3 April 1916, Page 5
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