THE PRINCE'S TOUR

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 161, 3 April 1920, Page 8

THE PRINCE'S TOUR

. ARRIVAL AT PANAMA ; enthusiastic reception (By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright ■ Panama Canal, March 31.. It _was necessary to blast out the channet before the Renown could pass Culebra. ■The. Prince was interested in the ranstruction.of the Gatun Dam. The BriJjsh Minister at Panama held a recep■v. -axuv and'dance at the Hotel Eivoli. and • meal, dignitaries lunched 6n'board the Renown. Crowds 'greeted the ship at i ■ various points, »nd, aeroplanes circled overhead.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.' (Hec. April 2, 5.5 p.m.) , ■ Panama, April 1. Panama was eh fete to-dav in honour of the Prince of Wales, who set out lo - see the city and surroundings in a car. ...He went,to see the. islands protecting the entrance of the canal. The islands . are joined to the mainland by a long V. causeway. On returning to the ship ha ; gave a private luncheon on board and '•" received addresses from varions sections •of the British community. In the after- ■' noon, the Prince, Admiral Halsey and ; ■'• staff proceeded in motor-car.? through* 1)ai.....b0a, Anson, and the beautiful residential -■districts of the canal zone to Panama i , City, where the Prince insnpcted the war . veterans of the, West Indies regiments. ■ ' . Huge crowds, struggled to catch a glimpse of the Princo as lie shook hands with the . West M'otinted police with difficulty kept the street clear . for the Prince and staff. Entering the Pre-"!-* j. ; dentV carriage, the Prince drove to the > Presidency, a spacious buildiner overlooking the Bay of Panama. President I,efevre; secretaries, and councillors, reeeiv- ■ . ed the -Prince and staff in the fine hall. President Lefevre gave an official banquet to the guests at the Union Club in the evening. In his 'capacity as - rcpir-, • : ,'. sentatiye of the youngest Latin American ■ ;• nation, he gave the'warmest welcome to , . the Prince and expressed the vast debt of gratitude to the British people for . their, entry into, and .calm faith during ; file war. He mentioned that a consider- ■ able part of the population of the two chief cities of Panama' were British sj.i'bi. . jests. '•! . .-The Prince, in replying, expressed ap-, i.,"'. '/nreciatiori of the President's reference to' .. Britain's part in the war..- The British '■ Empire was keenly interested in the welfare of the smaller nations. Few small nations in the world had' a nioro interesting role in wbrlA development . than, Panama. He observed with particular gratification the excellent relations existing between Panama arid the | : United States, to whom civilisation owqd !•••. the great engineering ifeat of linking up i ' two oceans and promoting the comrner- ,'■ cial development ol; the world. . • . The President gave a magnificent ball ■ ■ following' the reception 'in the Union i. \ CluK The Prince was received with a tumultuous ovation. • (Rec. April 2, 11.5 p.m.). Panama, April 1. i . At a ball given by the British Min- [ ister the Prince of Wales asked for an introduction to Caroline- Cranberry, a ;... sales girl, and danced four dances with • her.' i - The Renown 'has sailed for San Diego. •.' '/ Cable Assn. .'»,•. •