PHILIP GIBBS’ ACCOUNT.
fAUSTRALIAN & N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION]
BELGIUM’S KING
A ROYAL ENTRY. (Received This Day at 10.35. a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 23.
Mr Phillip Gibbs wives a vivid account of the King and Queen of Belgilim’s state entry into Brugs. Every soul in the city tvas in the streets, and the windows and balconies of every house was beflagged. After a review of the troops King Albert went to the Governor’s House. The emotion of the populace broke all bounds. Tens of thousands surged round the tall figure who stood at the salute. The populace say the Germans never told when a submarine was sunk, hut we knew the commanders names ami also t lie dates of the trips and when afortnight or a month passed and the men had nut returned we knew the British Navy had sunk them. The murder of Captain Fryatt had stirred the people of Bruges to a cold fury. Admiral Seliroeder hurried on the execution score tly in order that there should be no opportunity for a reprieve.
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 October 1918, Page 3
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173PHILIP GIBBS’ ACCOUNT. Hokitika Guardian, 29 October 1918, Page 3
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