Foreign News: Wales Let (Lets) Down?

Scarcely an exposition in the memory of man has been complete on the opening date. But London papers stormed and raged last week because when Edward of Wales and Prince George finally arrived in Argentina, the British Empire Trade Exhibition at Buenos Aires was only about half finished. Worse, it was reported that around the fringe of the British exposition to be opened by His Royal Highness there had sprung up German sideshows!

This canard was hotly denied, but loyal London remained convinced that British interests which financed the fair have "let down" the Prince of Wales.

Detective-work by the New York Times revealed another letdown. "One of the 96 pieces of baggage carried by the [Royal] party is a satchel," cabled a Times correspondent ominously from Argentina. ["It] has a capacity of about one and a half cubic feet, filled with American cigarets of a widely advertised brand. From this satchel the Princes' golden cigaret cases are filled several times daily.

Both the Princes smoke incessantly. The other members of the party smoke British-made cigarets.

In Buenos Aires, where a cordial population welcomed them with cheers, Edward of Wales and Prince George made the best of horrible heat. At the famed Palero Racetrack, 844 pesos ($358) was won by the two Princes. At a girl who cried from the crowd "Give me a kiss!" Prince George waved his hand.

Grimly, sweltering Edward of Wales made known that he would open the Exposition on the scheduled date (March 14), no matter how far from complete it might be. Day & night more than 1,000 exposition workmen sweated, hurried.