COMMONWEALTH (British Commonwealth of NationsQ)
The guns of the Argentine Fleet fairly embellished the air with a bombardment of noise as the British cruiser Curlew slipped into port at Buenos Aires. A natty little figure in the uniform of the Welsh Guards went ashore and the populace shouted, "Hurrah for the Prince of Wales!" in Spanish.
President de'Alvear and the Cabinet met him. They drove up the Calle Florida in a state carriage to Government House with every loophole and cranny crammed with huzzahing populace, with every now and then the raucous voice of...
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