Show DAY OBSERVED IN OLD EUROPE EURO E Ej j Reception Held Field by President Loubet of France t AMBASSADORS IN N EVIDENCE I KAISER EXCHANGED GREET GREETINGS GREETINGS GREETINGS INGS WITH DIPLOMATS 4 1 Paris Jan Tan 1 The New N Years re reception reception at the Elysee palace was at attended attended attended tended by the foreign diplomats gov government government government officials and members of the t c chamber of deputies The diplomats were presented to President Loubet by bythe bythe bythe the doyen of the corps corns Mgr i I I I the apostolic nuncio who made a I speech in which he be conveyed the good I wishes of the foreign representatives to the first magistrate of the republic He referred to the sympathy which the entire world entertained for France Francesa saying sa Ing this sympathy had been par particularly Particularly particularly exercised in the condolences concerning the Martinique disaster In his reply President Loubet said he commenced the new year with the feeling of human brotherhood which this disaster had evoked The president president president dent afterwards talked for some time lime with the different foreign representatives tives During the day da congratulatory mes messages messages messages sages were exchanged between the minister of Russia and France Practically the entire American col colony colony colony ony In Paris attended the New Years reception of Ambassador Porter A number of visiting Americans representing representing seatIng almost every state in the Union were present and many Pari Pail Parisians I slang siana of social prominence were among amon the tile throng which filled the of the embassy emb The rooms ro ms were h nd decorated with chrysanthemums mums and greens and an orchestra tra played throughout the afternoon Ear Earlier her lier In the day Ambassador Porter ac accompanied companied comp nied by the entire embassy at attended attended attended tended President Loubet reception to the diplomatic corps |