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Show FMCE'S ME! ILL VISIT LOIiOi 1 :S On June 24 M. Poincare Will : M Be Received With Pomp ! and Ceremony. i f MORE THAN COURTESY iff Executive Will Probably Dis- j j : S cuss Questions of Interna- , ) t tional Moment With King. ' L ' i By PHILLIP EVERETT. , jj Special Cable to The Tribune. it, LONDON. June 11. London is looking -H; forward with great anticipation to the j iM visit of President Polncarc of France, a week from Tuesday, which is considered ; y more than a mere act of International ' ' I courtesy, as It is expected that tho presl- , dent, who far more than any of his two j . t predecessors, takes a personal part in the , I H t policy of France, will discuss Important i ifi political subjects and especially the Bal- kans and eastern Mediterranean ques- 1 ! j tlons with King George and Sir Edward ', Grey. The visit of France's popular and energetic president Is so much more ap- predated, as the Icing and queen have I TJ not yet paid their official visit of state i; n to France, which really ought to have- m1 taken place even before the election of if President Poincare to hla it. office. , With Naval Pomp. ' The French president will come to , England on bo.ard the French dread- , ' nought Courbet, arriving at Portsmouth ,1-1, on June 24 with an imposing escort of ';, cruisers and destroyers, which, In the . middle of the channel, will be met by a '. corresponding escort of British naval . vessels. At Portsmouth he will be met jijj by the Duke and Prf.nco Arthur of Con- 1 p! naught, representing the king, and com- . manders-ln-chlef of the army and navy. , i A special royal train will carry him to Victoria station, whore he will be met i by King' George personally and In an j,j open state carriage the king and his ;.H 'guest will drive the short distance to ji Buckingham palace through streets lined 1 ! with troops. Immediately after his ar- rival President Poincare will be taken tt to Y'ork house, which will be his tern- ;;j porary London homo, but he will be the p't1 guest of honor at a state banquet at ' Hi Buckingham palace. J;j' On "Wednesday. June 25, he will drive tjr through decorated streets in royal car- ' ; i rlages and with a sovereign' escort of : :, Life Guards to the Guildhall, where he !. will receive an address and lunch with i the lord mayor In the great hall. At ! ; night there will probably be a state per- ,; formance at Covent Garden. Next ':iy j U ' ho will receive a number of deputation: 1 m from the P.ench colony and 'rom organ- ; 'Jfj izations associated with France, and at I; , night will entertain the king and queen . if to a banquet at the French embassy. , M. Poincaro will leave on Friday, June ! i j 27, by way of Dover, on his return. i Seeking War Scare. j j 12ven at this moment, while thc : ;j gracious act of the kaiser in releasing : 1 tho three English ofllcers convicted of : j spying is in fresh memory, tho scare- ' i J; mongers cannot leave the English people : "'-jj In peace, but must perforce convince f them that at no moment has the Gar- i 7, man peril been greater than at present. :j ', In a political magazine, whose editor -ill is always championing a business gov- ' ; y, ernmcnt and bragging about his sound , j common senso. I have just read this par- ' i, agraph: - K "This is certainly a crucial moment. y When Germany tried to snatch Morocco i by hor Impudent demonstration at Aga- ;; dir. sho was huffed and sterilized by the , jj unexpected appearance of tho United A States of America as a fourth party be- hind the triple entente. But, now the )!, Yankees are neutralized by Japanese jjji threats and Germany has a free hand, ; ji the odd thing Is that Instead of start- ing a raid, she suddenly sings small, re- . ;'! leases spies, develops Anglomania, almost t'jj Intones 'Rule, Britannia!' As she la not ', a fool. It Is well to ask, What is her . game?' The obvious answer is that she . ) ! Is trying to lull us Into false security. j To the day may be drunk silently un- dcr the cover of Invitations to make a ir-ij night of itl "We Bhall soon be dislllu- ; sloned." j ' ! If we were to believe what the papers , j j tell us, there in another peril threatening j conservative old England from within. !;J: The Socialists have docided to celebrate the twenty-first anniversary of the birth of tho Independent Labor party by a cy- ;fi clonic campaign, which Is to extend all ;i over the country. A special campaign , . j ; fund of 510,000 has been collected, and .1, throughout the remainder Socialist ; ;1 meetings are to he held at the rate of . ;ij 2000 a week, and Kelr Hardle and Bam- 1 .j say MacDonald are to be heard at all our great industrial centers. !j |
