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Show PARIS SOLD - MEDAL IS AWARDED W IL5 0 i Large Crowds Make Popular Manifestation as Executive Drives to City Hall to Speak. Pays Visit to Premier Clemenceau and Discusses Dis-cusses Problems of the Peace Conference QITEENSTOWN, Dec. 16. Twelve American torpedo boat destroyers sailed for home today. Tlie British admiralty vessels signalled sig-nalled "Good-bye" to the destroyers, destroy-ers, and all ships in the harbor bade farewell to them y opening their sirens and whistles. PARIS', Dec. I. President Wilson, at the conclusion of his address at the city hall today in reply to the greetings of Adrien Mithouard, the president of the municipal council of Paris, was presented with the great gold medal of the city of Paris. To Mrs. Wilson was presented a diamond brooch adorned ith an enamel do e. President Wilson passed the eari.; forenoon fore-noon indoors, reading a large number of letters: He then started by automobile, for a visit to Versailles, where the final meeting of the peace conference will be held, going by way of the Eois de rjcu-logne. rjcu-logne. The president na3 accompanied by Ml-s. Wilson. TINGE OF EMOTION IN WILSON'S REPLY. The reception at the city hall, wink not attended by t lie Iu?c' crowds which welcomed President Wilson on Saturday was impressive. The president was received re-ceived by. the municipal council at. the main entrance and walked through the I spacious corridors, which were tastefully decorated. More than 5000 people were within the uuikling, for the most part women ; the male clement was in grc;U minority. The women choc-red the president in a manner, which, while .lot as lustily as hcyr on the college cam pus. must haie sounded sweet in his cars, as he smiled and bowed repeatediy. Adrien Mithouard, president of the municipal mu-nicipal council, rend the address, the president leplyins it. loud, clear tnnc-j, in which there vns a Huge of cniollou, .After the official ceremonies, the president pres-ident inspected the .various department?, in tho cily hall, ending: finally tn a tuna!! room where a buffet had been installeri and refreshments were served. Several officials were present and many others showed cue;crncK3 to shake his hand. Shortly the president left, returning lu the Mural residence. PRESIDENT ARRIVES AT WAR MINISTRY. President. Wilson, accompanied by Colonel Colo-nel V,. M. Mouse, but otherwise unattended, unattend-ed, arrived at the Krench ministry of war at -1:10 o'clock this afternoon. ('porter Clemenceau, president or the council ,ttH j minister, of wnr, came w itji outPt rc I chc'i i 1 haiula to the top of the vwdo olairg and greeted the president warmly. The premier took .Mr. Wils-m's hand In both of his and shook- it lgorousty In I lie especially vigorous manner the old "llger" has when fii-playius pleasure. "Jlow do yon do, Mr. President?' id the premier. "Quite mo, Mr. President," answered Mr. 'i!.-on. "You aro not tired?'' aske M. lemrnee;nj. "No, quite fit," de- larcl the perslrjrnf. Mr. Wilson was then ushered frv premier pre-mier Ck-ineiiccHfj inlo his private olficc. f"olonr Mouse remainlntf In the antechamber ante-chamber chiiltrng will (,'cneral Monlar-n,. President Wilson left tlie mini ft ry at h o'clock. DISCUSSES GREECE WITH VENIZELOS. Premier 'enizelr:-. of Oreer-ej mt p-c: j. dent Wilson today in couferepen Mt v.hiHi the ;reHt aspirations nnd viewpoint view-point wtc doubtless placed before the president. The meet ins u il h t '- c.tr-rU premier, like t bat " H h Pre nd i r 'I'Mimii-rii n, v ,t outside (1f trie formal program for todav und const it 'lied a ;i rt ,,(' t V; hi) ium !e peisor-jil i-y.-ha riyef . v,v,j-; the prepidrr.t i;-- ohlaiiiinq ti.e io-,vs of ii,r- Knroir;!i s I n i e 1 1 1 1 it and It.cy are obtaining his v iev. k. Tie chief recnlar future of the p:-o. cram f'.d;i' va.s the president's 1;t o the Mot-d lu- ville t 1:1.. o'e.,.-k in the A ft err '.on. 1 fe v. as escorted t hero Pr-sl.cnt P-iiiicai". t u r-e crowds y. rathcr.J j;..i.K Ihe mute :tUf there vas a nol he? popuia r ir;i n i le i a I ion. Moixiav v.hs another hoiulav fop pari-Tlie pari-Tlie rcddcnls in Ihe er-(io,, r,f fK. Htv e:i "t of t e );. e de ,n opr eorde na :v the p-e---jden( U,';; (or the first lime, ;,pr In"-,- :.;,-!. t:.c ;:,') of their op;1Cr- tu'-ii' ". Th- Tin iiinh- to e tomb r,r M . (Continued on Tae Two.j I PIS GOLD MEDAL IS (Continued from Pago One.) favetf e In the Pi'-pu? rorpotijry. In Ihf. houi li'-.ist.i-rn ;-vtion, was made unofficially unofficial-ly ami Ihc populace in tli.it .--'eel ion did in -t know thaL tiie- president had been through 11. I're.-ident "Wil'Hi will on Thursday attend at-tend a ri":ept Jon giv -n in his honor I v t r - l-'rance-A rti'-rii a cum-nUtee. He wi'l I ft a banquet to president Fuinrare and eminent politicians and diploma's m S;;n-iiav S;;n-iiav evening. Covers will lie laid for The president will attend a meeting of the yrench aoiidciiiy on Thursday and a reception will he acrorded him hy the members, arrording to' newspaper announcements. an-nouncements. Prenldent Wilson and Premier C'leinen-ran C'leinen-ran touched in only tho most i.-neial manner I he problems of r eaet coiiN.Tt-ri-o in tiie course of a convert tion they had at tiie. Mur.it residence la.-t evening, according ac-cording o Man-el llntin of the K-ho de 1'aria. Mr. Wilson wan ihohL impressed with the premier's personality. The American president will not lie present at tho fetes in honor of King Victor KmmanuH of Italy, who arrives Thursday, according to the Kcho de Pans, hut it is probable that he and the king will exchange calls. Tt is understood that Mr. Wilson may visit the American troops on Christmas a nd eclebrato the (lay with them at Treve. As the visit which Premier riemen'oau paid President Wilson lasted a full hour, it permitted of a conference over the plans for the meeting of the interallied conference confer-ence and of the peace conference and of at least t ho prelim ina ry discussion of some of the great International problems about to be taken up. Concerning the plans, it is now apparent that tho president's visit to Italy will he postponed until the middle or the latter part of January. President "Wilson In the meantime will attend the opening sessions of the Interallied conference and the peace congress, visit the American front and the French and Belgian devastated regions and probably visit Brussels and King Albert Al-bert of Belgium. The president will be hack in Paris fn the early days of January, when the preliminaries are likely to bo so far advanced ad-vanced us to permit of the opening of the peace congress about January 6. Tho exact time, however, is, of course, subject to the pleasure of the interallied eontcr-ence eontcr-ence when it assembles. |