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Show LUXEMBURG WELCOMES SOL I Efl S Hails Glorious Troops of Entente and United States as Deliverers of Their Country. Grand Duchess, With Pershing at Her Side, Watches the Yankees March Into Capital. L'XE.YCBURG. Ncv. -'I. U;y the As- , Kociatcd Press.) Incidental to the reception recep-tion of the American forces in this giaild duchy, a. proclamation issued by the National Na-tional Union, one of the political parties, was posted throughout the capital. It road: "To our deliverers the glorious troops of the entente and America:' "The people of LAixembut bid you welcome. wel-come. On the nd of August, 191-f, Germany Ger-many forfeited her honor by violating-her violating-her solemn eng-asemenls scgarding' Iux-emburg'. Iux-emburg'. The govenimeiU then in power did nothing' with the exception of protesting- against the violation of tiie territory, whereas the people wanted to break all relations with the. invaders. - REJECT ALL OFFERS OF HUN RECONCILIATION. "Suffering insuperable humiliations the population has disdainfully rejected all offers of conciliation coming from its oppressors. op-pressors. "We Unow our country has been calumniated and that our people have been basely accused of connivance with the enemy. "Tjuxemburgers protest energetically against any accusation casting doubt on the sincerity of their attitude during the world war. '"The reception of your troops will be the best proof of the purity of our aspirations aspi-rations and of our sympathy. - Ve know that,x in conformity with the principles which have been proclaimed by the allied al-lied governments and for which you have fought, our independence will be maintained, main-tained, our rights consecrated, our treaties treat-ies respected and our Ubsrty consolidated. GRAND DUCHESS VIEWS AMERICAN TROOPS ENTRY. "The blood of Us children, which ; flowed with your own in the sublime cause of liberty, authorizes our people to express these wishes. It heartily desires de-sires to be allowed by your victorious armies to keep this device: 'We want to re mat h what we are. ' "May lis deliverers dispel its apprehensions. appre-hensions. It will have for them eternal gratitude. (Signed) -LUXEMBURG NATIONAL COUNCIL." With General Tershing, the American commander-in-chief,- at her side, the vouthful Grand Duchess of Luxemburg from the balcony of her palace watched the American troops march into her capital capi-tal today. SEES GERMAN SOLDIERS DEPART FOR COUNTRY. Twenty-four hours' earlier the queen had seen the long columns of gray-clad German soldiers depart for their own country after the occupation of her duchy for more than four years. The American army of occupation, under un-der Gefieral Llckman, controls every road, city and village in Luxemburg, 'ft was impossible to doubt the sincerity of the welcome given by the residents of Luxemburg. The grand duchess and thc membei's of lnr "cabinet expressed grali-k-fation that Americans had come lo take tho place of those whom th'.v had been forced to tolerate for so many yeart-'. Popular approval was expressed in a grva t demonstration when the peoph- slshterJ General I'ershing and again ' whm (hr-dusty (hr-dusty .-olumn of American soldiers moved through the street. General Pershing in a proclamation assured as-sured the public that the American army would remain only as long as was necessary, neces-sary, and while it was in Luxemburg would conduct itself in conformity with 1 the civil law. The proclamation was distributed dis-tributed among the troops as well as among the population. Attitude of Forces. ' The gia.nd duchess had taken up her temporary i evidence in the grand d'j.al ; palace In Luxemburg in ordir to be present, when her capital was occupied I by iriendly forces. It wa.y there that (Continued on Page Two.) LUXEMBURG RECEIVES AMEBICAH SOLDIERS (Continued from Page One ) Lirlsadlor General Frank J. Farker was received when he called to assure her of the attitude c.f the advancing forces. The grand duchess Is a slightly built young woman, and, attired in, a simple silk dress, she appeared even younger than her twenty-three years. She- listened to General Farker carefully and assured him she had no doubt of the honest and helpful intentions of the Americans. .She repeatedly expressed her gratitude. Afterwards After-wards she received Lieutenant Colonel Quekemeyer, Captain HUthaft and lieutenant lieu-tenant Seaton ot" General Parker's staff. It wan explained to the grand duchess that tho greater parL ot the American forces would march around the city and that only a small part would enter. She expieiWd her delight with the plans and said she would be very glad to meet General Gen-eral i-'erihing. Crowds Cheer Pershing. General Pershing entered the city of Luxemburg this afternoon ahead of his troops. The American commander and his staff drove into the capital in automobiles. au-tomobiles. Tlie general was greeted by thousands of cheering J,uxemburgers and with the blowing of sirens and the ringing ring-ing of church and school bells. The Eighteenth infantry vf the First division were the first Ameiican troops to enter the city. The Americans were greeted by thou-Fands thou-Fands of civilians, who lined all the streets through which the troops marched. School children tossed flowers in their pathway, and each soldier was presented with a bouquet of chrysanthemums. chrysanth-emums. Accord With Americans. General Parker's visit to Premier Kmil Re ut or and his presentation of the members mem-bers of the cabinet brought the assurance that the government was in thorough accord ac-cord with the Americans. There was evident a spirit of heartfelt relief that the Germans had gone. It was arranged that the ministers or' state and tlie municipality mu-nicipality authorities should continue their functions, the Americans' part in affairs being nothing more than to make of Luxemburg a link in the lines of communication com-munication and to stand prepared to maintain order. When the Germans left the city of Luxemburg' Lux-emburg' General Parker stood on an embankment em-bankment watching them. A Genua n general, mounted on a big white hotsu, far below, but many blocks distant, viewed the same movement. The troops filed past the German commander rapidly, rap-idly, the men apparently being in the best of humor. A hand was playing and the scene resembled peacetime maneuvers maneu-vers rather than tlie movements of war. The discipline of tlie men was not broken enough to interfere with the keeping up of a military march, but ft was evident that the spirit of the Germans was far from that which makes for war. Pershing's Proclamation. General Pershing issued this proclamation proclama-tion shortly after entry of tiie Americans: Amer-icans: "After the four years of violation of your territory, the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg Lux-emburg lias happily been liberated. Your liberation from German occupation has been demanded of the invaders by the armies of the Americans and tlie allies as one of the conditions of tlie present armistice. armi-stice. It becomes necessary now for tho A m erica n t roo ; s to pass t h ro u gh the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg and to establish estab-lish and maintain there for a certain time their lines of communication. "The American troops have come into the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg ' as friends and shall rigorously conduct themselves . according to International law. Their presence, which shall not be prolonged more than shall be strictly necessary, should not be for you a hardship. hard-ship. The funciioning of your government govern-ment and your institutions shall not be Interfered with in any manner. Your life and your occupations shall not be. molested. mo-lested. Your persons and your welfare shall be respected. "It will be necessary for the American arn iv to use certain things, railroads, telegraphs and telephones mid, perhaps, other public establishments for the needs of Joiluing tand Irunspori; furthermore, the commodities which become necessary for us shall be paid for after just estimates. esti-mates. "It if- presumed you will not permit any acts of aggression against the American jaim or give any information or aid to its enemies. You will always conform to the instructions Uist the American commander, com-mander, for the safety of his troops and your proper protection, may give." |