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Show HONOR PAID TO LOUBET Great Demonstration ia Alriers on Arrival of French President ALGIERS, April 15. Algiers was In gala attire in honor of the coming of President Loubet, the first chief of state since Emperor Napoleon III. ,to visit the French North African possessions. posses-sions. The streets were elaborately decorated. dec-orated. Vast crowds tilled the streets and many Arabs in quaint costumes mingled with the throngs which awaited await-ed the arrival of the "Great White Sultan," Sul-tan," as the French ruler is known among the natives. In the harbor were the Russian, British and Italiah squadrons squad-rons sent to extend greetings to the President: also the French cruiser Du Chayla, having on board the Moroccan mission, and the Spanish battleship Pc-layo, Pc-layo, with the special envoy of Spain on board. Throughout the morning there was a continuous cannonading from the warships war-ships and forts. At 10 o'clock the semaphore signalled the approach of the French squadron escorting President Loubet. The warships war-ships advanced in perfect order, with the armored cruiser Jeanne De Arc, bearing the President, ahead, followed by the battleship St. Louis, with Marine Minister Pelleton on board and the bat- tlixMni anA rriilsern Charlemagne. I Gaulols, Iona and Bouet, ana" a flotilla of smaller craft. It was an imposing naval spectacle, the beauty of which was enhanced by brilliant sunshine. |