OCR Text |
Show r : I ors . . .; . - . i r.A :.. -LL3. II..y I?") fr. t were the ciowug wi.leh surged aroui d the wharves waking for the arrival cf President Lou-tet Lou-tet yestprday that 21 Lcbre, chief of the epec!al service of the Government, forbade for-bade ar.y further access to the jlers. Ttear-Admlral Cotton hat won universal esteem by bis courteous attentions to the French authorities. During the morning he received visits from the Cuban Consul, Admiral Rouvler, the marine commandant at Marseilles: M. Mastle, prefect ef the department; M. Chanot, the Mayor of Marseilles, and On. Mathlas. commanding command-ing the Fifteenth army corps. Many members of the American colony . were a!i"o among the visitors. The President conlbjly returned Admiral Ad-miral Cotton's greet" and edited the Admiral to asourt i resident Roosevelt that France entertained the most cordial ser-tlments for the I'nlted States. The ship's band then played the "Star-Spangled "Star-Spangled Pnnner," the Jeanne d'Arc fired an Admiral s salute, the American ships answered the salute, the French -sailors cheered America and the Yankee tars replied re-plied with cheers for France. |