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Show j& j& J& j& FRANCE GIVES TNSPTRTNG RECEFHQN TO WILSON PRESIDENT 01 TRAIIi TO PARIS "Star-Spangled Banner" Played - as - Feature - of Enthusiastic Greeting sat French City of Brest ... -4 BREST, Dec. 13. President Wilson left Brest for Paris at 4 clock this afternoon. By Arsocited Preis. BKKST. J)oc. li. IWdent Wi'son rrmdied Ilia harbor of Hivst on hoard the steamer M'orjr' Washington itt 1 o YWk - ltttt fATtttwtt;- anrl -preriselvaP 1:11 oVl'n k i-tepped on shore, the first t time an American pieshltnt had trod a.uropt-dn K'til. T'ic-rj 't WiNon ttime ashore with, Jits. Wiiu;.. who rarried Mti American1 tl;z msd h biii(iii. i T'lde. V.i'i n thiindf nut; al:iio:::td ! Ii tlt pie-iident'a launch tft the ; feore V a idling ton and landed Hr p ei ; It waa escorted lo the tittcn- grind cheer and salvos and the note- rf thf "tftar-ip:iicled Banner" ERIEF SPEECH. ' TllO pi-fsiib-Pt d!iere. , .r:-r ad - ttftt after landing at Bre-t. thyiil.insi aiSr Gouib for Bretofi Wc. null- given him. H- then dio thro.ivi the rhcerniR crowds, the frantic ovation rn tin nine until h reach-. the rail- ; v alatioii. The pienidrr ii..l fl.v( m;.m firm ; S'fihtfd at ll:n o do, k G; iiiwiiitng fifien in; lt.- off Khr. Ttw- set wus cairn and tile Ma!el fleet moved land- , ward utid'T xLch hi h wer sleadil : br -i gh fit i uk a fier a d.c k and n'ooin mniniiie it hx more than an Injur j later that the ship v re Kna!led at' the ntiance of the liaiboi, and at great che-r aroae from the waiting crowd a the cloud t black smke I showed th-it the prrpujentfal flet was : l near. ; BETWEEN BATTLESHIPS. "Aheal. came M sincle dt i er. i liuuintc the way to th fle-t. and chte j ! -hind loomed t he im ire bulk of i.'it I hattlefihipa l'entia Ivhiiim and Wci- niins, f!in7. resperllvtrly. the flass nf Adtutial Mayo, rommanner or the At -I. nti fleet, and V ice Admiral Hims. eoniniamler of the American naai force' in l.urofean waters. Jni lack of them moved the Geotge Wanti.ng-t"it. Wanti.ng-t"it. bearini; the pi'esulc:it. flanked on either aiile by the ha 1 1 IfMi ipa Aikn-i sai. Klorrda and I'tah. Nevada. k'a- I hmiia. New York, Texas and Arirna. , l-v French trui.-f ia and by a great flo- ; ttlla of American and French torpedo bot destroyers. FORTS FIRE SALVOS. 1 The entrance to the harbor l a nar- ' row strait, a mile w ide. w:ti forts f-rtmning the towfj-tug rliff. on each aide, Thr ugh this avenue the im- j posing pa ff aiit movfd, ea h of the ten forts coiitributint; ita rannonade ! and the ten American batileahipa an- j sweriiiK gun for gun. i "OH, SAY, CAN" YOU SEE7" j Ai the. fleet ne;ired the Inner har- I bnr the lai d Ita'.lTl'i anu the aa- j eefulded warcraft t'Hk up the thunder- ! tm salute. Him the quays, the hills and the lerrae 6f the oid Breton nty rarg witii cheers from. the en-J thuiat!c multitude. At the same time a'l the waicinft merchantmen and ttar.fporis diesed ship ana manned j te ard. and ' the strams of -the i American a nt hem floated over the! w-.tier nuncting with the roar of the I pr ICV'ntinucd tiii page PRESIDENT WILSON ARRIVES-1N FRANCE j Tumultuous Welcome Is Given as Fleet Sails , Into Brest. (Continued from psse 1 g-uns and the shouts of the vast crowds. Ths Qeorire IVahlnglon csme to anchor an-chor a mile off shore, while the hsl-tleshlps hsl-tleshlps ranfcea themselves In double column on ail her side. PRESIDENT ON DECK. r res Ide rflf tV H son" w J t nested ( h e spec . tacla from 1he dek of his stPHmer. ysviny greeting nndnrkntwlednrnnts ! ss the t'h-erln throng ashore vied with ' the srtillfrv In the old world's first ! tiihnis tn the Amerlran president, j Kortn after (he srrival of the president presi-dent iii I fltt. Stejihen Tirhon. the ' Kretich frricn -minister, snd 'ieorirs f TVB,!f. Tfll nUniftPT nf HlsJMie wtlil j ere St lirest to meet the ridcnt ion Iwhwlf of ih fYnrh a;ovrnmnt. j txardd Hie tnrse VnhtnRton to c-j c-j tend their first tcreelinits, Amerirun iorflcisls also went on bard to make the armtiKoinrnti for the landing of the president. ! Brest Is Lively' As Ship Arrives By Associated Press. Btt KST, Iec. 31. Iny brok e da rk and cloomy over Hrest this momma'. Heavy clouds shut out sunshine and sky, hut the downpour of rain which prevailed yesterday abated during the night and the wind subsided to & gen-t gen-t le breeze blowing In from the sea. The mists which have veiled the. harbor har-bor for aeveral days have blown away and the splendid panorama of tha harbor har-bor stands out dearly. Tha outer strait leading from tha harbor tn the sea Is clearly marked, with ita towering block rocks on tha south, where submarine uad to lurk, and land hatterl4, with the lighthouse to the north The avnus snd It- ' '" S T-Tr- T'T " races bsflinK from the harbor are sttl drem-hed. hut an armv of laborers ha leen rb-anng the rnud from the rotiti which President Wilson will cover an wind - torn decora tlns have been t e placed with new ones. 8CENE OF ANIMATION. Within the harbor there in s arn of animation, with the first br-.ik o day fleets of w :n h i i. H ,H n.eu-hHli ciaD bl'.kr TTiTt Uieii s TTaT dressed ship Willi Ions linen of stream erw A group of I Tench cruisers ir thdr war paint swum at snchorase with a seore of Krenr-h dstroyen aliont them. Near at hand loomed th big liner M l-Yance, used as a hospita stiip, but about to reaume her trans Atlantic sTvtr. Atnerlcnn destroy " ers. nlial Vrm irml srmrtl era f 1 glided about the harbor and furthel off lay gre t f lot i I Is s of mercha n ships, transports, freighters and ualnl Hreton fishing craft. Two American freighters were st ill unloading arm) supplies here and an American transport trans-port was preparing to taka mori Anierican trois homeward. It wai a scene stlrrtnK with activity and on which glfwed with color as by a touch of sunlight. AIRPLANES HOVER. Since early morning a fleet of airplanes air-planes has hovered over the entrance to the harbor, keeping an outlook foi the approaching fleet, on shore therf was eual animation as vast throngs ol ftrctons in their picturesque headgeai packed the streets and mussed atons the quays and terraces overlooking th harlMtr. lrly in the day French and American sohttera lined the streets mimI toiik n-Mslxned positions along the fours Itatot. the handsome prumensde leading from the commercial harbor to the city, over which President Wilson Wil-son will pass. I MASS OF BUNTING. I ne wnoie city is a niajts"'or hunting, ! with Place President Wilson hung w ith stresmers and mottoes. The en -I tire presidential route is lined with ' Venetian mts, flags and transparent 1 cles. At about 9 o'clock the French cruiser suadrou, consisting of tha Ad- ! miral Aube, Conde and Montcalm, with a number of destroyers, moved out of tha harbor, amid tha screech of sirens, to meet tha Incoming fleet off shore. A special train bearing Stephen Plchon, the French fcsVlgn minister; Ceorges Keygues. the ministers of marine ma-rine and other distinguished officials, officers of the army and navy and the foreign committee of tha chamber of deputies arrived this morning and an- -other train-brought American Ambassador Ambas-sador Hharp, Colonel K. M. House. t;eneral Pershing, General Bliss. Admiral Ad-miral Benson and other prominent Americana. |