Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-11-29 | Page 2 | Poincare Praises Splendid Work of Britain

POINCARE PRAISES -SPLENDID WORK OF BRITAIN He It Host at Dinner Given in Honor of King George. By Associated Press TARIS, Nov. 29 (Havas). The dm ner given to Kins; George at the Rlysee palace lsst night by Presdlent Coin care, the Paris newspapers declare, de-clare, was one oJ the. mottt notable events in the histories of Great Britain Brit-ain snd France. President ' Polncare, In toasting Oreat Hrltaln. recalled the as;ree-rtSent as;ree-rtSent made between the two countries in 1904 and the efforts of both Great Britain and France to avoid war in 1914. He declared that ureal uruain. by her naval, military and moral effort ef-fort during the war, had added an incomparable chapter (o her splendid history. He praised the work of the Rrltlnh army und the efforts of the -British navy, concludlnB: "The prewar friendship has changed Into, an active alliance which wlH fin I in the peace negotlatlona a new utllltv. We have suffered together snd won together and are united forever." for-ever." King George expressed his great pleasure In being in Paris, the capital capi-tal of the country with which he and his people had ahared the mlsfor-tunes mlsfor-tunes as well as the victories of war. He recalled the Vitlll strolls nf? th Hermans to capture Paris and the final triumphant campaign of the allies under the direction of Marshal Foch. Roth nations, he added, bad' struggled for civilisation and right .and 'had learned to appreciate each .'. other, and he hoped that tho union of hearta and Interests, resulting from the war.- would always aid to the maintenance of peae- also nab' tribute to France's heroic dead and toasted ths future happiness and prosperity of the French ieople.