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Show HOBNAILED SHOES OFYAMIAGE Guard at French Hotel Come High KEW YORK, Feb. it Hobnailed : shoea of 200 doughboy guards posted at the Hotel Crllloa, where the American Ameri-can peace commission had Its head-' head-' quarters Id Paris; caused virtually all cf tha damage for whjch the owners charged tha commission S12e.l70S, 'the manager of the hotel. Henry De-quls, De-quls, aald here. It was this Item of damages In the expenses of the delegation over which 'considerable protest waa voiced recently re-cently In the houae of representatives, and which, among other expenses President Wilson was asked to Itemise Item-ise in a resolution adopted In the bouse. "The 100 American soldiers who guarded the commission In Paris damaged the Hotel Crlllon to the extent ex-tent of about ttti each," aald M. De-quis. De-quis. quickly adding that It was not .the fault of themselves, but the shoes - thev wore. They were neither Impolite nor holaterous. but tbey had to tramp In and out and all about the hotel, .all tha time wearing hobnailed ehoes over the polished floors snd expensive rugp.: It cost the hotel 660,000 franca to replace the carpets "and 5.000,000 franca to put tha hotel In order," he declared. M. Dequls thought the boots of the French . soldiers would have had the same effect, and aald ho understood the British did oven mora damage to the Hotel Majestic. "It is very aad," he- sighed, "but e'est la guerre." |