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Show FRANCE HONORING KING OF BELGIUM Paris. Nov. 16. 6:45 p. nv France was dressed in black, yellow and red today In honor of the fete day of King Albert of Belgium. There was I r at outpouring everywhere of the people in sympathy with the heroic j monarch and his subjects. I The city hall and other public edifices edi-fices and most of the private buildings build-ings In Paris flew the Belgian colors, col-ors, and in spite rtf the heavy down-' down-' pour of rain, immense throng at- tended services in the Belgian churc i md Notre Dame cathedral Thousands Thou-sands visited the Champs d'Elysees and saluted a bust of King Albert and gave their mites to the Belgian relief fund. The telegraph wires carried many official messages to King Albert expressing ex-pressing admiration and encourage-I encourage-I ment Among those who sent tele- yrams were President Polncnre, the i municipal council of Paris and the I authorities of every Important town in France. By post and special mo I tor ear service a million persons from Jail corners of the country not occu i pled by the Germans, from the hie;h-I hie;h-I est artlstocrat to the humblest toiler sent touching tributes to the Belgian Bel-gian monarch, I 1 What the world owes the French no one knows better than the Bel- slans,'" said the spokesman of a delegation dele-gation of Brusse's aldermen who visit.,! vis-it.,! Paris in 19Ki with King Albert. Today M. Galli, president of the Paris city council in an address, and ;.rlous Paris newspapers turned this phrase into "What the world owes Belgium no one knows better than the French " Early this morninq crowds assem-; assem-; bled to attend a "tee deum" in the j Belgian church in the Rue de Cha-roone. Cha-roone. I n this quarter are 20,000 : Belgian wood carvers employed in ! ihe Faubourg Saint Antonio furniture industries They overflowed the church and the Rue de f'haronne into the Boulevard Voltaire. At 2 o'clock there was a similar scene before Notre Dame cathedral, where the services were presided over by f'ardinnl Amette. Among those who attended the services ser-vices were the Duchess of Vendome. eldest sister of King Albert, and Madame Mad-ame Guillery, who came to Paris from Brussels in 1S70 to nurse the wounded wound-ed French soldier? The most touching scene of the day was the special feast provided for the Belcinn refugees quartered at the Cirque de Paris, where the exiles, in spite of the trials they ha.o undergone, under-gone, assembled to celebrate their king's fete day Ylan thousands of other Belgian exiles were received for lunch and dinner in private families. fam-ilies. The Belgian soldiers sent to Paris for a rest, who are occupying the iorts around the fortified camp, were not forgotten. Sp eclal rations were served and leave was granted them for an afternoon's outing. |
