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Show GREET HIENtH I Marshal Joffre and Other Dis- M tinguished Visitors Received M Roars of Good Will. M BRITISH RECEPTION M Members of Italian War Com- mission Arrive Unheralded M Will Go to Washington. H NEW YORK, May 11. The third M dav nf tho -visit nf H Marshal Joffre, M. H Rene Vlviani and H the other dlstin- H guisbed members H of tho French war H commission saw no H diminution in tho H warmth of tho wel- H come extended to H the visitors, by the H people of New H York. 9 After two days of 9 swift rides in mo- H tor cars from re- H I ception to jubila- l9 jtion, always 9 through s t r e e ts 9 packed with hu- 9 Gen. Joffre. unending roars of M good will, Marshal M Joffre escaped from the crowds this 9 morning, for a trip to Newburgh, N. jH Y., where, as the guest of the state, H he was a visitor at the headquarters H of General Washington. From New- H burgh the marshal will go to West H Point, returning to New Yorlc this H evening for the banquet, the crown- M ing event of the city's welcome to the M members -of the French and British H commissions. M I British tc Join. 9 The British commission, headed by H Arthur J. Balfour, the British foreign H secretary. Is expected to arrive in the IH city at 2:30 p. m. H Members of a third war commission, IH that from Italy, reached this country H unheralded yesterday. They -will go IH to Washington in a few days. M oo 9 |