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Show CROWDS Wild HE PRESIDENT BREST, Dec 13. (By The Associated Associ-ated Press) President Wilson landed in France at 3:24 this afternoon amid a demonstration of popular enthusiasm enthusi-asm and national sympathy such as rarely, if ever, was given the head of a foreign government visiting France. The president left Brest at four o'clock this afternoon for Paris, where the heart of France will acclaim him tomorrow as the nation's guest. The landing of the president not only was a remarkable spectaclo with a notable naval pageant for its background, back-ground, but it also marked the first entry of an American president into personal contact with Europe and its affairs. Although the presidential fleet arrived ar-rived at Brest shortly after noon, it was not until after three o'clock that President and Mrs. Wilson debarked on a harbor boat and set foot on the soil of France. Vast crowds watched the trip ashore and tho fleets of warships war-ships roared a salute as the last stage of tho journey was accomplished. On the harbor boat going ashore tho president was seen standing on the upper deck with Jules J. Jusserand, French ambassador to the United States, who pointed out the historic walls and monuments of the ancient city |