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Show WILSON REACHES 1ARIS .French Capital Extends Greater 1 Welcome to American Executive I ) Than Head of Any Foreign Nation I r . President Wilson's reception in Paris was greater than t any which has been accorded the head of any foreign country i in that city. Long before the arrival of the train, dense throngs were gathering upon the streets throughout the early morning. JheAmexican -executive's arrival was-announced by a salute of 100 guns and bands playing "The Star-Spangled ; Banner." As he alighted from his train the cheering, given by the 1 tens of thousands of Parisians, left no doubt as to the cordiality of the welcome given by Paris to its latest guest. After the reception at the depot the distinguished visitor J was taken to President Poincare's palace where President Wilson and party were entertained at dinner, j President Wilson reached Prince Murat's resident at 10 :45 j V o'clock. His arrival was the signal for the hoisting of the i American flag amid loud cheers from the crowd. President , Poincare and Premier Clemenceau took leave of the preaiden-J preaiden-J tial party during the escorting trips and the soldiers returned j to the barracks, acclaimed by the crowds on the boulevards. Groups of American soldiers seen on the streets were hailed j by the people and in general the enthusiasm of the occasion j ran high. ; PARIS, Dec. 1-1 President Wilson made his entrance into Paris at 10:15 , o'clock this morning. His arrival at i the capital was greeted with a salvo . of artillery in salute. The dense throngs gathered to greet the Anicri- , can executive hailed his coming with volleys of cheering. Huge crowds wore massed around the Dols de Bolougne station awaiting , the president's coming. As he alighted alight-ed from his train a roar of welcome , went up that left no doubt of the cor-I cor-I dlallty of the welcome given by Paris to its latest guest, j ', President Poincare greeted Presi-': Presi-': dent' Wilson warmly as the latter ; i stepped from the train, the French :j executive firmly grasping him by the , hand. William Martin, who is at-I at-I iached tp the foreign office as inlro-; inlro-; ji ducer of ambassadors, presented Pro-,'; Pro-,'; mier Clemenceau who welcomed Pres-I Pres-I ident Wilson In English, saying ho was f extremely glad to meet him. j Tho formalities of the greeting over, J tne president entered a carirage with ,S President Poincare. Mr. Wilson with ilies Margaret Wilson, daughter of U the president, followed m another carriage car-riage accompanied by Madame Poin-i Poin-i care. The party drove immediately to the residence of Prince Murat in the I Rue de Moncea'u, where the president JHl reside while in the French capital, v The rout to tho presidential resi-!j resi-!j denco was lined with French troops f- in Bolld array along Its entire length. The welcome given by the crowds I; 18 the president drove by was vocifer-X vocifer-X oua and heartv. The city was making a vast fete ; i of the president's coming. '' The passing of the presidential train , jrom Brest to Paris gave evidence of , , the interest the population attached to toe president's visit. At every station il aong the railroad crowds of men, wo-,tton wo-,tton and children waited throughout i : he night for tho passing of the train, i ! noplng to catch a glimpse of tho Amer-j Amer-j ;ican executive. Through the night I along tho route their cheers could be i noard as the train slid by in the dark- ; The crowdsvthat assembled in Paris j S to greet the president were, nt an early 1 nl larg0 bc,y.n(1 the precedent set I '?n the occasion of previous visits of I .ea(l8 E foreign states. The weather .. Yas favorable for, although the mor- - Jtng was a rather gray one, It early I JEae promise of decided improvement. mpktt m 8cene at the station where the jjypreeident's train came, in, was beau- tifully seL The platform was carpeted car-peted in red and palms adorned the broad stairway. The band of the Republican Guards was playing "The tar'Spanglcd' Banner" Ban-ner" as the presidential train doeornt. ed with the Stars and Stripes drew Into the station. Immediately the artillery ar-tillery gave voice and a salute of 100 guns announced the president's arrival. ar-rival. The vantage points along tho route to be traversed by the party were taken tak-en up by the crowds in the early hours. The fnvorite posts of observation were where captured German cannon lined the road from the Place de L'-Etolle L'-Etolle to the Placo de la Concorde, which afforded advantageous seats for the long wait in prospect. President and Madame Poincaro gave a dinner in the Palace do L'Ely-see L'Ely-see in honor of President and Mrs. Wilson. Presidept Wilson on this occasion oc-casion spoke as follows In replying to an address by President Poincare; "Mr. President: I am deeply indebted indebt-ed to you for your gracious greeting. It is very delightful to find myself in France and to feel the quick content con-tent ot sympathy and unaffected friendship between the representatives of tho United States and the representatives represen-tatives of France. "You have been very generous in what you were pleased to say about myself, but I feel, that what I have said and what I have tried to do has been said and done only in an attempt to speak the thought of the people of the United States truly, and to carry that thought out in action. "From the first, the thought of the people of the United States turned toward to-ward something more than the more winning of this war. It turned to the establishment of the eternal principles princi-ples of right and justice. It realized that merely to win the war was not enough; it must bo won in such a way and the questions raised by It settled in such a way as to insure the future peaco of tho world and lay the foundations founda-tions for the freedom and happiness of its many peoples and nations. "Never before has "war worn so terrible ter-rible a visage or exhibited more grossly gross-ly the debasing influence of illicit ambitions. am-bitions. I am suro that I 6h2.ll look upon lh.c ruin wrought by tho armies of tho central empires with the same repulsion and deep indignation that they stir In the hearts of the men of France and Belgium and I appreciate as you do, sir, the necessity of such 'action in the final settlement of the issues of the war as will not only re-j re-j buke such acts of terror and spoliation spolia-tion but make men everywhere aware I that they cannot be ventured upon , without "the certainty of just punish ; ment. I "1 know with what ardor and cnthu-I cnthu-I sjasm the soldiers and sailors of the ! United States have given the best that was in them in this war of redemption. They have expressed the true spirit of America. They believetheir ideals to be aceptablo to free peoples every-1 every-1 where and are rejoiced to have- played ; the part they have played in giving 1 reality to tlose ideals in co-operation with the armies ot tho allies. "We are proud of the part they have I played and we are happy that they 6hould have been associated with such 1 comrades in a common cause. "It is with peculiar feeling, Mr, I President, that I find myself in Franco) (Joining with you in rejoicing over tho (victory that has been won. Tho tics that bind France and the United States arc peculiarly close. I do not know in what other comradeship we would have fought with moro zest or enthusiasm, enthu-siasm, IL will daily be a matter of pleasure with mo to be brought Into ;Conaultfl.tfon,7w;itlrr. the' stoCCsTridfT Of France and her allies in concerting the measures by which we may secure permanence per-manence for these happy relations of friendship and co-operation and secure for the world at large such safety and freedom In its life as can be secured only by the constant association and ! co-operation of friends. I "I greet you, not only with deep personal per-sonal respect, but as the representative representa-tive of the great people of France, and 1 beg to bring you the greetings of an-! an-! other great people to whom the for-j for-j tunes of France are of profound and 'lasting interest. "I raise my glass to the health of tho president of the French republic and to Madamo Poincaro and the prosperity pros-perity of France." In his address to President Wilson, 1 President Poincaro said: "Mr. President: Paris and Franco awaited you with impatience. Thoy were eager to acclaim in you the illustrious il-lustrious democrat whose words and deeds were Inspired by exalted thoughts, the philosopher dcllgthing in tho solution of universal laws from particular events, the eminent statesman states-man who had found a way to express the highest political and moral truths in formulas which bear the stamp of immortality. "They had also a passionate desire to offer thanks, in your person, to the great republic of which you are tho chief, for tho Invaluable assistance which had been given spontaneously, during this war, to the defenders of right and liberty. "Even before America had resolved to intervene in tho struggle she had shown to the wounded and the orphans of France a solicitous generosity, the memory of which will always be enshrined en-shrined in our hearts. "Tho liberality of your Red Cross, the countless gifts of your follow citizens, cit-izens, the inspiring initiative of American Amer-ican women, anticipating your military and naval action showed the world to which side your sympathies inclined. And on the day when you flung yourselves your-selves into tho battle with, what determination de-termination your great people and yourself prepared for united success. . "Some months ago you cabled to mo that the United States would send ever-Increasing forces until tho day should be reached on which the Allied armies were able to submerge the en--emy under an overwhelming flow of new divisions and, in effect, for more than a year a steady stream of youth and energy has been poured out upon the shores of France. "No sooner had they landed than your gallant battalions fired by their chief, General Pershing, flung them-selvcB them-selvcB into tho combat with such a manly contempt of danger, such a smiling disregard of death, that our longer experience of this terriblo war often moved up to counsel prudence. They brought with them In arriving here, tho enthusiasm of crusaders leaving for the Holy Land. "It is their right today to look with, prldo upon the work accomplished and to feel assured that they have powerfully aided by their courage and their faith. "Eager as they were to meet the enemy, they did not know when they arrived the enormity ot his crime. That they might know how the Gorman Gor-man armies make war it has been necessary that they sec towns systematically sys-tematically burned down, mines flooded, flood-ed, factories reduced ' to" ashes, orchards orch-ards devastated, cathedrals shelled and fired all that deliberate savag- ory aimed to destroy, national wealth, nature and beauty, which the imagination imagin-ation could not conceive at a distance but the men and things that have endured it today bear witnoss to IL" PARIS, Dec. H. (Havas). All nowa-papera nowa-papera here published editorials wol-comlns: wol-comlns: President Wilson to Franco and aasurlnp tho American president of the hoxrty reception awaiting him in Purls. "Our visitor expects no fluttery from he," says tho Temps. "Ho is tho ohlor of a. frco nation and likes to be told tho truth. He will llaton to convictions more willlncly than, to adulation. Wo can speak to him with an open heart. Lilko him, FYanco wishes victory to bo complete. com-plete. Like him France ilcsircs a Just peace." Tho Journal des Dobats says: "President "Pres-ident Wilson's greatest deslro is to bring about a lasting peace based on Justice. Thai goal la also ours. All Frenchmen must use their utmost strength to bring about the realization of that Ideal. Americans Am-ericans rushod to our assistance In th& namo of certain principles which In volvcd certnin conditions. Tho danger Is past, but the principles and conditions remain." The Matin publishes an address of Marshal Joffro, to PresWen Wilson. The marshal writes: "Franco owes an immense dobt of gratitude to Antoricd. which gave us victory. vic-tory. Tt is with sincere Joy that we ceo Presidont Wilson arriving, recollecting recollect-ing all he did and thinking of all he can do. Thousands of French lives wore saved by tho Intervention of tho United Statos. It la with nil my heart that I will Join tomorrow In the cry of tho whole French people: 'Icons' live tho United Sltc; lonp live WllsOn!' - |