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Show HOW LYONS GAVE VENT TO HER JOY; I SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 25. In a letter let-ter to Elizabeth Ashe Sperry of Cobusa, Clarenco Carrlgan, who is now United States consul at Lyons, France, describes de-scribes the demonstrations of gratitude to the American people before the consulate con-sulate on the night the signing of the armistice was announced. The letter, dated November -16, follows In part: "The 11th of November has come and gone, and wc are still very much thrilled to talk about it. The lid camo off Lyons, and they have not found It yet. I have never seen such unrestrained unre-strained joy, and the demonstrations in front of the consulate were enough to mske you weep. "Loveliest of ali was when a great crowd of poilus came marching up and formed outside our office. Officers and men came, arm in arm, and sang the 'Marseillaise' to our flag. It so happened hap-pened that one of our men had a lot of little silk flags, probably sixty or one hundred of them, and we threw them out into the air. There was just enough wind to make them flutter, and it was delightful to see the cloud of to the soldiers. There was a scramble and roars of applause from everyone. They came in the simplets and most disarming fashion to offer their thanks to the American people for having saved their country, and I wouldn't take ten fortunes for what I have seen In the last few days. "While in Paris recently I went up to the devastated regions on a trip to Noyon, St. Quentin, Montdidier, Hamrn, Nesle and other cities. It is hair-raising and beyond comprehension to witness wit-ness the destruction. After seeing half of it you begin to have a queer feeling of unreality. It Is just terrible desolation, deso-lation, the most complete and terrifying terrify-ing I have ever seen. If the kaiser is capable of anything so decent as remorse, re-morse, it is to be hoped that he will not be killed, but will live a hell on earth for many years. Probably he is J far too beastly to feel the thing in any I way." 1 |