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Show BREST IS ALL ! French Port Puts on Holiday Attire for President's Arrival. IN PARIS SATURDAY i Cabinet Ministers to Extend Ex-tend Welcome to Distinguished Dis-tinguished Visitor, LONDON, Dec. 12 The United! States battle fleet which is to form! part of the escort of the U. S. S. George j Washington into Brest, left Portland j thi3 morning. It was commanded by! Vice Admiral Sims who was on board ; the battleship Wyoming. The fleet consisted of two battleship divisions' under Admirals Rodman and Rodgers and one destroyer division. The fleet will be met at cea by thirty thir-ty destroyers from Brest. The George Washington, carrying the president and his party, will be met at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning ninety miles from Brest. i BREST, Dec. 11. (By the Associated Press) Brest has put on its holiday attire and is ea'gerly awaiting the arrival ar-rival of President Wilson at noon tomorrow. to-morrow. The American naval establishment estab-lishment hero got into direct wireless i touch this morning with the presl- J dential fleet, which is approaching this port and which is now not far off the coast. The weather which the fleet' is experiencing is favorable to its I quick, progress. J A large delegation of Socialist members mem-bers of the chamber of doputies has arrlvd to greet President Wilson, but tho principal figures expected, Albert Thomas and Marcel Serabat, were unable un-able to come. Deputies Goude. Lon- guet, Pressemane and Kaifln-DUKens were among the delegation. They called a mass meeting tonight which initiated tho friendly demonstrations toward the president. Tho cabinet ministers and officials who are- to welcome the president will arrive here tomorrow The Place President Wilson and the course Dajot, along which the president presi-dent will pass, are. elaborately he-flagged. he-flagged. PARIS, Dec. 12. (Havas) Gustav Adorm, tho newly elected president of Switzerland. In an interview with a correspondent of4he Journal, declared that ho belioved that tho visit of President Pres-ident Wilson to Europo was a guarantee guaran-tee that the future society of nations would be based on righ, justice and respect for the popular will. Tho Swiss democracy, he added, believed be-lieved it had a strong friend in President Pres-ident Wilson. Tho Swiss people are dooply grateful to tho American president pres-ident for his sympathies toward them. PARIS, Dec. 12 The length of President Pres-ident WiIson!s "official" visit in Paris has been fixed at forty-eight hours, according to the Matin. The remainder remain-der of his stay here will not be marked by any state ceremony. oo i |