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Show Dempsey Makes Farewell Speech to Paris Crowd PARIS. April 29 (By The AlPO-l elated Press.) Jack Dempsey badej farewell to Paris today A throng of French and American admirers ac-Icompanied ac-Icompanied him to the station and Igave him a noisy send-off as he board-jed board-jed a train for Berlin He acknowledged the demonstration demonstra-tion In a brief speei h from the platform plat-form in which he said "I have enjoyed eery minute of my stay, and 1 shall not soon forget all your kindness and attention. I am leaving your country with a heart full of gratitude for your royal reception re-ception and wonderful hospitality. You have made me feel like one of the Ifamlly, and I am leaving France with .Ss much reirret as thontrh It were mv own country." Just before his departure, Dempsey said : "Georges Carpentler told me nfter our fight In Jersey City last July that If I ever visited France I would never regret it. He was right. If I meet Georges In the ring again, as Is most likely, I will have to carry' Into the arena a more truly friendly feeling jthan I have ever felt for any opponent oppon-ent ' Nothing was left undone by the French to make my visit to Paris worth while The Americans lling here have also been fine to me, and tho French newspapers havo been wonderful I only hope the French people liked me half as much as I liked them." ri |