New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-17
PARIS GAYLY DECORATED.
GREAT PREP PAEATIONS MADE FOR THE VISIT
OF TIE RUSSIAN OFFICERS.


ELYsEE To.DAy-FoUE HOLIDAYS ORDERED
IN GOVERNMENT OtFICE>-ENTnU>IA>M
IN THE pEovINcEs-TorLoN DE
COMING QUIET AGAIN.
PARIS oct ,G-Admiral Aveian accompanied by
fifty other Russian naval officers left Touon at .
a. clock this afternoon for Paris. Preparations 10
receive the Russians here have proceeded fap'uI!
to-day. The Lyons railway station Is ueco'd''"
profusely with bunting. trophies and flags bo'h III
side and outside. platform which VIII accoih'ho-
date 900 persons has been erected so aS 10 Voi-
ceal the walls of the Mazas Prison. Ihe i'ue ue
Lyon will be entered by the Russians between inc
pillars of an enormous trumpha. dfch'
Avenue Ledru-Rollin the boulevards ana mann
streets are adorned with Venetian masts sixty ieet
high. Festoons OF garlands and flags hans from
the windows Of hotels and private houses
The Cabinet finally arranged to-day me pro-
eranme OF the fetes in Paris Tomorrow Presiueht
Carnot will receive Admiral Avelan at the E'Ysec
and in the evening the public buildings VIII be IL
Illuminated Tomorrow Saturday Sunday and
Monday will be holidays III Government Offices
In consequence of the outcry raised by Henri
Richefort Clemenceau and other Radicals pro-
claimed that at the gala performance the opera
must not be packed with the aristocrats of art
and society the exclusion Of the masses VINO
pay in the money now spent ana IN inc
event Of war. will seal with their hlood 'he rr""oo
Government decided this afternoon tnat an s,n.s
AT the gala performance should be free' eAcep.ins
only those reserved for the Russians Inc con
cession of the Government as 10 admitlhg ,hr
masses TO the opera satisfies nobody Even 'I''
Rochafort party describe the gala pcrforman'' az
an overflow meeting got up to give Inc DtihoCi"'S
the leavings Of the Russian feast.
Reports from the provinces show that throurhout
France the people showing unpreceien'en IN
thusiasr In decorati ting and Illuminating th"lr toWhs
and in celebrating fetes. The corpo ration or Al
ciers has presented TO Admiral Avelan a solid silver
lea service In a speech at banquet In - Mande
a suburb Of Paris. ex-Premier Goblet sill ias rnen-
inc: "rhe French Nation have received the rus
SLAMS with frank cordality, only regrettinG thal
they do not yet know whether their guests come az
allies or simply friends" 49,, ,
Toulon Oct lS-The round Of fetes wmch began
alnos, upon the arrival Of the RUSSIAN meet di
this port is beginning to pail upon the cltZehS dhI
unon the thousands Of visitors from other parts oi
comparatively quiet and large number "f the
visitors have started for home. Though me nov
city of the reception has to certain extent worn
off there will be no lack OF entertainment Tor IN"
Russian officers The houses Of all the most prom
inent families In the city are open 10 tneIn, anu li'
most abundant hospitality, both public ana private
T. everywhere displayed. ., .,
Admiral Avelan and his officers were escorted
TO the station this afternoon by a host oi hlsh
was to carry them TO Paris was covered
with the French and Russian coiors. pand on
tho station platform played the Russian anthem ~ ~
the train drew out. and the Russians hoWrh rom
the windows and shouted. "Nivc Ia Beile France,
There was a great crowd at the station ana ihe
heights above the town were occupied by cheering
thousands.