The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-02
The RECEPTION TO FAURE
PARIsIANs HAD ARRANGED A BRIL-
LIANT PROGRAM IN HONOR OF
THE FRENCH PRESIDENT.
FEIES WERE HELD AL OYER FRANCE
In Celebration of the Franco-hus-
sim AiIiance-A Bomb Explosion
Occurred shortly After Faure
Passed the Point.

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Paris, Aug. 31.-The reception tc
President Faure upon the occasion OF
his return from Russia after partlcl
pating in the arrangement resulting ii
the alliance of Russia and France, was
an especially brilliant affair. Awaiting
the arrival of President Faure were
large bodies of troops massed III the vi
cinity of the Care du Nord, including
the whole of the artillery garrison from
Mont Valerien. President Faure looked
robust and bronzed as the result OF
the voyage The scenes at the railway
station and along the entire route Dafiie
description. The crush at the Place de
EODera was so great that the combined
efforts of the municipal guards, chas-
seurs. mounted gen darmerie and brig
AIDES OF police were hardly sufficient to
keep order.
The scene, as viewed from a balcony,
was one long to he remembered. As
the presidential cortege moved along the
streets the crowd began to sway and
move about, the excitement reaching
the climax as President Faure drove mp.
bareheaded. and acknowledged the
the president, opposite him being Gen.
JelOurnies and Baron Frederichs In
the second carriage appeared vi. Hano-
taux and three generals. Then followed
long line of carriages containing the
Il. IL. L..
AT the station. In the Place de LOpera
n large platform had been erected, and
upon il were assembled the members of
the committee of the Chamber of Com
merce and Industry of Paris. which had
arranged the decorations and which had
been commissioned to welcome the pres
ident back from Russia.
The grand stand in the Place de
L'Opera was surrounded by a ring of
triuInphal arches raised over the en-
trance of all the streets converging
there, thus reproducing the effective
decoration of the boulevards during the
visit of the ear to Paris.
The effect was that of great ball
room surrounded by lofty walls. On
either side of the stand were two ilu-
minated devices inscribed to Felix
Faure' and Trade and Industry"
The crowds in attendance appeared to
he of the middle rather than Of the
working classes, the large factories be-
ing open as usual.
NJ. Faure alighted ut the picturesque
grand stand decorated with crimson and
gold. The band played the Marseilaise
and massed choirs sang the Russian
hymn, unaccompanied, with solemn,
thrilling effect The chairman of the
committee of the Chamber of Com
merce and industry read the following
address to the president:
"All Frenchmen feel the same patri-
otic JOY at the homage rendered you in
Russia and at the solemn conservation
of the alliance made for the mainte-
nance of peace. The Chamber of Com
merce and Industry Is deeply grateful
for this. and we rejoice especially be-
cause all our fellow citizens will par
take in the prosperity which we are
entitled to anticipate from II.
Peace is our dearest wish. and in ac-
complishing this beneficial work you
will receive your just reward"
After NJ. Faure had made brief re-
ply to the address of welcome, the pro-
cession of the presidential party to the
Elysee palace was resumed.
The route was lined with soldiers and
he was escorted by detachments of cui-
rassiers and mounted guards.
dent was driven to the Elysee were
"Vive L'Alliance," give Ia France
and "Vive Ia Russia"
There were laundering cheers and
shouts of "Vive Felix Faure.'
Such a spectacle of popular enthusi
assn has rarely been witnessed. The
people seemed entirely to lose self-con-
trOl. Many accidents occurred during the
rush The ambulance corps was kept
r,,ll tai II, - tt,l
the crowd were sometimes painful to
hear. The president has been extremely
touched and gratitied by the demonstra
ton and the fairy-like change which has
come over the city during the past few
days, the scenes reminding one of the
visit of the Russian officers to France
not long ago, notably ut the army and
navy club where they We're lodged, the
same inagniicence in decorations being
used.
The president had evidently been wei
coined back to France not as a politician,
hut as faithful representative of peace,
triumph not of person. but of n principle,
and the date of August 81 will un-
doubtcdly be known henccforth rs "Alli-
ance day"
Three performances We're given during
the afternoon at the Theatre Frnncnis
and AT the evening ut the opera. People
waited the whole day to obtain admission
The only discordant note at night was
the holding of two socialist meetings to
protest against the governments policy.
The streets tonight were brilliantly
illuminated, dense masses of people
thronging the principal thoroughfarps.
Numerous bands continued playing for
hours in front of the cafes. Dancing
was next to impossible owing 10 the
pressure from the crowds.
President Faurc gave a BANQUET To all
the ministers at the Elysee. kilograms
were received from the princinp, towns
announcing that fetes were in full swing
in various portions of the republic.
Cries of give la France" give In
Russia and give Alliance" were heard
everywhere.
President Faure ut Dunkirk.
llunkirk. Aug. 31.-Presidcnt Fauro
and VI. Hanotaux landed here mt 945
Al.