Evening star., 1901-09-18
THE CAR IN FRANCE
Met by President Loubet With Pomp
and Circumstance.
REVIEW OF FLEET AT DUNKIRK
People Saw but Little of the
Russian Ruler.
GUARDED BY MILIT A r Y

DUNKIRK, France, September 1S.-1n
honor of the visit of the czar before )
o'clock this morning the streets of Dun
kirk echoed with the measured tramp of
infantry marching to ,ake up position in
the Gordon thrown around the section of
the docks where the presidential vessel, the
torpedo gunboat Cassini, was lying. and
along the line of the route from the pre-
lecture. in which President Loubet stayed
over night The weather cleared consider
ably this morning, and by o'clock, the
hour fixed for President Loubets embarka-
tion, the sun was shining. The wind how
ever. was high and the temperature decid-
edly cool.
There profuse display of bunting
in the harbor. The docks were closely
packed with fishing smacks, which present
ed a perfect forest of masts, all bedecked
with flags. A stream of spectators wend-
ed their way in the direction of piers and
wharves, from which glimpse of the Cas-
sini might be gained, as she threaded d
passage through the docks to the open
sea
The portion of the docks on which is
situated the chamber of commerce build
ing at which the official lunch took place
today, and near which the Cassni was
moored, was completely cut off by troops.
and admission was denied except to mem
bers of the press and to those persons
accompanying President Loubet.
The Cassini was a distance of one hun
dred yards from the landing stage, and a
small crowd was allowed to assemble be-
hind the Gordon and witness the departure
OF President Loubet and the landing of
the czar and the main body of the visitors.
Saw Nothing of the Gar.
The inhabitants of Dunkirk saw absolute
1x OF = %hn nioS
took place behind an impenetrable wall of
soldiery, and the czar, in company with
President Loubet. entered the train at the
dock side. After lunching at the chamber
of commerce they left for Compaigne with
out even traversing the streets of Dunkirk.
These arrangements We're q source of keen
disappointment to the Dunkirk citizens,
hoped that the czar would drive through
some of the main streets to the railroad
depot instead of going on board the train
inside the docks.
The minister's members of the press and
the presidential suite began to assemble
beneath the awning at the dockside at 6:3O
am A number of generals and admirals
were also present
trumpets announced the approach of the
president, the Gordon of infantry suddenly
opened out, and, surrounded by squadron
of cui.assers, a four-horse open landau,
w
premier NJ. Waldeck- and the
foreign minister II. Delcasse, was driven
into the reserved inclosure
Formal Meetings and Greetings.
M. Loubet and his companions alighted,
and after a moment of greetings to the
ministers and others, including a word to
Admiral Gervais, the pioneer Of the Franco
Russian alliance, who was present today
as chief Of the council of the navy, NJ
Loubet embarked AS he stepped on the
deck of the Cassini the cannon Of the forts
began to fire SaluteS. The CaSSihi moved
away, towed by tugboat, and as it dis
appeared through the dock gates NJ.
Loubet could be perceived on the quarter
deck in conversation with NM DelcdSse
and Waldeck-ROusseau.
AT 10 o'clock the Cassfni, which had pro-
ceeded to the three-mile limit to escort
the STANDARD, the cars yacht, into French
waters. returned to the roadstead, accom-
panied by the cZars yacht and the Rus-
sian cruiser.
Enormous crowds invaded Dunkirk by
train and road. Thousands proceeded on
foot and by street cars to the promenade
on the seashore of Malo-les-Bains, a suburb
couple of miles from Dunkirk. from
whence was obtained a magnificent view
of the fleet riding at anchor in two lines.
The number of ships was small but, with
grim, black hu1ls, dirty yellow upper works
and low freeboards, they looked very for
midable.
The following is a list of the French
ships which took part in the review:
Ships in the Review.
First class battle ships-Massena, Formid-
able, Courbet, Charles Martel, Bouvet,
Jaureguiberry.
Armored cruisers-Dupuy de LONE, Bruix.
Protected cruisers-D' Assas, Surcouf.
Galilee.
Coast defense battle ships-Bouvines.
Amiral-Trehouart, Jemmanes, Valmy.
Destroyers-Yatagan, Durandal, Faucon-
neau.
Torpedo dispatch boat-Cassin
Seagoing torpedo boat-Grenadier.
Submarines-Narvel, Morse, Francais.
In addition, twelve torpedo boats, at
tached to the ports of Cherbourg and Dun
kirk, were present at the naval display.
The fiotilla of torpedo boat destroyers pa
trolied the lines of warships and kept the
excursion steamers from encroaching on
the prohibited area. The entire squadron
was dressed in bunting.
A slight mishap to the tugboat of the
Cassini resulted in delay of forty min
utes in the outer basin, but finally the
white hull ofithe Cassini could be perceived
by the concourse assembled on the sands
at ST. Malo-les-B -Bains emerging from behind
the long pier which juts out to sea from
the docks. Immediately afterward was
was heard the sound of cannon, as the first
battle ship began a salute of twenty-One
guns. Before the smoke had risen from
the mouth of the cannon the heavy guns
of the other vessels took up the salute,
and their thunder reverberated over the
land and shook the windows of the Casino
and hotels.
Owing to the rough sea and the fact that
the Cassini Is an extremely bad sea boat
it was decided that President Loubet and
his party should embark on the imperial
Russian yacht Standard and thence review
the squadron. instead of the czar and
czarna boarding the Cassini.
The Meeting of the Rulers.
AS soon as the STANDARD was sighted the