The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-01
Partisan Newspapers Already Work
Visit Is sixteen Days on.
PRECAUTIONS FOR SAFETY
ALL UNDESIRABLE FOREIGNERS EN-
PEELED FROM DUNKIRK.
An Imposing Naval Display Arranged
-Anarchists i'm Control of the
Rome Labor Council.

PARIS. Aug. 3i.-As the day set for the
arrival of the car in France approaches
interest in his Majesty's visit is quick
,ning into excitement. The newspapers are
devoting columns daily 70 the various ar
rangements under way. The official pro-
Eramme of the fetes is still unpublished,
but il Is now known that the Car VIII
reach Dunkirk during the morning of Sept.
10. He Will proceed TO Compiegne the same
afternoon, and Will go TO Rheims the fol-
lowing day TO witness the shah fight with
which the grand m%aneuvers will close, from
Vitry fort. The 10Th is held open and
Is spoken of as a day of repose, but If the
Gar visits Paris il will be on that day.
Finally. Sept. p. he will go TO Betheny.
near Rheims, TO be present at the review
of the whole army in the eastern m%aneuvers
and will probably start on his way home
early the next morning.
In order to make the naval display at
Dunkir more imposing, the French North
ern squadron will be reinforced BY three
battleships and a cruiser from the Mediter-
ranean fleet, giving a total of thirty-nine
warships. including eleven battleships. five
cruisers, three torpedo boat destroyers,
seventeen torpedo boats and three sub
marine boats. The Car will be on board
the imperial yacht STANDARD, which Will be
escorted by the Polar Star. unless he in
vites. the grand admiral, the Grand DUKE
Alexis. to him when the cruiser
SvietIana will join the escort
President Loubet Will arrive at Dunkirk
Sept. Il, accompanied by the Cabinet min
listers. and will open the new city hall there
during the afternoon. The following morn
ing President LOubet and Cabinet will en-
bark on the torpedo boat destroyer Casslnl,
which viii proceed to the three-mile limit,
where the President is expected to greet
LOubet will go on board the STANDARD,
which will then review the fleet The
standard will a%fterward go TO the dock
near the railroad, and there will be a lun-
cheOn given at the hall of the Chamber Of
Commerce. Then the Car and NJ. LOubet
will proceed by separate trains 10 Com
piegne. NJ. LOubet will arrive there first
and will greet the guests. There will be a
banquet in the evening and probably a gala
performance at the Castle Theater.
Elaborate precautions 10 insure the Cars
safety during his stay in France are being
AIKEN. All undesirable foreigners have
G. ~ COniplegHe is closely guarded
by troops. 1t was az INST proposed 10 sta
tiOn troops along the entire railroad track
from Dunkirk to COmpiegne, but this was
abandoned, owing to the lack Of troops.
The greatest cause for anxiety on the part
of the police is the proximity of dwelling
houses to the railroad in Dunkirk. Each
house Gas Ceen Examined and the Occu-
pants have been compelled to give detailed
Information regarding themselves. All ac-
cess OF visitors 10 the Chateau at Com
piegne is now forbidden. except TO holders
of special passes. Electric light is being
Installed and the generating station wires.
which Will pass through the park, Will be
watched by sentinels.
Military engineers are constructing a light
track from the railroad TO the tribunes on
the review ground at Betheny. Grand
stands. capable of accommodating 10000
spectators, are now being erected.
lmmenSe crowds of people are expected at
Dunkirk and the railroads are arranging
excursions. A fleet of pleasure steamers
will gather in the rOadstead. The towns
people intend TO make hay while the sun
shines. For bedrooms, which can usually
be had for a dollar a day, they are now
asking fifteen dollars and fancy prices are
being asked for windows overlooking the
scene of the Cars arrival. The same con-
ditionS prevail at COmpiegne.
The ParlSians VIII be greatly disappointed
IL the Gar does not visit the French me-
trOpolis. Efforts are being made to induce
his Majesty 20 come to Paris Sept. 20. It
Is proposed that he should arrive here in
time To take lunch at the Russian embassy.
drive TO Alexander bridge, where certain
ceremonies will be carried out. There
I'm the evening and the Car could return
To ComDiegne the same night.
street singers and haWkers have already
made their appearances with topical wares,
Including patriotic FrancO-Russian ditties
and colOred portraits of the Car and
Czarina- The most ingentus article is a
transparent card representing the Car in
the uniform of a Russian colonel. When
the card is held up TO the light his Maj
esty appears in the uniform of a French
general and wearing a sash Of the Legion
of Honor.