Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27
KINGS VISIT SIGNIFICANT
France Anticipates More Cordial Relations
with Britain When Edward Leaves,
ROYAL PARIS WELCOME AWAITS MONARCH
Special Races, Dinners. Calls, Opera
Parties and Naval Reviews Ar
ranged in Honor of Tour
ing English Ruler.

PARIS, April 26.-Elaborate arrange
ments are being carried out rapidly to
welcome King Edward They are on
scale Of truly royal splendor. The fetes
will resemble those held at the time of the
visit to Paris of the czar of Russia and
will include a number Of events affording
opportunities for brilliant spectacular ef-
fects Government architects have pro-
vided a plan for the decoration Of the
streets by day and for illuminations by
night
Private residents and shopkeepers have
contributed large sums of money toward
Transforming the avenues and boulevards
into masses of color, with floral arches.
Venetian masts and loopings of flowers. a
large force of troops is being assembled to
add to the military pageantry OF the event.
LOubet VIII Greet King.
When King Edward arrives on Friday af-
ternoon, President Loubet, the members of
the ministry and the staff Of the British
embassy will proceed to the Bois de Bou-
logne station to meet him. The station will
be hung with rich velvet and gobelin tapes
tries. The meeting between the president
and the king will occur under silken can
opy. After the greetings. King Edward
and President Loubet will enter a state
carriage, with postillicns and outriders,
and, escorted by a regiment of cuirassiers,
will drive through the Bois and other thor
oughfares to the British embassy. Through
out the route soldiers will be massed on
either side of the thoroughfares.
King Edward will stay at the British
embassy, which during his sojourn will be
regarded as a royal residence. He will
occupy the apartments which have not been
used since the last visit to Paris OF the
LATE Queen Victoria hu which havp haen
sumptuously redecorated and equipped for
! this occasion. They overlook a fine sweep
| Of the park and the gardens Of the en-
bassy.
President Loubet will leave King Edward
| at the embassy, but the king will proceed
| to the Elysee palace at to pay formal
call upon the president, which will be re-
turned by the president.
In the evening King Edward will be the
| guest OF NJ. Loubet at the Comedie Fran
caise to witness the presentation of
! 'L'Autre Danger"
On Saturday morning he will witness a
review Of 10000 troops at Vincennes and
in the afternoon attend the races at Long
champs, the meeting being held especially
| in his honor.
| One of the prizes to be run, the Royal
cup is to be offered by his majesty. On,
| Saturday night there is to be a gala per-
formance at the opera, the program includ-
ing the ballet from 'El Cid'' and a scene
from Samson and DeIilah.'
| The royal box has been made Of three
boxes and will be deliberately decorated
With flags and the emblems of Great Bril-
tain and France. The performance at the
opera will be attended by all high officials
all the diplomatic corps. members of the
senate and chamber and those socially
prominent In Paris. Owing to the tre-
mendous pressure for places the American
embassy has been asked IL it could possibly
spare the government some of the seats
assigned to 1t. This. however, was i'm
possible.
Banquets ON Program.
On Sunday Foreign Minister Delcasse will
give breakfast at the foreign office and in
the evening King Edward will dine Presi-
dent Loubet. Each OF these events is be-
ing arranged on a scale of lavish magnih-
cence King Edward will leave Paris on
Monday morning.
His majesty will be attended throughout
his stay by a large staff OF military and
naval officers, and a French squadron is
gathering at Cherbourg to render farewell
konors to the British sovereign.
Aside from it's spectacular features, the
visit OF King Edward is leading to a wide
range OF speculation In the matter of politi-
cal significance. French oficials say this
visit marks a long reach toward the re.
d establishment of cordial relations between
France and Great Britain, which. were
strained by reason Of the Fashoda inciden
and the Boer war They say also that Il
is an evidence that the foreign policy o.
Great Britain hereafter will be sympathetic
toward Portugal, Italy and France, thu
three countries visited by King Edward
Hints are also given that the visit will leaC
to the better state of feeling between
Russia and Great Britain and that latel
King Edward possibly may visit St. Peters
, | burg.