Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-13
Will Meet Distinguished Visitor Near
Boundary Of Two Countries,
BEY ALSO EXTENDS NEW coURTEsEs
Intends to Welcome His suzsrain at La
Golleta.
WARSHlpS GATHER IN. ALGIERS HAHBoR
Britain, italy and Russia Join Naval
Pageant in Honor of Travelling
Head of Republic whose
Alliance All Seek.

PARIS. April 12.-President Loubet, ac-
companied by NJ. Fallieries, president Of
the senate, Foreign Minister Delcasse and
n. Peiletan. the minister of marine, left
Paris this evening for Marseilles, on hts
way to Algeria. The president was warmly
cheered as. accompanied by an escort OF
cuirrassiers he drove across Paris from the
Elysee palace to the Lyons railway station.
Premier Combes and those ministers who
do not accompany the president we're pres
ent at the station to bid him farewell.
After short stay in Marseilles, where
great fetes will be given in his honor
President Loubet will embark on Tuesday
on the new warship Jeanne D'Arc and, ac-
companied by NM. Falleries Delcasse and
Pelletan, and escorted by the battleship
Saint Louis, will proceed to Algiers where
large French feet is assembled to re-
ceive him. Squadrons of British, Italian
and Russian warships are also now assem-
bling at Algiers in his honor
VIII Meet Sultan.
The president will remain in Algiers un-
I'll April 26, visiting important points in
the colony both on the coast and in the
interior. 1t is expected that during his
stay a meeting will be arranged with the
sultan Of Morocco. the latter coming to
frontier for that purpose. Everywhere
throughout the colony splendid fetes are
being organized in his honor, this being the
first time since Napoleon HIS visit that a
ruler Of France has visited Algeria.
The president will embark again on the
warship Jeanne D'Arc for Tunis. He will
land on April ~ at La Golleta, the port OF
Tunis, where the bey Of Tunis and the
high ofiicials OF the regency will be assem-
bled to receive him. After spending three
days In visiting the various parts of Tunis
President Loubet will embark at the naval
port of Bizerta on the evening of April "a
for Marseilles. He will arrive In Paris
in time to receive Edward VII on May /.
Besides Ministers Delcasse and Pelletan,
NJ. Maurejouls, minister of public works.
also will be Of the presidential party. He
has gone In advance to meet she president
at Algiers. A number of, senators aud
deputies win accompany the presidential
party throughout the trip, to be accom-
modated on the battleship st. Louis. Much
political significance is attached to the
journey, as 1t is the frst time that any
president Of the French republic has visited
Africa, and 1t will be the first meeting OF
African soil between q French ruler ant
q northern African sultan and the bey o.
Tunis. s4
While the international attention showI
to President Loubet by the assemblage o
a powerful foreign squadron in Algerian
waters to salute him on his arrival is no
without significance, the fact that the be!
Of Tunis win go to receive the president OF
his landing an honor that that potentat
has never before paid a royal visitor, al
ready has made powerful impression ol
the Tunisians, who consider this a complet
acknowledgement OF French sovereignty.