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PARIS, April 12.-President Loubet, ac-
companied by M. Fallieres. president Of
the Senate; Foreign Minister Delcasse and
M. Pelletan, the minister Of marine. left
Paris this evening for Merseilles. on his
way to Algeria. The President was warm
ly cheered as. accompanied by an escort
Of cuirassers, he drove across Paris from
the Elysee Palace to the Lyons Railway
station. Premier Combes and those min
listers who do not accompany the President
were present at the station to bid him fare
well. After short stay in Marseilles,
where great fetes will be given In his
honor, President Loubet will embark next
Tuesday on the new warship Jeanne dare,
and, accompanied by NM. Fallieres, Del
casse and Pelletan. and escorted by the
battleship Saint Louis, will proceed to
Algiers. where a large French fleet is as
sembled to receive him. SQuadrons Of
British, Italian and Russian warships also
are assembling at Algiers in his honor.
The President will remain in Algeria until
April 26, visiting important points in the
colony both on the coast and in the In
terror. 1t is expected that during his stay
a meeting will be arranged with the Sultan
of Morocco. the latter coming to some
point in Algeria. near the Moroccan from
tier for that purpose. Everywhere through
out the colony splendid fetes are being
organized in honor Of President Loubet.
this being the first time since Napoleon
HIS visit that ruler of France has visited
Algeria.
The French President will embark again
on the warship Jeanne D'Arc for Tunis.
He will land on April 81 at La Goleta, the
port of Tunis. where the Bey Of Tunis and
all the high officials of the regency will be
assembled 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 % for Marseilles He will arrive
in Paris in time to receive Edward VII on
the arrival of the King of England here.
Besides Ministers Delcasse and Pelletan,
also will be of the presidential party. He
has gone in advance to meet the President
at Algiers. A number Of senators and dep
uties will accompany the presidential party
throughout the trip. being accommodated
during the trip across the Mediterranean
on board the battleship Saint Louis. Much
political significance is attached to the
Journey, as it is the first time that any
President of the French republic has Wis
tied it's African possessions, and 1t will be
the first meeting on African soil between
a French ruler and North African Sultan
and the Bey of Tunis.
While the international attention shown
to President Loubet by the assemblage of
a powerful foreign squadron in Algerian
waters to salute him on his arrival is not
without significance the fact that the Bey
of Tunis will go to receive the President
on his landing, an honor that that poten-
tate has never before paid any royal Wis
itor already has made a powerful impress
sion on the Tunisians. who consider this a
complete acknowledgment of Frepch SOW
ereignty.