Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-12
Paris is Making Great Prepare
tions for Welcoming Vic
for Emmanuel and
Queen Helena.
SPLENDID EF F ECTS
Will be Obtained With Elabor-
ate Street Decorations and
illuminations.
GRAND BANQUET ARRANGED

PARIS. Oct l2-Elabo tie arrange,
ments are being rapidly carried out
for the welcome here Of King Victor
Emmanuel and Queen Helena They
are on scale Of truly royal splendor,
The fetes will follow the style of those
held at the time Of the recent visit 10
Paris Of King Edward. and will in
clude a number of events affording op-
portunities for brilliant spectacular ef-
fects Government architects have
provided plan for the decoration Of
the streets by day and for illumina-
tions by night. Private residents and
shopkeepers have contributed large
sums Of money toward transforming
the avenues and bpulevards Of the
city into masses OF color, with floral
arches, Venetian masts and looping Of
flowers. A large force Of troops Is be
ing assembled to add 70 the military
pageantry Of the event AS a measure
of precaution, the government has in.
stituted strict surveillance over the
anarchists Of Paris, and during his
stay in the city the Italian monarch
will be well guarded by secret service
men of both France and Italy.
King Victor Emmanuel and his con.
sort arrive at noon Wednesday. Pres.
ident Loubet, the members of the min
istry and the staff of the Italian en-
bassy will proceed to the Bois de Bou-
logne station to meet them The sta
ton will be hung with rich velvet
and Gobelin tapestries. The meeting
between the president and the king
will take place under a silken canopy.
After the greetings the royal visitors
and President Loubet will enter elab-
crate state carriages, with positions
and outriders, and, escorted by regi-
ment of cuirassiers, they will drive
through the Bois and the Champs
Elysees TO the Italian embassy.
Throughout the entire route soldiers
will be massed on either side Of the
thoroughfare.
Wednesday evening banquet will
be given at the Elysee. The next day
King Victor Emmanuel and President
Loubet will visit Versailles, where,
after luncheon has been served, they
will inspect the palace and the park.
The king and president will return to
Paris by road In a carriage. A gala
performance at the opera house will
take place in the evening The next
day friday a visit will be paid to
the city. The official reception will
take place at the Hotel de Ville.
Thence the royal party will proceed to
the mint, where to the king will be
presented medal specially struck in
honor Of his visit. In the evening the
king will entertain the president at
dinner at the ministry for foreign af-
fairs. On Saturday King Victor En-.
manuel will take part In a shooting
party over the Rambouillet preserves
at the invitation Of President Loubet.
The following morning Sunday a
grand military review will be held. fol-
lowed by a military luncheon at the
Elysee. Their majesties will leave
the Inyalides railway station at 3
o'clock the same afternoon.
Aside from Its spectacular features.
the visit Of King Victor Emmanuel ID
leading to a wide range Of speculation
in the matter of its political signifi-
canoe. French officials state freely
that this visit marks the elimination
OF the efforts that have been making
for several years past to restore q
complete entente corjiale between the
two nations. which we're strained for
a long time by the iarlff war between
France and Italy. They say. also. that
II Is an evidence that the foreign pol.
icy Of France, Italy and Great Britain
Is 10 bc conducted along sympathetic
lines.
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