The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-04
KING LEAVES PARIS TO-DAY.
SUNDAY SPENT YriETLr ~ THE
FRESCH EtPfTaL
Main Prevented Mucis,S upxr iusVapy -In'
terss,,ns ConJect re A.1o WhAs Decd.
ratton the K,nS eSSh ronfsr On ~
Los,t,et --s,gnif,eAHee ~ tnr' Tour.
!spseiai cane D,.p0ieh 10 THE Sun.

PARIS, May 3.--Aftcr yea erdays arduous
programme King Edward passed quiet
day to-day. He wa,ksdl fr0us tho British
Enbsssy TO the Engifah Cfhf-ch IN Rue
dAgucsseau, near the cInbassy. wherc he
attended the morning service. He was
accompanied by Sir Edmund Monson. the
British Ambass ador, and dozen t.lembers
Of his encourage. His Majesty looked
we'll after yes ,cr,ay's functions. during
which he occ asionally showed signs Of
fatigue.
Asihe went to church entlrelyit his private
capacity y, he was not attended by cu'rassiers.
The short route to the church was. how
ever, lined with police, and Journalistic
were the only ones allowed within the lines.
To the greetings Of the newspaper men
the King bowed. A little later n knot OF
Englishmen raised cheer and tho King
bowed again. Then could be heard from
the French alorg the route the cry of
"vive lArmee!" which the King aokowl-
edged more pointedly than he did the
cheers Of his subjects, conveying the idea
that he was joining in the cry rather than
merely acknowledging it,.
After the service, during which his
Majesty contributed 1000 franc note
10 the collection. the King drove to lunch
at the Quai d'Orsai His advertised route
over the Pont de Ia Concorde was altered,
and lie crossed the Pont d'Alexandre, dis
appointing the assembled crowd. 1t was
raining and not many persons were along
the route taken, although there was crowd
at the Point de la Concorde.
M. Delcasse. Minister Of Foreign AZ
fairs awaited the King in the hall Of the
Foreign Office. Gen Porter, the Ameri-
can Ambassador. who is in mourning for
his wife was the only Ambassador who
was absent. Among those present were
Rear Admiral Cotton, commanding the
American European squadron, Capt. Hus-
sey, Commander Harder, Naval Attach6
Of the American Embassy. the President
Of the English Chamber Of Commerce. and
the presidents Of the French railways.
Otherwise the luncheon was diplomatic and
official.
Upon returning to the British Embassy
the King planted a chestnut tree in the
grounds. In the evening he dined with
President Loubet and a company of Min
listers. diplomats and other high person
ages.
STARTS FOR HOME TO-DAY.
II is now announced that King Edward
will start for home at 1880 tomorrow
morning His departure has been delayed
in order that he may visit the Salons. Presi-
dent Loubet will accompany him to-. the
station des Invalides with the same cere-
mony that marked his arrival. There is
some curiosity as to what decoration the
King will confer on President Loubet.
1t IL thought that it must be the Order
of the Garter or nothing, Hitherto the
Garter has been confined to British mobiles
and members of royal families. To confer
it on NJ. Loubet would be an entirely new
precedent.
There is little to be said about the pro-
ceedings on the streets to-day or Tonight.
A dhzziing rain fen throughout. Large
throngs drifted to and fro in the central
thoroughfares. but they went home early.
The illundnations tonight we're pretty.
but the best Of them we're not lighted.
Tho police forbade the illumiuadons in
Rue de Ia Paix and the Place Vendome.
presumably because there were one or
two slight disturbances there Saturday
night. So far AZ one can judge, such a pre-
caution was really unnecessary, as the
disturbances amounted to nothing more
than migbt have been expected in such
a crowd a. that Of Saturday night after
a public holiday. The authorities, how
ever. were apparently extremely anxious
not to take the slightest riSk Of anything
that could ~ construed into ar unpleasant
demenstra ton. -...
The hearty reception given to King Ed
ward on the raoecourso yesterday has
been q general topic Of conversation to-day.
and members OF the French Jockey Club
do not disguise their pleasure over it. IT.
was certainly a notable event, and COM
bined with the heartiness already noticed
of the well-to-tlo multitude that lined the
Kings route in the AFTERNOON. II liz an i'm
portart factor in estimating the result OF
his Majcsty's visit, which has been indubit
ably a great SUCCESS. although in calling
Il this it. is unnecessary to use the exaggera
ton which has been employed in portion
of the English and also in the Paris press
when describing the scenes here during
the past three days
SIGNIFICANCE or THE KINGS TOUR.
The heads Of States, whether they be
presidents, enperors or kings, do not make
such tours unless they have some more
or ess definite object in view. so 1t has
been with King Edwards tour II COM
menced. ostensiby. with visit to his old
ally, Portugal. which was to he followed
by visit to his traditional friend. Italy.
Not until the tour had been actually started
was the most important part mentioned,
namely visit to France, and then it was
brought forward tent atively and by degrees.
What had been carefully arranged and dis
cuaed by the two governments was an
no,mced as though il had been a sudden,
almost casual idea. But once it had been
announced this trip to Paris eclipsed every
thing else Lisbon and Rome served merely
as a prelude 70 Paris, where the real work
was 70 be done.
During his tour the King has everywhere
effected something real. In Portugal his
visit removed the deep suspicious in that
country that England was considering
the alienation Of the Portuguese South
African colonies. and At the same time,
az has been pointed out In there dispatches,
It facilitated schemes by which Great Brit
ain can Use thoss same colonies. Then
his visits to Gibraltsr and Malta were cal
culated to remind the people OF Englands
position in the Mediterranean. -
Next came Rome. There the British
sovereign had the most enthusiastic well
come of Ills entire tour. The Significance
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