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Pays Tribute in Silence to
Great French General. .
MET BY A lARe! CROWD
Was Deeply Impressed as He Gazed
Upon the Resting Place OF Famous
Emperor.

Emperor.
Paris, April % - After paving a
tribute to the life and work OF Samuel
L. Clemens. the American author and
humorist, and giving his expression 10
the press, Colonel Roosevelt began his
program with visit to the tomb OF
Napoleon in the Palais DeS lnvalldes.
When Colonel Roosevelt. accompan-
led by Kermit. NJ. Jusserand. French
ambassador at Washington. and Rob
ert Bacon. the American ambassador,
arrived in an automobile he was ac-
claimed by a great crowd. which in
cluded many photographers who TOOK
snapshots of the party as they en-
tered the Cour d'HOneur. where Gen
srsl Dalstein. military governor OF
Paris and several aides in full uniform
awaited them.
Pays Tribute In Silence.
Passing first into the chapel where
flags captured in the Napoleonic cam
paisns are kept Colonel Roosevelt
kept up running fire of comment and
exchange with General Dalstein con
corning incidents of the various bat
ties, but when the rOtunda beyond was
reached and from which he looked
down upon the magnificent red marble
tomb of the cOnqueror surrounded
with the flags OF Austerlitz and other
reminders of the great victories the
former president grew strangely 81
lent
A few moments later the party de-
scended to the crypt, through which
they entered the tomb, over the door
of which Colonel Roosevelt read the
words of Napoleon written at St. Hell
eua. and in which the great soldier ex-
pressed the desire that his ashes rest
on the banks of the Siene among the
people whom he so dearly loved. Here
in a niche was shown Napoleon's cele-
brated sword and black hat contained
in a glass case and the unmarked
stone slabs which the English genera!
placed over the grave at st. Helena,
but upon which he refused to permit
Napoleon's name to be carved.
Extraordinary Extraordinary.
Colonel Roosevelt calculated several
times.
In the Napoleon Museum.
From the tomb General Dalstein
conducted the party TO the Napoleon
museum IN another wing OF the build
ing where Colonel Roosevelt manifest
Ell Intense interest in some Of the per-
sonal relics of the French general and
in the old prints of his principal cam
paisns, especially that dipicting the
stand OF the Old Guard at Waterloo
and Murat's cavalry charge al Eylau
A visit to the historic armory. which
contains a splendid collection of mail
and armor, ended the inspection.
Befote leaving Colonel Roosevelt
was shown by General Dalstein bea,--
upon Mexico written by General Mioy,
in which the author quoted from one
Of the former presidents speeches in
which he had declared that the nation
which did not preserve warlike habits
was doomed one day to fall. and that
a strong army was necessary to pre-
serve the national destiny.
Colonel Roosevelt had lunch as the
guest OF Baron Pierre de COubertin.
whom he met in the United States
when the baron WAS there in connec,
ton with the Olympic games.
Colonel Roosevelt continued his
sightseeing tour. visiting the galleries
OF the Louvre He returned TO the
American embassy and received visit
from former President Loubet Subse-
Quently he received the members OF
the American colony.
Later Colonel Roosevelt was the
guest of honor at a dinner and recep-
ton at the Elysee Palace