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NAPOLEONTS TOMB
Roosevelt Visits Resting
Place of Great General.
PAYS TRIBUTE IN SILENCE
The Former President Was Greatly
Impressed as He Gazed Upon
the Reminders of the En-
peror's Victories.

Paris. April %. After paving a
tribute to the life and work OF Samuel
l. Clemens. the American author and
humorist. and giving his expression to
the press. Colonel Roosevelt began his
program with visit TO the tomb =
Napoleon Ia the Palais Des Invalides.
When Colonel Roosevelt. sccompan-
led by Kermit. NJ. Jusserand. French
ambassador at Washington. and Rob
ct 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
eral Dalstsin. military governor of
Paris. and several aides in full uniform
awaited them.
Pays Tribute In Silence.
Passing nrst into the chapel where
flags captured in the Napolconic cam
paigns are kept. Colonel Roosevelt
kept up a running fire OF comment and
exchange with General Dalsteln con
cerning incidents of the various bat
ties. hut 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 ST.
lent
few moments later the party de-
scended 10 the crypt. through which
they entered the tomb. over the door
Of which Colonel Roosevelt read the
words of Napoleon written at st. Hell
ena. 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 n niche was shown Napoleons cele.
brated sword and black hat contained
in a glass case and the unmarked
stone slabs which the English general
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.
From the tomb General Dalsteln
conducted the party to the Napoleon
museum in another wing of the build
ing. where Colonel Roosevelt manifest
ed intense interest in some OF the per
sonal relics of the French general and
in the old prints of his principal cam
paigns. especially that dipicting the
81 - Ia,
and Murat's cavalry charge at Eylau.
A visit to the historic armory. which
contains a splendid collection Of mail
and armor. ended the inspection
Before leaving Colonel Rooseve
was shown by General Dalstein n book
upon Mexico written by General Miox.
in which the author quoted from one
OF the former presidents spec, hes in
which he had declared that the nation
which did not preserve warllke habits
was doomed one day TO fall. ard that
a strong army was necessary 10 pre-
serve the national destiny
Colonel Roosevelt had lunch Is the
guest of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
whom he met in the United States
when the baron was there in connec.
tion with the Olympic games
Colonel Roosevelt continue his
sightseeing tour. visiting the galleries
OF the Louvre. He returned 20 the
American embassy and received a visit
from former President Lonbet. Subse-
quen.ly he received the members Of
the American colony
Later Colonel Roosevelt vas the
guest of honor at dinner anj recep-
tion at the Elysee Palace.