The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-18
To-Day Will Assume Reins of
Government Without
Ceremony
Ceremony.
ny Ia MAn0UIsE DE roNTn>oy.

ny IA MARaUISE Dt; TONTENoY.
II RESIDENT POlNCARE. who was
elected to the chief magistracy
OF France exactly Il month ago.
Will to-day take possession of the
Elyscc Palace and will assume Officially
tho reins of government. The out
going President. Armand Fallicrcs, and
his successor. will drive this morning
from the E!yscc to the Hotel dc Vile.
that is to say. tho city hall. Fallicrea
occupying tho scat of honor by vir-
tue oil right, and Poincarc being seated
At his lci;. At the Hotel dc Vile,
aicn 10 the scat. not of the Gational
"v"fnIr"nt. hut nj tn muntc..n' y
mlnistration OF the metropolis. Fall-
res wiii ccremonous!y present his.
successor to the city fathers, whercupoii
the president Of the Municipal Council
and the project of the Seine Will well
come and hail the new ruler of France.
In the name OF the city of Paris FEN.
President Loubct has been invited TO
the ceremony. and will occupy place
OF honor.
After Poincarcs Acknowledgement
OF the two speeches, he will resume
MS place in the presidential Ian
dau again, placing Fallieres on his
right. no longer as matter OF
preroSatiNe. but as an act OF
courtesy. and will drive him. not to
the Elyscc. but TO tho new residence
which the Fallicrcscs have rented in tho
district lying between tho Champs
Elyscc and tho Seine. After having
escorted Eslliercs upstairs to tho
apartment or fat which Ia from hence
forth to be his home in Paris, Poincare
VIII drive alone to the EIyscc Palace,
and formally assume possession OF tho
presidential residence
Ihcrc is no swearing into Office. nc
solemn inauguration, as at Washington.
Even the visit TO the Hotel dc VIII,
is an innovation
To-day is important as bringing to
should be remcdicd at an early date
Poincare was elected Just month ago
ana in law became chief magistrate Of
Franco on the day OF his election.
Fallicrcs's term of office only tcrmin-
atcs this morning. rhc result of this
is that France for tho past thirty
days has had two Presidents. each Gu
dowcd with full powers OF chief mag
Istratc of the nation. 1t is Only be-
cause they happened to be warm
friends and that poincarc gracefully
deferred to Fallicrcs, that no awkward
contrctcinps or crisis has arisen in con
nection with the -ulership OF tho re-
public during the past month.
Baron Won IIengclmullcr. who spent
nearly twenty years i'll this country.
as the principal repre- sentative of the
Emperor OF Austria and who at tho
time of his farewell to America last
fall was dean Of tho diplomatic corps
at Washington. has just received from
his sovereign. in recognition OF his
services. tho Grard Cross in diamonds
Of the Oder OF Leopold The latter is
superior to the order OF the Iron Crown
and to the Order OF Francis Joseph.
Tho Grand Cross is tho highest grade
of the order. and when the Emperor
wishes to bcstow an additional honor
on some one who already possesses the
Grand Cross he presents him with the
star set in diamonds. 1t is an unusual
reward for an ambassador on his re-
tircment. ard as such deserves to be
noted. especially by the many friends
whom the Hcneelmullers left on this
side of the Atlantic.
II the Duke of Sutherland. who
mover cared much for society, has more
than ever withdrawn therefrom Of late.
if he has disposed OF Stafford House.
his palatial London residence ana pro-
poses from henceforth to spend the
greater portion OF each year at his