Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-10

New York, May lo-Nsw York sur
rendered Internationally to Joseph ]
JOfIro, field marshal Of the French
army, and the French commission. 2,
ASS O'Clock yesterday. Not ny
did the WORLDS largest city oapitolate
to the hero Of the Marine ana 70 Rene
Vvianl, former premier Of France
Who ieads the war mission to the
United States, but it accorded tnem
a,tr1umphAl entry.
Never have visitors to New York
been givon 20 tremendous q welcome
AZ least 4 million Of is citizens turn
"a out to pay homage to the great
soldier and the great statesman OF q
sister republic.
Accustomed a. they have bsen ia
demonstrations Of esteem since they
set foot on American soil. h French
men were overwhelmed At that &C
cominR was an historic event n II
was celebrated in an historic way.
Tho mon whom the city honored did
not try to hide the emotion they
folt. From the moment they alghted
in Jersey City from the closely guard
I'd special train which brought them
from Philadelphia. until they retired
'tonight In the Fifth avenue mansion
Of Henry @. Prick. they were not per-
mitted TO FORGET that New York was
proud 10 have within its gates the
REPRESENTATIVES Of the best loved ally
Of the United States.
saluted Mis- liberty.
rhs members Of the mission caught
thelr first glimpse Of Bartholdis ia
nous Statue Of Liberty as they cross
Cd the Hudson river on q police boat
on their way to Manhattan. Viviani
and Joffrs stood at the rail. the for
NOR in silence with his hat at his
side, tho soldier at salute. Then tho
oity's sky line drew their attention as
the boat approached the shore.
The Frenchmen were greeted by 9
reception committee which included
Robert Bacon, former ambassador to
France: Joseph H. Choate. former
ambassador to Great Britain; Jules
Jusserand, the French ambassador;
Frank l.. Polk. counsellor Of the state
department.; George ". Wtckershan
former attorney general; DR..
Murray Butler. president Of Columbia
University; Major General John F.
tional guard; Otto H. Kahn. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, Thomas W. Lamont. Dud-
Icy Field Malone. collector Of The
port, and other city officials, togeth-
or with officers Of the army n
navy.
They wsrs escorted from the Bat
tory to tho city hall by q squadron OF
cavalry and two troops Of mounted po-
leo, through the canyon Of Broadway,
which was choked with q wildly
cheering multitude.
At the Battery pier 100000 persons
packed the park.
NJ. vivtani DOTTED his hat to tho
plaudits Of the crowd. smiling first to
one side ana then to h other. Mar
shall Joffre. grave and apparently close
to tears, raised his hat in salute and
kept it there most of the time. Tug
boat whistles shrieked while men
threw their hats and cheered wildly
- the great soldier surveyed the
scene.
Nxcelled Dewey's Welcome.
No such soene had ever been enact
cd In the city and no man ever re-
cetvsd such q welcome. not even Ad-
miral Dewey upon his triumphal re-
turn.
Broadway. from Bowling Green to
the city hall, ~ packed with q solid
mass Of humanity. Every building
seemed alive with cheering specta-
tors. .
The roo Of applause rose and fell
a. tho notsd Frsnchmen approached
and rode past under, IN almost con-
tinuous canopy Of flass-the Stars and
Stripes. the tri-colors and Union Jack.
Joffre sat with his right hand in sa-
Iute ana his face alight with his now
famous smile.
At the city hall they were formal