Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-06
PREPARES FOR GREAT
OVATION TO FRENCH
Forty Thousand Kansas City
Schoolchildren to Do Honor
to Hero of the Marne.

KANSAS CITY. Mo, May 5.-The
French Tricolor. intertwined with the
Stars and Stripes of the United States,
the latest war ally OF France, will be
flying thruout Kansas City tomorrow
morning when this city has for its
most distinguished guests Field Mar
shall Joffre. hero of the Marne, For
mer Premier Niviani and other mem
bers of the French mission to Amer
lea. The final preparations were be-
ing made today for IA patriotic out
burst here In their honor which was
expected to surpass any demonstra-
tion ever held here or in the south
west.
The party will arrive on the Mission
special, provided by the state depart
ment a short time before o'clock
tomorrow morning. From then until
the departure at 1890 in the after
noon Kansas City literally is expected
TO turn herself over to the French
emissaries. Committees. guided and
directed by officials at Washington.
have been continuously at work on
the arrangements since the visit first
was announced and every effort has
been made to insure the safety and
the comfort of the commission mem
bers while they are the guests of the
city
Two Governors Present.
The program. briefly, calls for n
breakfast at the union station. a mo-
tor ride thru the city during which
thousands Of school children will Of
fer an ovation to the high French Off
cials, and n monster meeting at 1890
o'clock at Convention hall Governors
Gardner of Missouri and Capper of
Kansas. Mayor Edwards of Kansas
City and other well-known men of
the southwest will be members of the
party receiving the commission. The
Third Missouri infantry, already mob
ilized in the federal service, will form
an escort for the visitors and other
guard organizations will he stationed
at various points To provide, as much
as possible. a military reception in
Keeping with the pre-eminent rank OF
Marshal Joffre. who will be accom-
panied by his chief of staff, Lieut.. Col
Jean Fabry, the picturesque "Blue
Devil' of numerous desperate military
exploits.
The meeting at Convention hall will
begin formally at 1920 o'clock. altho
the doors will be thrown open an hour
earlier. 1t will be both religious
and patriotic demonstration and will
be opened with nrayers. Short talks
will be made by the two governors
and Mayor Edwards before the
French commissioners take the plat
form. No one will be allowed to leave
the hall until after the ENJOYS have
departed and all visitors have been
requested by Mayor Edwards to bring
both French and British flags.
Forty Thousand Children.
The board of education has CO.
| operated in welcoming the distin-
guished men by arranging to have
10000 pupils of the local schools stand
In review along Paseo, from Admiral
boulevard to Seventeenth street. The
automobiles of the party will pass
thru the lines of children, all of whom
are expected to be carrying flags,
about 8 o'clock
The party, according to advices from
Washington, will be composed of NJ
Rene Niviani, who Is vice presi-
dent of the council of ministers; Mar
shal Joffre. Vice-Adimral Chocheprat.
Marquis de Chambrun, greatgrandson
of General Lafayette: Emile Hove
laque. inspector general of public in
struction and general counselor of the
mission; Niscount de Jean, counselor
OF the French embassy; Lieut. Col.
Jean Fabry. Marshal Joffres chief of
staff, whose nickname is "The Blue
Devil" Lieutenant Commander Simon
of the French navy; Lieutenant de
Tessaun, military aid to Marshal
Joffre; Lieut.. Col. Spencer Cosby.
United States navy, attached to the
French mission; Warren ID. Robbins,
representative of the state department,
attached to the French mission;
breckenridge Long, third assistant
secretary of state; three American
newspaper men, representatives Of
two French press associations and one
Paris newspaper; one private secre-
tary one French stenographer, three
Ordpr1ips and ono voIot