Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-17
PRESIDENT GIVEN
GREATEST OVATION
IN PARIS HISTORY

trance into Paris at 1915 o'clock this
| morning.
The presidents arrival at the cap
| ital was greeted with a salvo or
artillery in salute.
The dense throngs gathered to
greet the American executive nailed
his coming with volleys of cheer-
| ing.
Huge crowds massed around the
| Bots de Bollogne station awaiting the
| presidents coming. AS he al1ghted
| from his train roar of welcome
/ went up that left no doubt of the
| cordiality of the welcome given by
| Paris to it's latest guest.
President Wilson was greeted by
| President and Madame Poincare,
/ Premier Clemenceau, Andre Tardleu,
| French high commissioner to the
| United States, and other hlgh oIn-
| Gals.
Troops Line Street
The formaIlIIes of the greeting
! over, the president entered car
riage with President Poincare. MRS.
| Wilson with Miss Margaret wilson,
| daughter of the president. followed
| in another carriage accompanied Dy
Immediately to the residence OF
| Prince Murat in the Rue de Mon
| ceau, where the president will se-
side while in the French capital.
The route to the presidential res
idence was lined with French oops
| al solid array along its entire
| length.
| The welcome given by the crowds
| as the president drove by was Vo-
| ciferous and hearty.
| President Poincare greeted Presl-
| dent Wilson warmly as the latter
| stepped from the train, the French
| executive firmly grasping him by the
| hand. William Martin, who is at
| tached to the foreign office as IN
| PRODUCER of ambassadors, presente9
! Premier Clemenceau, who welcomed
| President Wilson in English, saying
he was extremely glad to meet him.
| NJ. Martin then introduced the other
| members of the French cabinet. A
| girl in an Alsatian costume stepped
| forward, courtesied and gave MRS.
| Wilson a great bouquet Of orchluS.
| After ali the members of the re-
| ceiving party had been presented,
| President FOincare conducted Pres
! ident Wilson to the top of the sta-
| ton steps, where Madame Poincare
| was awaiting them.
| President Wilson's appearance on
the broad caIpeted and PALM border
| ed approach to the station through
| glittering lines of sabres OF the re-
publican guards, caused the vast
| Ihrong to cheer and shout. Their Ell
| forts were taken up by such masses
of peoples as the French capital
rarely has seen.
| In the procession from the railway
station to the Prince Murat home IN
| the Rue de Monceau, the first car
riage was occupied by President Will
son and President Poincare and the
second carriage by Mrs. wilson;
| Nine Poincare, Nine. Jusserand and
Miss Margaret Wilson; Jhose IN
can Ambassador Sharp, Premier
| Clemenceau and Generals Mordacq
and Desparge; fourth, Secretary or
State Lansing and Foreign Minister
Pichcn; fifth, General Bliss and Mr..
| Henry White; sixth, General Persh-
ing and Ambassador Jusserand; sew
| enth. Admiral Benson and Captain
| Tardieu, French high commissioners
to the United States, and, eighth;
| Admiral Grayson, General Harts ana
| Lieutenant Colonel Lobez.
During the ride the president was
| smiling and almost continuously he
took off his hat and bowed 10 the
right and left. Waves OF human
voices answered his salutation. brok-
en- by the sharp bark OF guns at IN
| teryals of fifteen seconds. The re-
| ception to the president, in the es-
| timation of some on-lookers, appeared
| to have drawn out = greater crowd
than welcomed either King George
| or King Albert on their recent visits.
| The procession left the porte Dau-
| phine Just few minutes after the
president arrived. The scene was
| impressive as tie croWus cheered and
bands played the "Star-Spangled
Banner" A large throng was gath
cred at the Arc de Triomphe, where
| the procession turned down the
| Champs Elysees, continuing down the
thoroughfare until the Bridge Alex
amer III. was reached. Afr cross
ing the Seine, the procession moved
past the building of the chambec OF
! deputies and again crossed the Seine
= to the Place de La Concorde.
Enthusiasm Grows
A tremendous throng was gather
ed there and set up a mighty roar.
AS the procession approached the
ce,Itei of she Ci'y the entf "a S&m
! the Church of Madeleine was reach
ed the applause attained its great
The City was making a vast fete
of the presidents coming.
Thee passage of the presidential
train from Brest to Paris gave evil
! dence of the interest the population
| attached to the presidents visit. AT
every station along the railway
crowds Of men, women and children
waited through the night for the
passing of the train. hoping to catch
| a glimpse of the American eXecu-
| tive. Through the night along the
| route their cheers could be heard as
| the train slid by IN the darkneSS.
The crowds that assembled in Par
is to greet the president were at
| an early hour large beyond the prece-
| dent set on the occasion OF previous
| visits of heads of foreign states. The
weather was favorable for although
the morning was rather gray one
it early gave promise of decided i'm
| provement.
The scene at the station where the
presidents train came in was beanti-
fully set. The platform was carpet
ed in red and palms adorned the
The band of the Republican Guards
was playing the Star Spangled Ban
ner" as the presidential train. decor
| ated with the Stars and Stripes drew
| into the station. Immediately the
artillery gave voice and a salute or
one hundred guns announced the
| presidents arrival.
Perched on Cannon
The vantage points along the route
| to be traversed by the party were
taken IN by the crowds in the early
| hours The favorite posts of obser-
walton were captured German cannon
lining the road from the Place de
| I'Etoile to the Place de La Con-
| corde, which afforded advantageous
| saets for the long wait in prospect.
The people, crowded thicl5lv upon
! the grassy slope of the old Paris
Notifications could be heard crying
| i'm English: Welcome Wilson! Long
live Wilson" or in great choruses
like a college yell. shouting, Wilson
| Wilson, wilson,"
President Wilson reached Prince
| Murat's residence at 10:45 o'clock
His arrival was the signal for the