South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-15
Distinguished Party of Diplo-
mats and Officials Greet
the Visitors.
PARTY DRIVES DIRECTLY
TO PALACE OF PRINCE
Find Everything in Readiness
For Their Comfort, InClud-
ing Retinue of Servants.

Rue PiccinL Wounded doughboys
Iounged i'm the windows of Col. Jo-
seph Blake's hospital and upon the
balconies, giving organized roars Of
cheers when PRIEST Wilson broke into
view. Their noise drowned out the
shouts of the French in the streets
below. They had evidently been
training for the occasion.
old Glory PredOminates.
Every building was abIaze with
red, white and blue bunting, but old
Glory predominated.
Every person in the huge throng
in the streets wore red, white and
blue ribbons.
The Arch of Triumph was brilliant
with. color.
The Avenue du Bots was lined
with foreign legion zouaves from
the army of Cen. Mangin. which
played such a brilliant part in the
great offensive beginning on July Is.
The party did not pass beneath
the Arch Of Triumph but skirted it,
passing "a plaza packed tight with
madly yelling humanity At this
point a number of socialist OrganiZa-
tions had gathered Ell masse. They
waved banners with various inscrip-
tions upon them, such as Long live
Wilson, our benefactOr' and we
want a just peace"
ON the opposite side of the plaza
lis a large building housing the
headquarters of Gen. w w Hart,
commander of the American forces
I'm the Paris district.
As the presidential party (now
doubly so as the presidents OF two
republics were leading IT'D passed
the building, band from the
Eighth American army division
crashed out the national anthem.
The mansard roof of this building
was one mass of olive drab and the
windows were filled with the heads
OF wildly shouting doughbOys.
Go Down Champs Elysccs.
Thence the procession turned into
Champs Elysees. which the Ger
mans had tried 10 copy with their
Inter den Linden i'm Berlin. This
famous thoroughfare is lined with
fashiona bic clubs and elaborate
dwellings. All were decked out with
red, white and blue bunting and the
flags Of the allied nations and every
window bore its quota of smiling, eX-
cited faces.
The resourcefuI doughboys who
did not own any residences In
Champs Elysees nor belonged TO any
club managed to see all that was
going on by climbing lamp posts and
clambering into the tops of the state
" shade trees lining the streets.
All Step Ladders Modified.
Ii looked as though all the step
ladders and chairs in Paris had been
modified along the streets through
which the procession passed, but es-
pecially in Champs Elysees. Those
that could not get a place in the
first rank of spectators stood upon
all sorts of elevations TO get a peep
over the heads of those in front
At the junction of Champs Ely
sees and Avenue Alma. where Amer
lean army headquarters in Paris are
located, the y. VI. c. A. girls had
been invited to points of vantage 70
watch the passing of the nOtables.
They were massed at the windows
waving flags, and their excitement
grew beyond all doubts when the
carriage containing Mrs. Wilson
passed by. outside Of headquarters
n iazz band was playing with might
and main, trying with a great deal
of success TO make itself heard
above the shouting. 1t played BE
hold our Conquering Hero Comes
Tumult is Deafening.
At the American Aviation club
near Rond Pont the tumult was
deafening. The aviators, who had
I had experience at American foot
! ball games i'm the gentle art Of
noise-making, organized into groups
with cheer leaders and yelled their
/ college yells. These fellows under
stood what real cheering is and gave
a first class example Of il. The
/ French We're greatly amused.
Opposite the official residence OF
\ Pres't Poincare in Champs Elysees
republican guards were drawn up in
I imposing formation. Thence foot
I soldiers lined the concOurse as far
as the Place de La Concorde. where
/ many cannon. tanks and airplanes.
Y captured from the Germans in bat
tie were drawn up on exhibition.
Pres't Wilson showed great inter
! est in these engines of war and
gazed at them with intentness while
/ his carriage was rolling by.
The other Americans in the pro-
cession showed an equal interest in
+ the trophies.
There were one hundred pieces OF
artillery OF various calibers. includ-
ing mighty Krupps. tanks with
+ crosses painted on their sides and
giant airplanes Of the Gotha typo,
such as were employed in raids on
i London and Paris.
Chasscurs Lead.
The Hotel Coisland. adjoining the
headquarters of the American peace
/ commission, was crowded with
American army officers.
Alpine Chasseurs (the famous
Fighting Blue Devils of the French
army had tie honor of leading the
procession up Place de La Concorde
as far as Rue Madelaine.
The Marty naesaT NFa,fr,,a prch-