Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-09
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RECEIVE PRESIDENT
Program Arranged for tie
Welcome of MR.. Wilson on
. Arrival in French Capital.
WELCOME AT BREST

By the Associated Press
PARIS Sunday, December S.-Elab-
crate plans are being made by the
French for the entertainment of Pres
idelt Wilson. These plans include
various state dinners and official calls
and probably a gala night at the
opera. The program will be complet ted
in the next few days.
Up to the present it has been de-
cided that President Wilson. upon his
arrival at the Bots de Boulogne sta
tion at 10 o'clock Saturday morning,
will be met by President Poincare and
other members of the French govern
ment. He will then go Immediately
to the Murat mansion, which will be
his home while he is in Paris. No
definite decision has been reached as
to what the President will do on
Sunday. but it is probable he will
drive about Paris. 1t is possible that
other plans may be made before that
time. Mr.. Wilson's drive on Monday
to the Hotel de Vile will be an occa-
sion of considerable ceremony.
AS soon as possible after his arrival
Mr. Wilson viii confer with Col. E. NJ.
House. The conference probably will
take place at the 'Maison Blanche de
Paris" Col. House has been quite
busily engaged recently and is
dent with considerable information
which may be of value in the task
lying before him.
The school children Of Paris will
be out in force when the President
arrives. Thursday is usually a
school holiday in Paris, as Saturday
is in the United States. King George
nt England and King Albert of Bel
GUM arrived in Paris on Thursday
so that the children did not have an
extra holiday which the arrival of
President Wilson will give them.
Virtually all the mercantile estab-
lishments in Paris have notified their
employees that next Saturday will be
a full holiday. 1t is expected to be
larger celebration than any before
seen in Paris. The streets near the
station where the President will ar
rive will be filled with people. The
socialists are taking a great interest
III the occasion of Mr.. Wilson's visit.
Welcome at Brest.
BREST, December s.-Brest is pre-
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If President Wilson when he lands.
it's mayor indicates. in a proclamation
to the people.
THE Importance Of an event unique
in the history of the world will es-
cape none of u.s." the proclamation
says. Breaking with the tradition
of isolation, the new world sends to
the old continent, the cradle of it's
ancestors, the eminent man who is
the incarnation of the ideal of free
america. A universal union of peo-
piles is in preparation, after the down.
fall of the powers of carnage and op-
preston.
The population of Brest will be
lager to celebrate in notable way the
arrival of President Wilson. All the
deck their houses and join in the
manifestations of esteem and deep
affection which are in preparation"
The committee in charge Of the fete
men and women wearing picturesque
costumes on the wharf to greet the
President when he lands.
All the rooms in the hotels of the
city have been reserved for the day
of the Presidents arrival.
League Sends Delegation.
PARIS. December s-The League
of the Rights of Man has decided to
President Wilson on hts arr;vai in
France. The Paris members of the
league will meet the President on his
arrival in Paris and present MIN with
an address of welcome. All sections
If the league throughout France have
been asked to organize meetings in
order to inform the public of the prin-
cipIes for a democratic peace which
the President has outlined.
President Invited to Cologne.
AMSTERDAM. Sunday, December
S.-President Wilson is invited to
visit Cologne by the Volks Zeitung
resentatives of the German foreign
ministry meet him there.
Preparations in Rome.
ROME, Sunday, December S-The
officials of the Italian foreign min
istry held a conference today at the
american embassy to decide on the
program for President Wilson's visit
TO Rome. Some difficulty is being en-
countered because 1t is not known
how long the President will be here.
President and Mrs. Wilson and the
Presidents party will be met at the
station by all the members of the cab
met, Prince Colonna, the mayor of
Rome, representatives of the Roman
municipality and prominent Italians
who wear the collar of the order of
Annunziata. which entities them to
rank as cousins of the king.
Whether King Victor Emmanuel
personally will go to the station to
meet the President or whether he will
send a member of the royal family
has not yet been decided. The Ameri-
can visitors will be driven from the
station to the Quirinal in royal car
riages escorted by the kings body
guard. The queen will welcome the
party at the royal palace.
Clubs and political associations have
arranged for demonstrations in the
streets through which the President
will be driven. There will also be a