The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-11-28
PERSHINC GREETED
| BY JOYFUL PARIS
American Commander Almost
Mobbed by WorShiping
Crowd in Street.
outbreak is SPONTANEOUS
3cirI starts Demonstration When she
Recognizes Yanks' Leader
Sitting in Passing
Automobile.

W sitting IN FdSSlHS
Automobile.
Paris.-One of the widest demon
syt-ations ever seen in Paris occurred
& when Gen. John J. Pershing, com
mander Of the American expedltionary
e Forces, made his appearance in an nu-
#omobile on the streets of Paris. The
crowds went wild when they caught
Ia glimpse Of the American leader, and
as the word spread thousands OF per
cons poured from every direction into
5khe Place de In Concorde, through
(which General PerShng was passing
3when he was recognized by pnsserS by.
IN was estimated that within a short
III ime there were half a million people
IN the cheering mob that struggled for
b glimpse Of the American general
The general was out for a short
drive and had come up the Rue Rivoh.
His car was proceeding at Snalls
pace before It was recognized by the
8frenzed street crowds.
As General Pershine's face, with the
fnmous smile. showed through the
door, a French girl with the flags Of
Half a dozen nations twined about her
#head screamed. General Pershlng "
The cry was taken up instantly and
& passed over the scethng multitudes. If
#there were any gendarmes about they
were swallowed UP IN the enormous
Emob. In an instant men and women
F went mad and screamed his name, and
sl tried to reach the car.
i Men picked NJ women and held them
on their shoulders that they might get
Ia look ut the general The mob surged
\ toward the car in another wave.
Shakes Hands Of Children.
\ General Pershing amidst the danger
was enjoying II greatly. Instead of clos
i ing the window and urging the driver
TO get out before they were crushed TO
death. he let the window down full
length, laughed heartily. ana thrust his
4 bland out Of the door TO shake the hand
of little French child whose proud
father lifted her above the heads OF
A the mob
Children climbed on the tonnenu and
Skinned up the back of the limousine
and frantlcally lcaped over the strug-
|gling mass and shot their hands in at
[the window. General PershIng con
|tinued laughing and tried TO shake as
|many hand, as could be thrust through
lthe window.
'PerShlngl Pershlng," beloved iha
|mob and the name rang from the
lScle To The Rue Royale, mp the
Champs Ely~ecs. and through The
|Tuilerips gardens.
Efforts TO Clear Way Fail.
French officers who had been caught
; up tn the human maelStrom saluted
I land then cndeayored 10 have the mob
give way. As if by common Impulse
lthe masses seemed to understand that
the great American general was in
danger, and with a craning Of heads
bad the screams Of women and chill
f drrn a slight rift was made directly
|nhead Of the car. Then boy less than
b snalls pace the car with fraItic
snorts edged along, inch by inch
The cheering was Indescrlbable
IAlong the boulevards the name Of Per
8shing was taken up by thousands who
)TObably did not know that Pershlng
was in their midst, and at one moment
n seemed that all Paris was shouting.
By this time the inside Of Pershing's
Near resembled flag shop. The chill
#dren who were raised over the heads
of the frantic pOpulacc tossed small
Znugs and flower, through the window
Hand the grownups tore the insignia
Ifrnm their coats and tossed II In. Gen
eral Pcrshlng was laughing hard aud
waving his hand back at the children,
Ebut SIN the flag and floral offering
\ poured IN until he was half buried be-
4 meath the bunting flags. buttons, in
sigma. and crushed blossoms.
Moves Inch by Inch.
Inch by inch the car moved and then
halted several minutes as the mob
surged back against IT. # was the cur
he had used over the battlefield OF
France and was built for rough usage
else II seems It must have crushed like
an egg smell.
Finally the car edged out OF the
Place de la COncorde into the Champs
Elysees. but still the mob, with hats
off, arms In air, and mouths wide open
shouting like mad, surged about him
1t was several minutes more before the
car could be extlcated and sen
blance Of road made.
Even then, as the car got away az
the great avenue toward the Arc dc
Tri0mph thousands ran after II. Al
Paris seemed 10 be rumbling with 4
mighty noise and over the mighty