The sun., 1918-12-16


each carrying Individual cheering
groups Taxicabs carried crowds OF
American soldiers, and even the old
one horse chaise again was doing duty.
The parading, happy crowds
smacked of Riverside Drive on a sun
day afternoon, while the wide spaces
and the parks gave just touch CT
Washington. Doubtless the President
felt at home. But all the members ~
/ the American mission doubtless felt
the deeper Significance Of the day.
All France Sympathetic.
Henry White, former American AM
bassador here and now n member OF
the American peace mission, who has
known Paris through long residence
here, said that seldom had King. EN-
peror or foreign dignitary ever re-
/ ceived such welcome as that extended
| President Wilson.
| The special significance felt BY the
! members OF the American mission was
that the French people seemed to be
wholly in sympathy with the Presi-
! dents purposes.
Premier Clemenceaii arrived at tho
! Murat residence at o'clock this eve
ming and was received Immediately by
| President Wilson. The French leader
went by automobile to the Presidents
| house a hnif hour after Col. House had
called.
After comforting with Premier Glenn
| enCeau President Wilson had long
| talk with Herbert G. Hoover the
American Food Administrator. who
gave him the latest information on
food condit.eas in Germany.
The members OF the American mis-
sion now are devoting their time to
getting themselves settled and TO or
guniz;ng FOR their work IL is be-
lieved fortunate that the next two
weeks will be taken up by informal
conferences, because the way things
are now 1t would be virtually impos-
sble to do any business. There are
offices to be arranged, personal affairs
straighteped out meeting places fixed
ana the general arrangements at
tcndant on an AFFAIR OF this kind must
be perfected.
One Of the most important arrange
nlcnts to be perfected is not yet under
way 1t concerns organized means for
making public the news Of the prelim-
| mary arrangements as we'll as OF the
meetings of the mission when they get
under way. Col. House and George
Creel, chairman OF the Committee OF
Public Information, conferred on the
subject with the President to-day.
Army of Reporters Ready.
! Meanwhile q small army of reporters
is here trying 10 get the news home
In the usual American way, which Is
strange in Paris to say the least.
Some American army officials who
ere attached to the mission seem 20
have acquired the foreign style OF
dealing with newspaper correspon-
dents. which in the United States is
usually described as red tape"
Nevertheless. the correspondents are
spe nding their efforts in organizing
channels which will take typically
American newspaper stories home to
America In the American way.
K, Thousands of names have been In
scrfbed on the great visitors hook in
the entrance of the Murat mansion.
Not only have all the prominent men
OF the official world called and signed
the book but also the leaders OF So
clety. The name O3 scarcely any
| Prince, Duke or Marquis is absent.
Side by side with the names OF emf
nent men OF science and art are the
names OF humber persons. Among
the names are those OF Cardinal
Annette. the Archbishop OF Paris. and
the japanese Ambassador, Keishiro
Matsui.
Paris newspapers, in discussing this
afternoon the Sunday activities OF
President Wilson. note that he Joined
vigorously in the singing at the Amer
lean Presbyterian Church. The Pres
ident wore a black morning coat, gray
trousers and a high hat.
One of the Paris reporters war
struck by the fact that he did not take
a seat in the first row of pews, but
sat in the eighth row. Another re-
porter notes that the President paid
great attention to the preachers dis
course.
The Temps says that he wore the
same air OF serenity as on his arrival
on Saturday. mot severity as we mis-.
printed yesterday"
The city probably was more brill
iantly illuminated last night than ever
before. Electrical devices erected in
honor OF President Wilson blazed in
all parts OF the capital. The words
"Vive Wilson," outlined in electric
lights. were displayed at many van
tage points, while the coat of arms OF
the United States frequently was seen
outlined in red, white and blue.
The exterior OF the Chamber OF
Deputies was outlined in lights. The
headquarters of the American peace
delegation was lighted with a huge
electric sign bearing the motto "E
Pluribus Unum." The building occu-
pied by the American Red Cross was
ablaze with lights and a huge illumi-
mated sign stretching across the Rue
Royale from the French Naval Build
ing to the peace mission headquarters
bore the slogan give Wilson"
The immense searchlght on the
Eiffel Tower, heretofore used ir
, searching the sky for raiding aircraft
radiated over the city carrying a mes
sage OF peace. All public buildings
and monuments were lighted brill
iantly.
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