Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-16
SUNDAY IN PARIS



In ths meantime al the residents Of
P1-ES- apparently had armed cut in
t1s Aop~e o. getting . glimpse Of The
FrsSlosEc- /. was remarked that the
wilson tZcs vas continual for tie Sua
broke through the narky clouds for the
first tine IN days and began TO dry NJ
the muddy streets TIE s1a L. up TIA
city = I'll is .rtssriag banners and
lass To foreIgz observer Il appeared
tsat everyone Il Paris was o. The tc1se-
wards Ths-e vas 10 space wAa.ev<
o. The sidewalks A great crowd GATE
cred Il the Place de u Concord before
the headquarters az the American mis-
SION TIE crowd damned about the
doors and took keen interest N ever
American passing II and ont The most
-Eco1ss9UslE1aI Gt-acha carrying osEcsai
Papers vas surrounded and carefully
inspected by a6Eiriag Frszch Esa AMI
woEs2- american armE automobiles
were surrounded and caesred Whenever
they STEPPED AT one needed. APPARENT
~. 10 = taken into the heart ot the
crowd was Just 10 LOOK Ike an Amer
car Eve-y SORT % conveyance was cat
O tA= hoGseva-5s o. the park. each
earring in5tve5caI cheering groups
TaNeahs carried crowds % American
soldiers and sysn tie cd o1e-horss
chzEse again Egs dang Gegy- The pa
r11tEg happy crowds sru7 cketi Of River
Size Drive o. : Sunday afternoon. while
d. wide spaces ana tae parks gave inst
: touch q Washington DOUBTLESS shs
dan - -
members az 1he American mission
doubtless te.- the deeper significance os
11s day Henry White. former Amsri-
ca AMBASSADOR here and now : mem
. hs- Of the American peace mission.
WHO 11s k-owl Paris through ,ons res
11slce here. sal THAI seldom mad King
Emperor o. foreign disaltary ever re-
c@L.e1 s--.a l welcome Is that extended
President wilson. TIE Significance felt
~ The members az the American mis-
sion wSs .hac the French people seemed
70 g wholly !. sympathy Win the
Presidents purposes TIE members u
t1e American mission zov are deyotIr =
their tine 20 getting themselves settle |
a1d 60 orEa1Iziug Tor their work Il :
osl4sve'' E1ae two weeks will De taken
Up tor informal conferences because the
waE gA.aEs arr now i would be tr1pos-
sioi= 10 do any business The-e are o.
tsces 70 De arranged personal affairs
slaughtered cut meeting places 1xei
a1t tie general ar-aay e-ants atsen<ta1.
o. an affair % this kind must be per
fsctei- Ore Of the r-1sE important ar
ar ge-ls-ts 70 h perfected IS nat re-
under way. L concerns Organize I
-rsarS ~ r-1lAI1- -u1-.c the -eert ~ tla
preliminary a-va1gs-s-ts as vel as Of
cee meetings u the -rLsslo, when sasy
geE 1EgGe- WY CcIoas, House aIsI
Cs--Ee CreeI Chairman az the commit
Ce~ ot public Information. coztecre
w.-1 ne President Today Meanwhile =
small army u reporters IS here tryin :
60 %. the news home in the usual
American way. whEcl IS strange in
E-s.s 10 say the .eas. Sore America q
army ot1ct2,s who are attached Is tn
MISSION sen, 70 have acquired the for
4gE style az dealing w.C1 newspaper
ceres -a5n1e1ts w1icA II ire Unite |
safes : usually described as '"rs /
clPe- Nevertheless lie co--ssE'o- i'd an s
are s2e- Ing their Efforts Ii c-<antzjrg :
ccl-Eeis wtjch Will AXE typicaIry
American newspaper s-orses 1o,r= to
America the American wa