Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-24
GUNS OF PARIS ROAR
AS GERMANS ACCEPT
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from Versailles until shortly after
p. m.
Yankees Get First News
telephone message from Ver-
sailles then announced the arrival
of the German reply, which. it was
known to a few of the initiated. was
favorable. The first definite an
nouncement, however, was made to
American correspondents at the
French press headquarters at Quai
d'Orsay at 4.50 o'clock, 1t being stat
ed that an affirmative reply had been
delivered to Colonel Henry, liason
officer between the Germans and the
Peace Conference, who was bringing
it to Paris by automobile.
1t was not long after the reply had
been received and opened before the
Supreme Council that guns began to
boom from the forts around Paris
and rejoicing crowds began to stream
through the streets, having been ap-
prised by the sound of cannon that
the Germans had accepted the Allied
terms. Allied flags were flung out
from windows Automobiles, loaded
with cheering doughboys and excit-
ed poilus dashed through the
Ithoroughfares. Church bells through
out the city were pealing every
where, and cheering, animated
throngs gave evidence of the joy
with which the Partisan crowds well
coined the end of the long years of
agony and tension.
Paris Bent OH Demonstration
The celebration soon assumed
more tumultuous character and by
s o'clock last evening Paris seemed
tf,er
demonstration of joy. Bands of
students had taken possession of the
German trophy cannons, ranged on
either side of Champs Elysees from
the Arch of Triumph to Place de
la Concorde, and were. dragging
them in a procession through the
city, each cannon carrying it's bur-
den of cheering youths. Special
editions of newspapers, with huge
captions: Peace Has Come" were
snatched from news sellers by ex-
cited Parisians going home from
work. r..'
! Plans for the ceremony attending
the signature of the treaty were con-
sidered by the Supreme Council to-
day. 1t is known that President
Wilson favors making it as simple
ls is consistent with the nature of
| the event, and the original plans
! LOT lIlS SOhSluoiOh VI .bliC oSSohN
peace of Versailles" have been ma
teriaily modified at his suggestion.
Will Sit on Raised Dais
The plenipotentiaries will be seat
ed on a raised dais in the center of
the vast Hall of Mirrors in the Cha
teau of Versailles, upon which will
be installed the table upon which
the treaty will be signed. The pro-
gram does not contemplate any set
! i 4 L,,N IL -. IL 1, ,,S
both Premier Clemenceau and the
/ leading German delegate may make
short speeches. The delegations will
come to the table when called upon
! by Secretary Paul Dutasta to af-
| fix their signatures opposite the
seals which will prior to the event
be fixed to the instrument.
| The announcement of Germany's
acceptance of the treaty has thrown
the Hotel De Crillon, American
headquarters, into wild confusion.
Because of the uncertainty as to the
date on which the treaty will be
signed, experts, officers and clerks
who will return on the George Wash
| ington with President Wilson have
been ordered to be ready to. leave
on Tuesday night Consequently,
trunks, book cases and military
! bags were to-day tumbled into the
corridors in great disorder and
American, soldiers rushed about in
an effort to get baggage to stations
as quickly as possible so that the
personnel of the mission might be
ready to leave at once, should the
treaty be signed on Tuesday. q"
High carnival reigned in the
Boulevards until late at night and
scenes enacted at the time of the
armistice were repeated and, indeed
intensified. Dense throngs swayed
back and forth shouting, singing and
waving flags. Auto trucks loaded
with American soldiers armed with
every noise-producing element
threaded their way through the
masses.
Women Weep in Crowds
From the windows of packed cafes
floated patriotic strains, the orches-
tras playing tirelessly, urged on by
the reVelers. Women in mourning
to whom the official end of the war
brought rememb brances of those to
whom the struggle had brought but
wooden crosses, were observed here
and there in the noisy crowds, weep
ing silently. ..
London. June "a News of the
German Governments agreement to
triotic demonstrations throughout
Germany. the Exchange ,Teiegraph's
Copenhagen correspondent reports.
In Berlin. Munich and other large
cities, the dispatch says, professions
formed and marched along the prin-
cipal streets, the participants sing
ing war songs and cheering the gem
erals of the old empire.
The officers association, it is
added, has asked the Dutch Govern
ment not to deliver the former Ger
man emperor to the allies. In tel
egram, officers of the association
said: I'VE can protect the kaiser with
our bodies but we rely upon the gen.
erosity of the Dutch people"
Celebrations over the German de-
cision to sign the treaty of peace
without reservations were nowhere
more enthusiastic than at Lille and
other cities and towns in territory
wrested from the Germans News
papers printed special decked edi-
tions, cheering crowds paraded
the streets and the houses were
decked with allied flags. At Toulon.
Brest and other naval ports warships
announced the news to the people by
firing salutes of twenty-one guns.
In all the cities government buildings
were illuminated.
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