Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-21
FRENCH SENATE CREETs
PRESIDENT AT LUNCHEON
distinguished Company Assemblies to
Do Honor to American
Leader.
FEhICITATIoNs ARE EXCHANGED
air. Wilson Declares That the Peril
OF France Will BE the Peril OF
tho World, and That Both Must
Organize Against II.
IRy Associated Prcss-l

sl-S PAISlS, January 20-Prcsidcnt Will
sons guest of the French Senate at a
ssiuncheon to-day, delivered an address
s In reply to the greeting extended him
b in the name of tho Senate by Antonin
ssDubost. its president.
aS The Wilson party drove directly from
b the foreign office. where they had been
4 attending the meeting OF the supreme
council, to the Luxembourg Palace,
where the luncheon took place. The
President was accompanied by Premier
SClepenceau.
fasidcnt Poincare was one OF the
gueSts at the luncheon. as were all
the Wrench Cabinet members. the mem
bers of the Senate. Paul Dcschanel.
I the president OF tho Chamber of Depu-
ties, and Marshai Foch.
As resident Wilson as he arrived at the
IS l>uSsmoourS Paiacc, Was received with
Great :ra., ceremony sg The nspublican
I dr,rits and trumreis marked the
4 lreSidentS appearance. This WAS
y followed by the playing OF the Ameri-
y can national anthem
At The, entrance Of the palace Prcsi-
( dent, Wilson was met by Amtonin Du-
Il bost, the president OF the Senate and
escorted to the Salon dcs Conferences.
Why're the covers for the luncheon were
Picsident Dubost sat at the head of
3 The gable with, President Wilson at his
B I I,ffaf and President roincare at his
/ MANY ALLIED rnEMIEns
So "a. ATTEND LUNCHEON
{ s.S I, Mex! Next to Dresden. Wilson sat the
Czccho- Slovailia. while next TO Presi-
r dent Poincarc were the Prcmiersf of
Grsses: Serbia and china DEPOSITS sat
& ministers OF nations from all parts Of
the world.
s n1ssr1T,f or Two 61nNTRIEs y
addressing NJ. Dubost and President
&i,oinfare. President Wilson said in part:
Mr.. president of the Senate, MIR. Pres
idcnt of the Republic:
You have made me feel your vel
sScome in words as generous as they
aeSsfu e led mel 9sar YOU r haxf
May / not in turn call this company
a a, company of my friends. for every
fshaS been corroboratCd in every cir
cumstance of our visit to this coun-
Everywhere we have been vel
A,comed not only. but welcomed in the
spirit and with the same thought
he two countries came together in an
UNUSUAL ard Beautiful accord.
the GrE period has Of Psp
france thought us remote in comprc-
eiension and sympathy and | dare say
2 prehend as you comprehend, the dan
< ger In the presence Of which the world
y stood.
FL There was no timo when We did
f not know how near IT was. and fully
r. Newsstand. sir. that throughout these
E5rfyingsyea when Kind has wait
cd for the catastrophe, the anxiety of
SsFrance must have been the deepest and
most constant of all: for she did stand
ut the frontier of freedom. She had
carved out her own fortunes through
F. long period of earlier struggle She
had done great things in building up
S great new France.
Is And just across the border, separated
b from her only by few Notifications
and LITTLE country whose neutrality.
#it has turned out. the enemy did not
prospect, lay the shadow cast by the
cloud which cnvcloped Germany. the
S$cioud Of intrigue, the cloud Of dark
E purpose, the cloud Of sinister design
& This shadow lay at the very borders
OF France.
H SAYS THE Peril. OF FRANCE
WILL DE THE PERIL OF WORLD
There is a new awakened world
sE!t knows that its dearest interests are
S involved in is standing together for
X common purpose. 1t knows that the
s. peril OF France. If il continues. will
be the peril of the world. II knows
that not only France must organize
against this peril. but that the world
must organize against il.
81 The sum OF the whole matter is
Is that France has earned and has won
the brotherhood of ting. world. She has
the thoughts OF mankind and her
brothers everywhere, her brothers in
f. freedom, turn 10 her and center upon
{ her.
+ be. France is fortunate 10 have suf-
& fered. She is fortunate to have proved
b her mettle one of the champions OF
+ liberty, and she has tied to herself