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Paris to the foreign ministry on the
Quai D'Orsay, the visitors home dur
ing their four-day Paris stay.
ThrongS along the route, estimated
at more than 100000. shouted Long
live the King!" and Long live the
Queen" as the motor cars, surrounded
by mounted Spahis in brilliant red,
white and blue uniforms and repub-
lican guards in flashing gold helmets,
went by
Fifty thousand steel-helmeted troops
lined the route through Paris. Ten
thousand mobile guards, 10000 police
men and 10000 reserve officers worked
with the soldiers to make solid wall
Of protection for the British rulers.
Troops Line Route.
The troops, commanded by Gen.
CASTOR Billotte. military governor OF
the capital, included 20 infantry regi-
ments, cavalry regiments. several
battalions of Zouaves, African rifle
men and Moroccans. Detachments
from st. Cyr Military Academy
Frances West Point. and the naval
academy, also lined the route Of
march,
Twenty-Five thousand foreigners. in
Guiding more than 1000 Americans,
were questioned by police during the
morning in precautionary measures for
the visitors safety.
A police dirigible followed the royal
cortege from the station to the Ouai
D'Orsay, almost touching the roof
tops from which thousands watched
Thousands of American and British
tourists were in the cheering throngs
along the route.
The automobiles carrying the King
and Queen and the Lebruns were SO
surrounded by cavalrymen that few
Of the 100000 got even a glimpse
of their faces.
The Earl Of Halifax, Britains
foreign secretary, rode with Daladier,
and the two statesmen appeared to
be in earnest conversation even as
the procession started.
With Georges Bonnet, French
foreign minister, and Leslie Hore-
Belisha, British war secretary, they
will begin formal conversations in
tended to tighten the Anglo-French
alliance in the face of the solidarity
of Germany and Italy, whose rulers
conferred during similar visit of
state to Rome by Reichsfuehrer Hit
ler little more than two months ago.
A long schedule of public functions
is planned for the royal visit to France
and there will be behind-the-scenes
conferences of British and French
statesmen.
Viscount Halifax and Hore-Belisha
will talk with Premier Daladier and
Foreign Minister Bennett, their at
tention upon Central Europe, which
once again is considered the danger
spot of the continent.
This feeling centers about Czecho-
slovakias proposed nationality statute.
Its publication is expected this week,
containing the concessions the Czech
government is willing to make to its
clamoring Sudeten German minority
of 100000.
Spanish War Issue.
The Spanish Civil War, with efforts
for a settlement with Italy in the
Mediterranean, assumed almost equal
in the talks.
It was understood a recent secret
exchange of letters, between Premier
Daladier and Premier Chamberlain of
Britain, emphasized the general line of
the conversations, including an agree
ment upon strong action to prevent
conflict between Nazis and Czechs in
the event the Sudeten Germans de-
clare the minority laws unsatisfactory.
The military character of the visit
was indicated by the assignment of
crack French infantry regiment to
guard duty at the foreign ministry,
where King George and Queen Eliza
beth are to live during their four-day
stay. -
Each time t sovereigns enter or
leave the palace full battalion will
render . parade salute.