FESTIVITIES IN PARIS.
PARIS, July 13. "' It is estimated that there- are • siy million visitors in the city for the Victory Fetes, 1 which began to-day and were witnessed by eight million people. Marshals Joffre, Foch and Petain inaugurated the week's, festivities, attending military sports *in the Tuileries Gardens. Theno'o the-mar-shals proceeded to the Hotel de Ville, where they received Swords'of'Honour '
presented by the City of Paris. President Poincare presented to Marshal Foch a golden laurel wreath. Crowds thronged the boulevards, which were brilliantly illuminated in the evening. ' Hundreds of public dances y/ere'ar- • ranged in the street & r aacVSquares, thousands of people s'tajidg up all night to secure front places to view 'Monday's parade of the Allied troops. l A touching ceremony took place at the Arc do Tnomphe, where crowds gathered to place flowers ori tho cenotaph in memory of the dead. President Poincare presented to the City of Amiens the Cross of the Legion of Honour.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9658, 15 July 1919, Page 5
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