FRENCH DELEGATION
VISIT TO AMERICAN HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
(Received May i, 12.30-p.m.)
WASHINGTON,.3rd May. General Joffre and M. Viviani were riotously greeted ,on their.,visit to the, House of Representatives. •
M. Viviani, speaking in French, thanked the House for the warmth of its welcome, and paid a tribute to _ the leadership of President Wilson. He concluded, "Vive I'Amerique! " General Joffre bowed repeatedly. - The Speaker led the applause, and caused some amusement by refraining from pronouncing the' visitors' difficult names.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 106, 4 May 1917, Page 8
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