LATE M. DOUMER

Wairarapa Daily Times, 10 May 1932, Page 3

LATE M. DOUMER

FUNERAL ON THURSDAY. PARIS, Monday. Immediately after deatn, -Fresiaent Doumer’s bouy was transrerred in an ambulance to the Elysee, silent croAvaa baring tneir heads as it passed in tne grey dawn. The family and members of the Cabinet followed in other ears, ail in tears. A platoon of the Republican Guards presented arms as tne coffin Avas slcwly carried up the main steps, lined by the President’s military household in full dress uniform. * ■ Leave my husband until to-mor-row,” pleaded Madame Doumer. "YViuu her two daughters she is noiv Avatching the body lying on a brass heusteau, xu a green salon. The Avounds in the clu-eK are carefully hidden, and tne dead President’s face has regained its serenity. The remains AA'ill be placed in a coff.n on Monday, and taken to the Grand Salle des notes, wnero tney avm be placed on a catafalque with a background of tricolours. Here the public \\'ili be admitted to pay its last restarts. The Prince of Wales AA’ill represent the King and Queen of England at the State funeral of M. Doumer on 12th May.

The Archbishop of Paris Avill celebrate the Requiem Mass. The remains Avill be interred in the Pantheon. M. Tardieu Avill deliver the oration at the graveside. General Miller, the White Russian leader, declares that Gougouloff was an agent of the Russian secret service, and this Avas proved by the fact that he always had money. Mine. 'Gougouloff, hoAA’ever, states that her husband lived last year on lier doAA'ry of £320, plus £BO Avliich he earned. The -opinion, however, is groAving in France that Gougouloff in reality is a Bolshevik agent. M. Millerand, an exPresident, definitely states that Gougouloff is a Red Russian.