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V - . t - t i-1 The Weather Overcast and cooler Wednesday; Thursday unsettled. -' .. - PAGES TODAY ONE SECTION YOL.XOIX-KO. 209. f. f WIXMINGTON, N. O, AVED2TESDA.Y StORNTSTG, APRIL 25, 1917 V WHOLE U M. BER 39,928 OVtK Z,UUU CAPTURED WITHIN TWO DA YS BY THE BRITISH Tuesday's Fighting Not so Intense, Although Fierce Battles Con tinued to Rage GERMAN LINE DISORGANIZED Counter Attack Fails Near Arras. French Seize Four 105-Millimeter Howitzers SAMARA, IN TURKEY, TAKEN British Seize 16 Locomotives and 224 Railroad Cars .. V There -was a diminution in the intensity of the fighting between the British and German armies Tuesday, although battles of great fierceness continued at several points. In these, according to the British official communication, the advantage rested with Field Mar shal Haig's forces, x Southeast of Arras the British made progress between the Sensee river and Monchy le Preux, driv ing their lines to within a stone's throw of the villages of Fontaine les Croiselles and Cherisy and straightening out the sharp salient that had existed there. :. Germans Retreat In Disorder. Northeast of Arras in the Gavrelle sector the Germans threw a strong: f enunter attack ae-aicet the British, but f the British guns rakW I the German line and drove it hack In disorder, and played shells upon the men in their hurried retreat. Since Monday more than 2,000 Ger mans from numerous divisions have been made prisoner by the British and still others are awaiting transfer to the prisoner cages. Xo infantry attack has . developed from the artillery preparation the French have been making all along their front for several days. Tuesday the Germans were heavily bombarded on various sectors from St. Quentin to the Champagne. Among the booty captured by the French during the recent heavy engagements on the plateau of the Chemln-des-Dames, northeast of Solssons, are four of the famous 105 milimetre German howitz ers. These guns now have been brought into the French lines and doubtless soon will be used in the operations against their former owners. British. Capture Samara. General Maude's troons have cantur- d the railroad station of Samara, on me ngris river, some 75 miles north west of Bagdad, and with it 16 locomo tives and 224 railroad onrst TTonvv casualties were Inflicted by the British on the Turks and many prisoners were I !aken during the advance from Iztabl t to Samara. in Palestine the Turks apparently I Propose to make n. stnnrl n train at a. wther advance by the British through the Holv T.ani Austrian Portions Occupied. from Gorizia to the head of the wnatic sea violent artlllnrv iiaT ta Italians. At several nnlntu In this Kon during a let-up in the firing the wiians asked foth and by tre stripe. fcks occupied advanced Austrian po- S'tions and made prisoners of the -de- !n A i . " vailOV C u nan troP movements are be- "E earriprt nut ivi m. lt. e .. - JiuooiuiJ Willi IIIO 1U- naon of opening an offensive in this aittC suns nere are roaring In 1 m'&nty duel. Alone thf ontu. ir 3 i-- m . -'P'ocat bombardments are takinsr ptSSU'S FRIENDSHIP FOR ' A..IEKICA IS DEMONSTRATED Mi, nier MiJukoff and Mr. Ftudii Clan Hands at Pnbllc Meeting. Ipru?' , April 23, via Xondon, Professor aul N. na n, .:,,mmister of foreign affairs. --- V 111 l-f Francis. th Atnerirsn aor clasped hands on the plat- ' Ahvini)Ai. TT.I1 1 . . uma . xiau m tne cny .ill iPDia,, ' W1'lie an immense crowd So str V Jt thS flrSt IUbllC a er-, i of the friendship of Rus- le war Ut f America,s entry into The '-' i Society f S was arranged by the Sons bet r Promoting Friendly Rela- stitA- r "uaaia ana tne united rs saa- 'hhjib naa just conciuaea in which he declared that "S3ia tX-r, pace- uuuKing or a separate l"at militaHsm i d-odu i'nea and th , . - t uooia was I Titian,, "UC1 Ljr-ioving people or vwo.oon be freed as the Nmp I u Deen reed and that govt '.:,.., . 3 consent would be patnh. IVe ;"ougho"t the earth. The au h slMy. Bhiting Its approval of lor vi i 't exI)reBsed by the ambas- 5 front , T ieasor MllukofC reached ?'r ,1, arn ttom, the presiding Yi. tv, b aBpeQ tn Ambassadors ukoit c fl an aadross. Professor that w .!"08, ot face was noi areaming ULKMAIVS WATCHFUL WAITING WAS WISE POLICY Joseph H. Choate Lauds President for His Wisdom in Hesitat ing to Declare War GAINED NATION'S SUPPORT Associated Press, In Annual Meeting, Pieages Hearty Support to Wil- son in Effort to Carry Out Nation's Mandate. New York, April 24. Newspaper pub lishers from all parts of the country, assembled here today for the annual meetin gof the Associated Press, passed a resolution pledging their "hearty sup port of the effort of the executive of the government to carry out effectively the mandate of the nation," expressed in the war resolution passed by the Congress on April 6. This action was taken at a business session of the as sociation which followed a patriotic luncheon at which the Stars and Stripes, union jack and tri-color were raised and unfurled amid the cheers of members and while a chorus of 50 voices sang the National anthems of the United States, England and France. Heading at the luncheon of a tele gram from President Wilson, express ing regret that his duties prevented him from being present and exchanging with those assembled "the pledges of unquestioning loyalty and devotion to the people of the government not only but the cause of freedom everywhere," was followed by prolonged applaupe. Jos. H. Choate and former Judge Peter S. Grosscu-p- were the principal:-speak ers. Frank B..Noyes, president of the association, was toastm aster. The room in which the luncheon was held was decorated with the National colors and behind the toastmaster was the presidential flag and a miniature statue of liberty. Soon after the guests were seated the lights were turned off, while four marines hoisted the flags of the United States, Great Britain and France to masts so constructed that compressed air kept the colors of the three allies waving. "The Star Span gled Banner," was sung by the mem bers, and this was followed by "God Save the King," and the "Marseillaise." Mr. Choate was warmly applaucTed when he declared that he believed "the spirit or Abraham Lincoln has led us into Jthis war." He pictured President "Wilson "as our chosen leader" and urg ed all to stand by him. "If Lincoln were here, today," said Mr. Choate, "his prayer would be verified and glorified into the prayer that all civilized na tions shall now have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people and for the peo ple, shall not perish from any portion of the earth. Now I think it is not dif ficult to understand what this war is. It is a war for the preservation of free government throughout the civilized world. And I believe that I may in clude in. that -not only free government of the allied nations and the neutral nations, but of Germany itself." "Some of us in the past have criti cised the President," Mr. Choate con tinued. "Some of us have long hesi tated and doubted; some of us thought that watchful waiting would never cease, but now we see what the Presi dent was waiting for and how wisely he waited. He was waiting to see how (Continued on Page Two). GOVERNMENT TO PUSH HOUSTON'S FOOD PLAI Entire Weight of Administration to be Thrown Behind It President and Cabinet Take Up Qnes- tion of Increase Conditions Critical In Several Entente Countries , Washington, April 24. Food condi tions in several of the nations of the entente alliance have been reported to the American government as" criti cal and as a result President Wilson and his advisers at today's cabinet meeting concentrated their intention upon what is being done toincrease the food supply of the United States, and provide additional ships to carry pro duce to Europe. ; The question of supplying- food, money and ships, will play a very Im portant part in conferences between American officials and members of the British and French commissions. The President sketched briefly to his cabi net today the information already re ceived .from -Foreign Minister Balfour, of Great Britain. Afterwards ; it be came evident that movements alrtftdy well under .way to better food and shipping conditions will be speeded up. The entire weight of . the adminiatra- (Continued on. Page Two). f . . " 40 GERM All FLIERS BY Brilliant Battles Take Place in Cloudless Sky Fifteen Thous and Feet From Ground ONLY 2 BRITISH MISSING German Troop Trains Attacked and Transport Columns on i Roads Disorganized From. a Staff Correspondent of the Associated Press, with the British Armies in France, via London, April 24. The intensely bitter ground fight ing of the last two days has been re flected in the air and the British Roy al flying corps yesterday established a new record by bringing down forty German' machines. Fifteen of these were actually seen to crasn, while ss collapsed or fell in spinning nose dives, completely out of control. The fights took place 15,000 feet in the air, from what distance it is bar ely possible to see the ground, and wholly impossible to see an adversary crash, unless the pilot deliberately fol lows down. Such a course is not feas ible where the fighting has taken on the character of general melee, as it nowadays often is the case. A re markable part of yesterday's perform ance is that only two British machines are missing; j It was the finest day for war flying that the young khaki pilots ever had, and today they have been at it again since sunrise, but the full reports of their exploits are not yet in.: Baloon Destroyed in Hangar. One intrepid young flier failing- to find a single German observation ba loon aloft, sought out one in its han gar on the ground, dived at it and set the big gas bag ablaze JTronx. stem to-alern. .. - Since, Sunday the British airmen have been . revelling in weather they have long desired. Not a cloud was in the sky today,, behind which a Ger man could find shelter. Deprived of that means of "digging themselves in," the German fliers were far scarcer than usual and .veryj difficult , to find. British machines were everywhere along the battle front and far behind the German lines. Bombing raids were carried out 45 miles back, the ma chines deliberately flying over ground where battles were raging, with the greatest fury. German Troop Trains Attacked. German trains rushing reinforce ments to the front were attacked an& transport columns on the roads were bombed and completely disorganized In several instances the British ma chines came low over the fighting lines and poured machine gun fire into the German ranks. in doing tnis, ma chines have deliberately crossed the fireof their own as well as the enemy's guns. j ' ' . Yesterday one British pilot, after bringing down two Germans and with all hisi ammunition gone, descended, reloaded, filled up his petrol tanks and took to the air again.; Within half an hour he had brought down his third machine for that day. Another pilot felled two machines, j while the other 35 were divided among a similar num ber of British pilots. I Battle - Lasts An Hour. The greatest fight yesterday was a drawn battle. One of the British pilots met a brilliant German flier and for a full hour they maneuvered in a most marvelous manner without either be ing able to bring his gun to bear on the other. They rolled, looped, twist- (Continued on Page Two). BULGARIAN SOCIALISTS SEND CONGRATULATIONS Hope New Russian Regime Will Take Steps for Peace v Telegram From Brussels Indicates Dispatch of More "Peace Mis sionaries" to Russia Through Germany . Copenhagen, April 2 (via London). The Danish social democratic party has received from the Bulgarian social la bor party for transmission to N. C. Tcheldse, socialist member of the Rus sian duma, andA. F. Kerensky, Russian minister; of Justice, a message of con gratulation to the Russian working cdasses on the results of the revolution.' The message expressed the hope that the new regime, with the support of the Russian working classes, will . Im mediately take steps to open the way tor the eagerly desired peace. The dispatch of further delegations "of peace missionaries" to Russia by Germany -is indicated by a telegram signed by -Romanoff : and ,Tatarinoff, two " socialist members of the second duma, who, were caught- in Brussels by the German invasion, and transmit ted through : the Danish social demo cratic -party, asking Tcheldse and Min ister Kerensky, to obtain permission for C-'. -i (Continued, on Iage ;.'Xw).;Vi V1 BROUGHT BRITISH ROW MAMIES TWO BILLIONS III BONDS PROPOSED ftS FIRST OFFER Will be MadevUnder $7,000,000,000 War Revenue Law, Accord- r ing to Tentative Plans MAY BE IN INSTALLMENTS Wpuld be Followed by Second Is sue in Few Months and Pos sibly a Third Thereafter Washington, , Aiprll 24. Tentative plans under consideration by adminis tration officials, call for "the Issuance of $2,000,000,000 in bonds as the .first public offering under the $7,000,000,000 war revenue law, signed by President Wilson, to be followed by a second issue in from four to. six months and pos sibly a third thereafter. While the whole program is subject to revision, it is" understood that offi cials also are seriously considering the advisability of collecting the proceeds of the first issue in Installments, thirty days apart and lasting over a period of from four to six months. ' Should the first issue of $2,000,000.0,00 and the installment feature -oe adopt ed, it is likely that subscribers will be given four months in which to pay for the bonds. This would bring revenue into the Treasury at the rate of $500, 000,000 a month,iample, It is, believed from preliminary estimations', to meet the needs of the allies in this country, as well as American military and nav al expenses untlL. the new taxation measure should begin to produce reve nue. "-V X Indications are that - the first issue will be divided-among. Great 'Britain, France, Russia and Italy, and hat some portion of it will ie reserved fpr Am erican military heeds, the big propor tion, however, going to the allies. In this connectjv ,lfclwas pohvted out tonight that virtually " the entire loan to the allies will be spent in this coun try for food stuffs, munitions and other supplies.-, ' . 4 The subject will be discussed 'in con, ference tomorrow among Secretary Mc Adoo and Federal t Reserve Board offi cials and Lord Cunllffe, of the British commission. Lord Cunl iff e will be thu guest of the board tomorrow at a lun cheon which probably will develop Into a conference concerning the details of the proposed loan to Great Britain. It is also likely that Lord Cunliffe will confer with Secretary McAdoo during the day. ' In finally determining the amount oi the first b4nd Issue the government will be guided largely by what Nthe repre sentatives of the chief Entente govern ments indicate as their pressing needs. Italy, it is said. Is especially desirous of being among the first considered, as her needs are understood to be press ing at the moment. Subscriptions to the first offering made under the $7,000,000,000 measur-j $200,000,000 in Treasury certificates of indebtedness expiring June 30 have passed the $250,000,000 mark, resulting in a decision by Secretary McAdoo, an nounced today ,to increase the issue, to $250,000,000. The proceeds will be called for tomorrow. Subscription books were closed at 10 a. m. today by the Federal Reserve banks. v As ex pected, the New York Reserve bank leads all others in the amount sub scribed. Announcement by reserve dis tricts of the amount subscribed to this issue probably will be made tomorrow. Annapolis, Md., Aptil 24. The board of visitors to the Naval Academy, which is conducting the annual inspec tion today, elected Dr. Edwin A. Alder man, president of the University of Virginia, chairman. . TANKS' OFTEn PRECEDE THE BRITISH ATTACKS Masses 6f Shells of All Descrip tions Hurled at Germans ; German Official War Statement Tells ot Second Great Thrust Blade by the British Monday in the Arras Battle. Berlin. ; April 24. Tho German om cial statement today follows: "Army group of Crown Prince Rup precht: On the Arras battlefield Brit ish, troops standing, on French ' terri tory yesterday delivered a second great thrust to break through the - German lines. The heaviest batteries for days have been hurling masses ofTehells of every description against our positions. Early Monday morning .' the artillery battle Increased , to very strong drum fire. Soon afterwards British attacking troopa, often preceded by their tanks, Ubroke forward on -a front of 30' kilo metres to the attack behind this wail of fire. k ': "Our destructive fire received them and in .many places forced them " to withdraw with heavy losses." At oth er .'points the battle.; ebbed and .flowed with- great,; bitterness.; Wherever the k , ' (Continued on, Page Twelve.) . v FRENCH HAMPTON WASHING TON ABOARD MA FINAL RECEPTION Ml. British Statesmen Entertained by Secretary Lansing at Pan American Building GREET FRENCHMEN TODAY Pending Their Arrival, the British Commissioners Have Only Held in- t formal Conferences Concerning: -Wir Problems. Washington, April ' 24. A reception given at the Pan-American building to night by Secretary Lansing in honor, of Foreign Minister Balfour, brought to a close the series of official entertain ments marking the welcome of Great Britain's", war commissioners to the United States. President Wilson and all the cabinet- officers attended, while members of Congress and scores of the. higher officials of the government came to meet the distinguished foreigners. Informal conferences have been held during the past two days and some of the serious business for which the visi tors crossed the Atlantic has been tak en up, but the formal discussion of the part the United States may play in the war against Germany will begin only with : the , arrival tomorrow of the French commission, which reached Hampton, Roads today. The British representatives i desire to -work in. the closest harmony 'with the- French, con sequently most of the great questions to be , discussed await the - coming of Vice Premier Viviani, Marshal 'Joffre -J ahajthefrasswiates Other Cabinet .Members Entertain - Before the. reception tonight, the din lomatic; members of the British corfl mission were entertained bys Secretary Baker ; the naval officers by Secretary Daniels, and the financiers by Secretary McAdoo. - ; Mr. Balfour and his assistants held important conferences during the day over the task -ahead of Hhem. . The amount of work to be done has proved a surprise to the British officials, as American administrative officers in all departments have requested informa tion that will require time to assemble for submission. In a sense the British will present,-' not so much their , own particular sit uation, as that of the whole Entente, alliance. The allied interests in 'all lines have been . so generally pooled that it has been found impossible to deal in the affairs of one nation alone. England, for example, has very large ly supplied some of her allies with possible to go. into her financial or ship-, ping situation without examining their reflex on the other co-operating na tions.'; " . ; i , - . I J; - ; England's Mistakes Explained. The mistakes that England made in a military way early in the war were explained today " by Lieutenant Qen eral Bridges, veteran of nine wars, and the first British officer to meet the Germa'ns. The volunteer - system, he said,. had cost England thousands of her best lives, demoralized her whole in dustrial mobilization, and-set the coun try back immeasurably - in' the prosecution- of the war. Now, he added, conscription had come to.be regarded with almost- fanatical devotion by the people as the only democratic way of distributing the duties of the war and allowing a scientific marshalling of the nation's resources. . i. - Receive Freach Party Today. Tomorrow is expected to be devoted laro-eiv tn crreetiner tne iTencn com-! missioners, who are due. at 12:00 p. m. Mr. Balfour, after a morning at his of fice finishing the co-ordinating of the work, expects to be on hand to welcome the French leaders and to leave the rest of his day largely, at their dis posal. Miss Jcannette Rankin,, representa tive in Congress from Montana, was -the only woman present at Secretary Lan (Continued on Page Two);.' Family of the Kaiser Exerting Pressure On Him to Abdicate?- Rome, via Paris, April' 24. The Corriere d'ltalia declares that it is able to confirm .reports published in , the Spanish - newspapers . that the immediate family of the German Emperor is exerting- pressure on him to abdicate. The paper says that' at a recent meeting of the Hohenzollern family, one member, bolder than, the rest, intimated that the Emperor might save the situa tion -by following tne example of Emperor Nicholas. ; The ; German monarch - Is reported to have -turned pale, and, after observing .that the general ' opinion k was against him, left the .. room, muttering, "We shali see." The . same evening he summoned another family council. The ' chancellor and : some .of v the ministers were present, - but what passed remains- unknown. ' " : " ' Little importance- is attached to this-' story in Italian political eir 'oies..' In "these, 'quarter-It is'thought "that the' story has a 'German . origin and putout wltl. the intention of infraenclrtiT omldn COMMISSION ARRIVES AT ROADS AND STARTS FOR EX-PREMIER VIVIANI ; -iff vac 4 L Former Premier Viviani, ' of France, heads the French delegation to the Anglo-French-American. War Confer ence - in Washington. With General Joffre and other5 representatives of tlie French government," he- arrived in Am erica Tuesday. . - ' tWiU FArsV $Qa Atifiot zthe' En Jtente .Governments . Tjnder : New War Finance Law LIKELY TO BE MADE TODAY McAdoo" Will Call' Upon' Reserve Bank This Morning- for. Proceeds From the Issne -of $250)00,000 ' Treasury Certificates. J.; Washington, : April; 24. The United States will' lend Great Britain $200,000, 000,. probably'" tomorrow, as the first loan to any ot - tne isntente : govern- j ments uhfler :- the- ,$7,000,000000 war finance' law signed today by President Wilson. f The money., for this loan will be available but ' of the- proceeds of the 250,000,000 of Treasury certificate's of indebtedness, due June ' 30, arid just placed with the banks of the country through tie Federal Reserve board. Secretary ' McAdoo -jvill call for the I proceeds of this issue! tomorrow, mcrn - ing and as soon as; th money is de- - , . - posited in the Various Federal Reserve banks it will be available for the gov - ernment's purposes. vThe British lean Will be made as soon thereafter as the necessary formalities of transfer can be" completed. ... The United States probably will take some other temoorarv form of seeiirltv some other temporary form of security. J pendin the arrival of the bonds. Final negotiations for the loan were complet ed today at conference participated in by Secretary McAdoo, Lord Cunliffe, governor of the Bank of England; Pierre. Jay, of the New York Federal Reserve. Bank; -Treasury Department, Federal Reserve Board and British em bassy officials. Official announcement of the loan is expected within 24 nours. The loan Is not intended to 'over Great Britain's full share of the $3, 000,000,000 intended for the Allies, but is designed to meet England r imme diate and pressing financial needs. A somewhat similar loan may be made to Italy. - - ... IMPOSSIBLE THAT RUSSIA WILL MAKB separate peace Count Hya Tolstoy Delivers Message to New York Legislature., . Albany, N. T., April 24. "American public Opinion may be assured of the impossibility of a separate peace be tween Russia and Germany. All class es of Russia share In this' opinion." This was the message delivered today to the legislature by Count Ilya Tol stoy, .son. of Leo Tolstoy, the famous Russian novelist.. The message, which he read, was received by cable yester day 'from Prince Lvoff, at Petrograd. Count Tolstoy, who was Governor Whitman's guest at luncheon, was ac corded the privileges of the floor in both houses. , ; . : PASSENGER STEAMER AFITIB ' OFF COAST OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco, Cal., April . 24. The steamer Coronado, a paseengor-carry-lng wooden vessel, Is aflrooff,tho Cali fornia coast, according to aa "3. O. S." message picked . up at a radio et&tlon here' tonight. ' The . Coronado was en rout from Gray's . Harbor, Wain.; to Los Angeles, California. ; la.;. 4 ENGLAHD W!LL GET YFLOWER MINISTER VIVIAfJI HEADS THE PARTY Commissioners Clothed With Un limited Powers to Discuss All Subjects of Wat GEN. JOFFRE IS A MEMBER Will Indicate to American Officials Why Sending ot Expeditionary Force to France Would Be -Advisable. ' Fortress Monroe, Va., April 24. France's war commissioners . ' to , the United Ctates reached Hampton Roads today, and tonight they are bound up Chesapeake Bay for Washington on the Presidential yacht Mayflower. , The mission, of which Rene Viviani, vice-premier and minister of Justice, is the. officfial head and Marshal Joffre a- member, brings no written instruc tions from the French government, the ministry having decided to give its members unlimited powers to negoti ate, with the United States on all sub jects military, naval . and financial. It is. prepared to discuss the sending of an American expeditionary force to France. Marshal Joffre and other mll itarymembers will indicate, to the Am erican officials, with whom they are to confer, several important military reasons which they-; consider render the sending of "such a force advisable. The most important of these reasons is found in the morel effect to be. had from the presence of American iToops and the American flag o th baCUo- -field of'rSh-eev-f .' f -' - ' ' -Plan tor - Overseas Traaiiporta. 1 The French idea of an American ex pedition calls for a fighting force sup ported by auxiliary services, such as railway staffs, railway material, base repair shops, telegraph and telephone lines, automobile transport : and a strong 1 aviation section. The French government is readyto offer whatever may be considered necessary to assist In sea operations, including 'the use for naval purposes of any or all ports in France. The ministry of marine has worked outfor submission to the Am erican government a comprehensive plan for overseas transports, for both army 'and navy purposes and for the provisioning of the civil population. .Financially France needs loans of $100,000,000 monthly to be spent In the United States. Detailed" official in formation on this subject will be sub mitted 'to the Americaji government at the conferences to be held in Wash ington. First Word For the President. Mr. Viviani as official head of the commission during his stay, here, gave the following statement to. a staff correspondent of TheAssociated Press, i who accompanied the mission from France: " "Every American will understand that in deference to . the illustrious President of the United States, . who I am going to see very soon, I reserve first word for him. I will have oc- i casion- to see you. again and tell the American nation, -through t you. In a more complete manner, the emotions wIth which v the representatives ! of France greet in the name of their country, the first democracy of the .world, with which France shares the same ideals. (Signed) "VIVIANL" , Hove in Sight nt Daylight. . The members of the commission got 1 lnelr nrst -giunpce 01 me snores ot . Amerlca at daylight this morning. 'Am. erican naval officials aboard a flotilla of destroyers, met the former French passenger liner which brought the visitors over, and their convoy at .11 o'clock last night about 100 miles at sea. ' .. :"!"'- - - The French and American vessels ex changed signals and then all continued toward the Virginia capes. Not a light was showing at any time during the maneuver and the vessels knew of each other only by the phosphorence kieked up by the propellers. At dawn the flotilla and its guests fell in by rendezvous with an American cruiser which led the way into the great har bor of Hampton Roads. All the mem bers of the commission were on the bridge of their boat with the French admiral commanding, shortly after five o'clock, to see the entrance. ", The,, day was magmncent, wnn naraiy a nppie disturbing the broad expanse of water. As the' Roads came Into view, Marshal Joffre turned to an American naval officer, serving as pilot, and said: "What a wonderful scene;' I love this sunshine. It reminds me of my , own country the south of France." - French .Tri-Color Hoisted. Once Inside the harbor the American destroyers slipped away to their an chorages. . Meanwhile every American ship in the harbor hoisted to their mastheads the French tri-color, and the band of a warship played the 'Star Spangled Banner." Marshal. Joffre and the military and naval members stood, at salute until the last note had float ed across the water, while the civilian members stood vith bared heads. Im mediately after came the French" na tional anthem, which was saluted In a similar manner. i . The ship bearing the mission drop-, ped anehor oft Fortress "Monroe, ; while the 'convoy steamed several miles fur?" thsr on. "-.. y-; . Oonoral .Vlginal, the . military , and , (Continued , on Page Tvp).'. li li pi t'J r V : $1 'i i.. " m - ; i: