Communists Arrested by Police in Oriler to Avert Trouble Paris, Sept, 12.
The elaborate preparations for the reception of the American Legion include a great banquet on September 19, after the march-past, which 2,000 American ex-soldiers and a similar number of their French comrades will be the guests fof the Government, The problem of providing accommodation for so many has been solved by a decision to roof over the great courtyard of the Invalides, in which dining tables boifets and kitchens will be me stalled.—Reuter.
New York, Sept, 12.
Escorted the nea by Naval airships, amid cheers, fug-waving and the music of military bands, 'America's greatest wartime frane sport, the str. Leviathan, left, New York' for France to-day with the last contingent of the American Legion, headed by General Pershing,' bound for Paris for the Legion's National Convention.
The Leviathun is the Inst of 27 ships, which have carried altogether 18,223 American ex-soldiers and their families to attend the Convention.
Great preparations have been made for the reception of thoss attending the Convention in Par including the arrest of many communists, who, it was feared, might on the ecasion arrangements bourg, including a civic reception to the party on board the str, Leviathan, Meanwhile P is communists have interfere with the reh past on Septent= fie themselves demonstrations in the suburbs.
Reuter,
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