People in the streets, jostling each other, started up conversations about] the brilliance and the significance of this auspicious occasion. All. realize' the dangers of the present time and the existing perils to European peace but many voice the opinion that peace would be firmly ensured if all could only see the scenes of enthusiasm in Paris today.
"Never have the two countries been [so closely united," commented a Parisian after be had read: the published speeches of the King and the President. To mark the occasion, the British and French national, anthems were sung in the streets, not altogether correctly but whole. heartedly.
'On the Champs' Elysees, the. statue of Georges Clemenceau, the "Tiger" of the world war period, now a symbol. of the Entente Cordiale, 1s, flood lit by three projectors. Its base is covered with a tricoloured cloth, The powerful lights casting their beams on the statue are so arranged that they brighten the body of the sculptural work, but leave the face in shadow.
'Around the' Are de Triomphe, clusters of lights reveal Union Jacks hanging partly in the shade, fluttering and scerning to float without support. Havas,
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