Dover, Guns roared in salute on b battleship H.M.S. Rodney at 12 today as the vessel Cote d'Azur bearing the President of France and Mme. Albert Lebrun and his suite, ug tie French Foreign Minist Georges Bonnet, arrived here.
The Duke of Gloucester boarded the ship to welcome the French President while the British warships which es-carted the President lined up.
A crowd of several hundred was st hand to cheer the President when he landed at 1 p.m. He was received on the pier by the Marquess of Willingdon, Governor of the Cinque Ports, In a brief address to the Mayor of Dover, President Lebrun stressed the unforgettable souvenir left in the heart of every French citizen following the recent visit to France paid by the British Sovereigns.
"That visit contributed greatly to the tightening of the bonds of friendship and mutual sympathy uniting the two nations," the President added "I come today to bear testimony British soil to the French people's unanimous adherence to this close friendship which expresses the com munity of ideals in the two countries and serves the high interests peace."—Havas
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