The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . loud, where once had stood the favorite residence of Na-poleon, entered Versailles by the Avenue de Paris, a boulevard al-most 100 yards wide leading directly to the main entrance of thechateau. Beyond the enclosure reserved for the general public theypassed between stands erected for members of the Senate and theChamber of Deputies and then reached the doorway throughwhich the Paris mob of 1789, a momentous day in the French Revo-lution, broke into the
The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . loud, where once had stood the favorite residence of Na-poleon, entered Versailles by the Avenue de Paris, a boulevard al-most 100 yards wide leading directly to the main entrance of thechateau. Beyond the enclosure reserved for the general public theypassed between stands erected for members of the Senate and theChamber of Deputies and then reached the doorway throughwhich the Paris mob of 1789, a momentous day in the French Revo-lution, broke into the chateau, massacred the Swiss guards and com-pelled Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette to return to reach the Hall of Mirrors they traversed the state apartmentsonce occupied by the monarch and his queen. One of the earliest to arrive was Marshal Foch, amid a torrent ofcheering which broke out even louder a few minutes later whenPremier Clemenceau—for once with a smile on the Tigers face—wasseen through the windows of a French military car. To both, as 8 Versailles dispatch from Walter Duranty to The Times (New York). 346. 347 SKETCHES, PEACE TREATY, CHRONOLOGY to tlie otlier cliiefs, ineludins ])aid the honor of ])resentin,u; arms fromevery jioint around the courtyard. After tliem came other dip-lomats and soldiers, includinir Princes of India in jT:oranese in immaculate Western dress, Admirals, Arabs, and athousand and one picturesque uniforms of the French, British andColonial armies. Amid terrific enthusiasm a whole wa<2:on-load ofdoui^hboys, themselves yelling their heads off, drove up the sacredArea of Victory, swung around the Louis XIV statue, and went outby a side gateway, where other automobiles had gone after dei^osit-ing their passengers. Ten minutes later a camion laden with BritishTommies arrived and they, too, had a most cordial reception. All the diplomats who attended the ceremony wore conventionalcivilian clothes. There was marked lack of gol
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