The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 30, 1921, Page 1

cea eee ee <n EATTLE | FOCH GREETS SEATTLE | Marshal Foch addressed the following greeting to Seattle thru the local | American Legion Cordial greetings to Seattle, the city of tremendous growth, It és cS Marvelous that within 68 years a settiement showld grow ¢ | ; . nt sho © @ city of WV f @imost 320,000 sowis, Such is the spirit of your Northwest. | During the war you supplied what we needed in men and material You are now supplying what the world needs, honest effort and labor Tam proud to visit your city as the guest of the On the Iss “VOLUME 2 ~ SE. ATTL 7 ogi U SON With Degree of Doctor of, Laws by State University; Is Acclaimed by Thousands Beneath the gold-starred service flag of the University of . Marshal Foch, commander-in-chief of the Al- Wednesday morning. ‘ring the honorary degree of doctor of laws on the distin- _ guished soldier of France, the student body stood up and the 4 of Alma Mater filled Meany hall and rang a ~ the campus. Message of Peace Given by Marshal Standing erect ested, | to be in the city where I have just the full of his Fina bent Sie decorated women who gave valiant | soldier of the world—Marshal | service to the cause of France. Foch of France—gave to GLAD TO BE of Seattle a message of) LIN SEATTLE and peace Wednesday at} “and I am glad,” the Coliseum. said, “to be In Seattle, a city many | Hands clasped low in front of him, | times recognized by France for all ‘making an occasional short gesture! that it gave to the war.’ with the right, Foch said in sub> | | Reconnaissance Francaise upon five| “Tam happy and proud to te here |Seattle women for their loday, and to find so many friends|to France during the war. 90 far from France, and bad The women decorated were the very edge of the Pacific. Madame Auzias de Turenne, Mra. “I recall the valiant exploits et W. J. Beddow, Mrs. Ira Bronson, . Marshal Foch, in a short ae sity men who fought in France. “I am particutarly happy to be at the university which sent so many fine officers, non-commis- sioned officers and men to my command in France,” he sald. sity that produced men whose tech- im 1917 the first of your war-| Strout. began to arrive, and in ayeed| {il more of them came to fight by | companied the presentation of the/ aide, bringing with them their | medals. courage, and-above all their Meany hall held the great youth and vigor. From/| est crowd of its history Wednes- Sp East and the central} day morning. ‘Tier after tier rose toward the great dome. As Marshal Foch entered, ghe crowd rose to its feet and” ac- claimed the man who had been stand on the the very farthest point from It is 5 the supreme commander of | “Yea, as the wind sweeps scross| more than 4,000 Washington the ‘world they came—from the Pa-| students, cific across the plains to the Atlan-| The French general was accom | tic, acrous the Atiantic to the shores| panied by his staff, by his army ‘of France, across the Meuse to the!and navy dignitaries, by the re "Aisne, and so on all the battle fronts! gents and faculty of the univer: _ We fought together. And this spirit | sity. ‘ahd unity of sympathy and feelin&Y As “The Marseiliaixe” was played | that you showed on the battlefields, jby the reserve officers’ training * this union of ideas, ideals and pur-! corps band, Foch stood at atten * pose that was expres@d there, can |tion, straight ax a rod, despite his | Jead to but one result In the fields of 139 are will, 1 am confident, these times of peace.” Thousands of people formed a huge throng stretching from’ Sixth of the university said “To your command in France went from this university more ‘fave. to Fourth "on Pine st, await-{ than 4,000 soldiers. And from ing the coming of Marshal Foch | your armies after the war | hours before his arrival at the there returned to the member- 4 Coliseum. | ship “of the university more Ropes stretched across Fifth ave | than 4,000 warriors, | at Pike kept the avenue open for! “In the name of the parents I fhe official party, but the efforts|@nd teachers who gave character needed to | and nobility of purpose to these of mounted police were keep the throng from breaking the | ™en that they might serve you in| barrier. |your great service, I weicome you, Five minutes before the marshal’s | (Turn to Page 12, Column 5) arrival the doors were opened. The RE tsa: ectorta, ty the LEGION COMMANDER LEAVES PARADE TO SEE WOUNDED VETS committee opened a lane from the! entrance to a side aisle for the Because he loved the war's hero wounded better than he loved per: * ’ party, headed by the mayor and) ‘ Foch, to make its way to the stage. | The appearance of the marshal | loosed an ovation that endured for | fully five minutes. The crowd then | sonal glamor, Hanford MacNider, stood while the orchestra played|] commander of the American Le “The Marseillaise’ and “The Star-|| «ion, “kicked over the traces” in Spangled Banner.” today's procession. The pathway of the marshal from Most feted visitor In the city, the sticet to the stage was strewn|| next to Marshal Foch himself, MacNider left the marshal's hap: py party soon after arriving at the station, and, instead of recelv ing the plaudits of the muititude along the route to the university, he went quietly to the hospitals. He shook hands warmly, with disabled veterans confined to their beds. At Providence hospi tal he chatted with a score or more, with Suntere by Campfire girls, Californians Are | Preparing Welcome) REDDING, Cal, Nov. 30.—Great | preparations under the direction of the American Legion post of Redding are now under way for California's first welcome to Marshal Foch of France. ped Then, when he had spread Marsal Foch haiagreed to nave cheer in his own way, he joined his special train stop here for 15/) the marshal at the Coliseum, minutes Friday evening. victory. i “This unity of spirit betwen your a a ga country and mine, so strengthened a ELCOME and dered in the trials of war,|_ 19 welcoming the greatest sol-| eipe ‘eomthivas in | aie of the war, President Suzzallo }in @ whisper, | As President Suzzallo finished the ceremony of confer-! paid high compliment to the univer: | * In the Path of Welcome for Visitor “He wants to meet you boys, but he | te, want to be formaily inter. viewed,” cautioned Capt, J. M | Loughborough, in charge of pub- leity on the train. “But,” he added, “hoot ‘em at him he'll come thru.” The marshal shook hands with the newspaper boys, who were introduced | to him by Count Charles De Cham: jbrun, his personal interpreter “Lam glad to meet you, and thru forces in the world war, became a real son of Old. you the thousands of citizens in this o~ mon aur ow 1 “Arey? ew Ray ton woes @ Mousey! m+ 0 S005 ie rE cite Sie SEE The count gesticulated merrily.) hate. sue of ‘Americanism There Can Be No Compromise 1 The seattle Star : Entered as Second Class Matter May 3, 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattle, Wash, under the Act of Congress March 3, 1879. Per Year, by Mail, $6 to $9 WA SH., WEDNESDAY, , NOVEMBER 380, SEATTLE GREETS FOCH! ARSHAL IS | | “The marshal! ) 'Generalissimo of Allied Armies Is En-| Moechal, Ma femvemue! VAST THRONG CHEERS HERO thusiastically Welcomed to City by Joyous Multitude By Hal Armstrong A little gray man in a uniform of blue and gold) wung down off a Milwaukee train at the O-W. depot! | platform here at 9:80 this- morning. There he is! Stand back! Clear a way for him!” shouted a soldier, shoving a straining crowd of committeemen wearing ribbons of the recep- tion committee. | Mayor Caldwell lifted his high silk hat. M. Vacher nical knowledge was excellent, and! with every gesture he could muster |= | whose moral characters were of such | 1.6 urged the newspaper men to rush | | high standards, and I am also happy into the interview before it was too jgray blue eyes twinkled. The marshal half turned to go. | Corbiere, French consul, lifted his. | “Marshal Foch!” greeted the mayor, extending his hand, cordially. “Lam happy to be at the univers) coat Northweat.” anid the marthal | THE LITTLE GRAY MAN SMILES AT HIS WELCOME The little gray man smiled behind a gray mustache. His He replied something in French, He was held as the question bar. grasped the mayor’s hand, then M. Vacher-Corbiere's. | rage opened. Efforts to get the marshal to com He was led to the edge of the platform to face a firing |mit himself on political or interna | Squad of newspaper camera men; then began the march up the marshal | tional eubjects failed. “The arms conference?” “How can I say j attended one. Gen. Foch awarded medals de heed | services | Of ‘A few words to each, woman ac: | | “American girls?” “Monsieur, [ have arrived at years “Prohibition?” “The marshal says." count, “that when he is in a for jeign land he obeys the laws of that | land “The future of the American Le-| gion?” I have never | THU ND and he is havin; no difficult: on the field of battle.) Mra. J. BR Howe and Mrs. ee ee ent came.” 2 y| ‘the long stair-chute into the depot. “LAP OF CHEERS ‘ROARS UP FROM THE CROWD {As Marshal Foch reached the bottom of the covered stair- | Way a thunderclap of applause greeted him. As he reached the top, and his gold encrusted cap became visible to the smiled the throng waiting there for a glimpse of him, a mighty cheer broke. Hats came off, even the women’s. Another crashing cheer as he reached the sidewalk, smil- ing; the click of more cameras as he was hurried into the first of a waiting line of motor cars and it whirred away “The past of the Legion has been | tor Lincoln playfield, his first stop, to be greeted by his own glorious; the future is on the lap of French people of Seattle. the gods.” “Are you tired, marshal, from the | WORLD'S GREATEST WARRIOR trip?” “Why should I be tired? TI have no decisions to make, My friends of me. It is only great decisions that the fate of one, four million men. one.” ° two, thre Ab! name of “Jack” commander of the Legion smile across the weather-beaten face and a glint into the calm eyes fighting man,” 19 eulogy. Pershing’s name brings the reaction. “Another good poldier!* os © Official car No. 6, which car- ried members of the marshal’s party from the depot, was driven by « Jap. Its * number was (Wn.) No. 9» . | Punctuality Marshal Foch is a stickler for | punc tuality His watch has been his master— (Turn to Page 12, Cotamn 2) ‘12 DIE IN BUS HIT BY TRAIN RED BLL Cal,, Nov, 30,.—An auto-bus carrying about 14 students jto the Red Bluff high school was struck by a southbound Southern cifle train shortly before noon to- day ‘Twelve of the students were killed and the others are in the hospital, |where no hope is held out for their recovery ‘The bus was struck near a cross- ing at Proberta. ‘The train was making about 45 miles an hour at the time of the lerash and the bodies of the students were strewn about the tracks for a distance of 200 yards, rh | the Legion make those decisions for nessing the unveiling of his statue at L tire onedecisions on which depend |Changing gree perhaps being swallowed in the shouting, tumultuously joyous mass y tire that surged around him. McNider, Is sends a| UNIVERSITY CEREMONY |OUR GUEST FOR FIVE HOURS The crowd at the depot, 1,000 strong, melted away. Mar- | shal Ferdinand Foch, greatest warrior of the world, was | Seattle’s own for five short hours. Seattle had begun to |make the most of it. | From both sides of the strect, wherever his carriage | passed, he was saluted, cheered and wildly waved at. Men, women, children, soldiers, sailors and civilians paid him | homage with deference and respect. The marshal’s was a fast itinerary, befitting a great soldier. Arriving at 9:30, only 15 minutes later he was wit- sincoln playfield, ex- tings with his countrymen and came near iIVEN DEGREE AT He made a short speech and was gone, speeding as fast as ‘ | the eddying crowds would permit, for the University of | Washington, where he spoke again and was conferred a degree for the 26th time on his tour of the nation. At the Coliseum, where he appeared at 11:45 for his third and final address of the day, it seemed that Seattle had ‘turned out en masse to overwhelm him, “Great guns!” said one of his aides, “we never have seen such enthusiasm as this!” 3efore noon, however, the mass grew to such density along downtown streets, despite the drizzling rain, that the jhandling of the throngs became a problem. in strategy | worthy of “the greatest strategist in the world” himself. One great, eager, excited crush of humanity, that seemed to surprise even itself, was waiting when the military parade started at 1 o'clock. You Soldier of France! BY LEO H, LASSEN Member of The Star Kditorial Staff The eagle screamed and spread its golden wings Across those shattered fields once so fair With lily blooms; our sons had come to bear ‘The cross with men of France, Memory brings Its crimson picture of those anxious days Of waiting. You held within your hands ‘The flower of the youth of many lands: We trusted you to guide them thru the haze, Soldier of France! Marshal of the world! Our valiant flags of war have long been furled, But now that you are with us you can know * Why we sent our sons and trusted go! OR ST NT CNN I AN TL AE TT NE LE GE A A NA LA OE OA ADA AT ST ART a a ne Columbia remembers! She can not forget ‘The glorious trust and heart of Lafayette! OF all the men and women who today walk this planet none lives, The Star believes, whom the people of Seattle and this state would more gladly greet than Marshal Foch, our guest. The quiet officer who held with honor and with glory the highest military post ever erected in the annals of warfare, is a figure that all of us can admire. Those of us who hate warfare and who would abolish it from the human category can pay tribute to this sturdy Frenchman, because perhaps (who knows?) it may.yet turn out that his genius did most to advance the cause of lasting peace among the nations, — * The service he did in welding the armies of free peoples into a unified and irresist- ible force has made us all, even civilization itself, his debtor. And History's darling, | i So, on behalf of all the Pacific Northwest, The Star would say. today, “(Marechal Foch, la plus cordiale bienvenue!” : . ATER