Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 130, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1914 — FRANCE WILL TREAT COLONEL AS EX-RULER [ARTICLE]

FRANCE WILL TREAT COLONEL AS EX-RULER

Roosevelt Will Be Furnished With Special Permit Given Only To Few. Paris, June 2.—The French government decided today to treat Colonel Theodore Roosevelt in the same way it does former rulers and furnish him with a special permit, authorizing him to pass , through the police lines at all times on his journey through France on the way to Madrid to attend the wedding otf his son, Kermit, with Miss Belle Wyatt Willard. Many classifications of-these special passes are issued to, diplomats and others, but all are limited in regard to the privileges accorded except the white permit, given only to visiting rulers and ex-rulers and members of royal families. This Is the kind which is to be handed to Colonel Roosevelt. Gabriel Hanotaux, former French foreign minister, is making arrangements to give a luncheon Saturday in honor of Colonel Roosevelt unless the visitor is obliged to hasten to Madrid. A letter written by the colonel before his departure from the United States indicated he desired to proceed to Madrid by the first train after his arrival in Paris. The members of the Roosevelt party will be guests of Myron T. Herrick, American ambassador, if they stay there.