METZ. LORRAINE GIRLS GROUPED AROUND THE FRENCH FLAG
November 19, 1918.
In the afternoon there was a reception in the Hôtel-de-Ville, at which President Poincaré summed up in a stirring speech the whole history of Metz, and concluded with the following words:—
“Years have gone by, but Metz has not changed. The protests formerly made to the ‘Reichstag’ in the name of the people of Metz, in the name of all the people of Lorraine, by that great Bishop, Mgr. Dupont des Loges, continued calmly and firmly after his death. Citizens of Metz, you renewed them, year after year, by pilgrimages to Mars-la-Tour, by visits to the cemeteries, and by fostering French memories.... Beloved town of Metz, your nightmare is over—France returns and opens her arms to you!”
The procession was then received with great ceremony by Mgr. Felt at the Cathedral, and finally went to the cemetery of Chambière, to pay homage to the dead of 1870.
PLAN OF METZ