ROUGET DE LISLE.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 July 1915, Page 2

ROUGET DE LISLE.

THE IMMORTAL MARSEILLAISE. AUTHOR'S BODY REINTERRED. MEMORABLE SCENES. By Telegraph.—Press Association. > Paris, July 14. The remains of Rouget de Lisle were conveyed from Choisy-le-Koi to the Arc-de-Triomphe, whore his grout song tin; "Marseillaise" was sung by many thousands. President Pomeareand the Ministers took part in the procession thence to the Invalides, -where the remains were placed next to those of Napoleon. Hundreds of thousands thronged the streets, and twenty-five aeroplanes were circling above as the coffin .containing in Lisle's remains passed. At a,given signal all the troops from the Vofges to the North Sea, forming an impenetrable barrier to the German invasion, sang the '•'Marseillaise" with astounding effect. M. Poineare, speaking at the Invalides, said: ''We, the innocent victims of the most brutal, savage, and premeditated aggression, have been compelled to draw the sward, and have not the right to sheath it before we have avenged oar dead, before: the victory of the Allies permits us to guard effectively against tin; periodica! recurrence of' provocations. Don't let onr enemies deceive themselves. It is not in order to sign a- short truce before the terrible war is over that France has risen thrilled by the 'Marseillaise.'"