The Palace of Versailles

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THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES

The palace of Versailles is the seat of the Inter-allied Conference,

where the representatives of the Entente powers meet, and where the

German, Turkish and other armistice terms were settled. It is the

headquarters of the Supreme War Council; here will be signed the

decisions of peace — the doom of autocracy — following the greatest war

the world has ever known.

At the first formal meeting of the Entente powers, October 30, the

representatives left the palace visibly content with what they had accom-

plished. The next day Turkey signed the armistice terms.

The Palace is one of the most magnificent structures in the world,

and it is said that Louis XIV spent over $100,000,000 on it, and the park

adjoining. Within its portals are the apartments of its builder, with

the same furnishings used by him: the room in which Louis XV died;

the chambers of Marie Antoinette and the museum of art and history

for which it is noted.

The famous meeting of the States-Generals, with which the French

revolution really began, was held here, and seven years earlier was the

scene of the signing of the preliminary agreement at the close of the

war between England and the American colonies.