The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-15
TIURE ON DEMOCRACY.
His Speech at s Banquet in His Honor by
 French Merchants and Manufacturers.


 l Paris Oct. 14.-President Faure was banquetted this evening in commemora- l tion of his recent visit to Russia. The | entertainment took place in the hall of 1 the Commercial Exchange, which was I sumptuously decorated in the presi- | dents honor. The table at which M. | Faure was seated was on dais and | was covered by a canopy of tawny vel Vet frinsed with gold. The banquet was organized by the merchants and 1 manufacturers of France, of whom 1 there were about seven hundred and fifty present.
 The president escorted by a squadron | of cuirassiers, arrived at 8 o'clock, ac- | companied by the officers of his mili- l tary household. He was received by 1 the presidents and members of the i Commercial Tribunal of the Seine. the l chamber of commerce, the banquet | committee and all the cabinet ministers who were in Paris. The president was l conducted to the table of honor the | band playing the Marsellaise and the | whole assemblage applauding. Among | those present were dozens of deputies l and all the leading merchants of the republic.
 l M. Coy, president of the Tribunal of 1 Commerce, who presided, toasted the president, and in so doing referred to | the pleasure which all present experi- | enced at renewing the respectful hom- l age and gratitude" extended to the l president of France on his return from Russia. Continuing, he remarked: {: l This demonstration is unique in the l history of France Commerce and in- | dustry placed their confidence in the re- 1 public the day after the disastrous 1870 and they have not been deceived" l President Farue in reply, said:
 T am pleased to find myself in the l society of business men where I can of my own origin, of which I am always l proud, Let me tell you how deep was l my emotion when Paris declared the | patriotic satisfaction which the entire l nation felt at the consequence of the {, words exchanged between the emperors l and it's president. I repeat, in order to place the country face to face with it's responsibilities, that it is owing to it's great wisdom and political spirit that the democracy is able to rejoice at the l results.
 Ut has known how to prove that the | republican institutions to which it is un- alterably attached guarantee peace at lhome and ensure abroad that continuity of views and intentions failing which nothing can be soIidly and durably es- tablished, an epoch a new beginning l which will be prolonged well beyond the end of our century. It seems as if it ought to definitely fix the destinies 1 of the nations of old Europe and deter l mine their respecties positions in the world.''
 1 M. Faure, continuing, said:
 "The needs and resources of countries which only yesterday were closed to all European contact, have been revealed by explorers and expeditions. Already all these countries are preparing for elements indispensable for working their wealth, scheming for arsenals canals, railways and the like It is for us to secure for France a large share in the possible execution of these plans and without losing a moment to SC forth to the conquest of new markets and to establish abroad numerous fac tories, which shall be so many hearths radiating French influence.
 Where a Frenchman is, there is France. The great solemnity which is to crown the nineteenth century, to con- secrate it's scientific and industria | glory and to lay the foundation of the destinies of the coming century will af- ford q criterion of the powerful re- sources which our beloved country car dispose for the prosperity and happi- ness of humanity.
 All nations, inspired by an adnira. ble emulation, demand ample place il this splendid festivity of labor, prog ress and peace. France counts upor you to participate in a way of capita which, vivified by your activity, vii return to the mother country increasing her wealth and developing her power of consumption to the benefit of all.
 Hasten under penalty of being an ticpated by our foreign competitors and of having France excluded iron the position which it's capabilities ant unquestioned facilities give it righ to maintain.
 Forward then, gentlemen. Forward in the initiative and the accomplish ment for the glory and the greatness O the country