New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-07
THE FRENCH ALLIANCE.
COMMUNICATED BY THE SONS OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION AT
DELMONICO'S.
r,,r 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MAKING OF
THE TREArY-MEssAGEs FROM MANY
PROMINENT FRENCHMEN AND ELo-
oUENT SPEECHES LAUDA-
TORY OF THE SISTER
REPUBLIC.

QUENT SPEECHES LAUDA-
TORY OF THE SISTER
REPUBLIC
The Empire State Society OF the Sons of the
American Revolution held its fifth annual din
nor last evening at Delmcnicos. under particu-
larry pleasant and suspicious circumstances 1t
was no. only the fifth annual dinner Of the So
c,etv. bu, Il was also the 10th anniversary of
the treaty Of alliance with France. which was
s,cned on February 6. ITS. The occasion was
dicnifed not only by the presence OF many
scores Of the members OF the society, but by the
attendance Of the French Consul General at
New-York and the Vce-Consul Numerous tele
grams and cable messages expressing sympathy
with the sentiments that animated the diners
were received and read amid great applause.
among them being messages from many Of the
owners OF the great names Of France. the name
Of Felix Faure the President Of the French Re-
public. being among the number
The capacity Of the big dining-room at Del
monicO's was taxed TO the utmost to accommo-
date the many who wished TO join the throng
that was assembled to do honor 10 France for
the manner in which she befriended the young
Republic when she most needed aid. Chauncey
NJ Depew, the president of the society. was un-
able 10 be present on account OF Illness and the
ylce-president. Robert B. Roosevelt. was in the
West. In the absence Of these two officers, Wal
ter s. Logan the chairman Of the Banquet Com
nittee, presided at the dinner. On his right sat
the real guest Of honor. Edmond Bruwaert. the
French Consul General at New-York. On either
side Of Mr.. Logan. at the platform table sat
General Horace Porter. Captain A. T. Mahan.
United States Navy: Rear Admiral Bancroft
Gherardi Commodore Montgomery Sicard. Lieu
tenant Governor Timothy L. Woodruff. Mayor
Strong Dr. John g. White Justice William W.
Goodrich John A. Taylor. the Rev. DR.. Samuel
A Eliot the Rev DR.. Abbott E. Kittredge j.
Lawrence McKeever. Henry Hall, j. Char
pentier and General Olarovski. the Russian Con-
sul-General at NewYork
The other diners sat at six long tables which
were surrounded on all sides with the folds OF
flags and over which floated the strains Of the
National songs Of America and France.
MI Logan varied the progress of the dinner
by reading between the courses some of the
many dispatches Of regret at enforced absence
and sympathy in common sentiment that had
been sent TO the dinner by invited guests who
could not be there. These included a letter from
Monsieur de Garlic grandson of General de
Carrie the second officer of Rochambeau's army;
a letter from the Vicomte de Rochambeau a
Army in America: letters from President Bris-
son OF the French Chamber Of Deputies. and
PRESIDENT Ioubet Of the French Senate: Am
bassador Eustis. VI. Bartholdi Or. Roux, the
successor of Pasteur and j. Patenotre. the
French Ambassador to the United States
THE DECORATIONS ELABORATE.
The KEYNOTE OF the dinner appeared in the
decorations Behind the guests table was a
big shield OF the red white and blue guarded
by the eagle on each side of 1t rose large
stands Of American colors flanked by and inter-
tvvined with the trcolor OF France The gallery
and the sides of the lofty walls were also en-
powered in profuse combinations Of the two
National colors The ices were served In dainty
boxes decorated with the tricolor and mounted
with the American flag. The progress OF the
dinner was entirely suspended at one time while
nil the diners rose and drowned out the band
which had started to play 1.-The Marseillaise.
The French Consul-General bowed his apprecia-
ton Of the compliment.
NJ FAURE'S APPRECIATION
The enthusiasm was renewed moment later
when Mr.. Logan read a dispatch received from
washington in reply to cable message sent 10
President Faure early in the day. The reply read
as follows;
Washington Feb. g.
ITO Chauncey NJ Depew, Society Of the Sons
or the American Revolution: The President OF
the French Republic. in reply to your cable of to-
dav has pleased to instruct me to express 10
your society his thankful appreciation OF your
good wishes for the perpetuation Of the friend
ship between France and the United states.
"PATENOTRE."
The cable message sent to President Faure
read as follows
TolNr
HIS Excellency Felix Faure' President PARIS
France. , ..-..o ,,o,..,,,to,
m he 1ieth anniversary of the Treaty of Alliance
with France; gratefully Iemem2eIng nes os hsr Is
lus,rous President and generous people anu eA-
presses its sincere wish Tor me perpeiSHtoh OF 'he
''''''' 'CHAUNCEY Nj. DEEPEN. President.
MR.. LOGAN'S INTRODUCTORY.
Mr. Logan. IN calling the guests to order. said
IN part:
It is your misfortune and mine gentlemen; that
Mr Depew is detained by illness from being with US
am clad 10 say, however, that his Illness, while
serious enough TO prevent h!- beng mere Is not
ene es mo State society OF the Sons
the American Revolution without Mr. Depew rs IS
Prince Of Denmark omitted. lie is not only our hon
0red president. elected 10y orr votes put ne Is me
possessor OF our hearts as well. But perhaps II Is
vel that no, Only he Sons Of The American ResoIu,
TON but the peope OF Mew9 orN VI iI De Snu sb
Fence and 70 so regulate our lives mat we can see
Whether We can exist without, him III the rum0rs
that mn the air are if the blasts borne on me
breezes that have their storm centre in ONO can I've
trusted then every day that brings us nearer 10 the
9Th OF March brings us also one day nearer 10 ne
tine when the sons Of the American Revolution ana
the people OF New-York will have 10 live for four
Years al least without Mr. Depew. Applause)
But Il is own fault i we are in danger of losnG
him. In our proud egOtism we have thought tnat
We could let the OF the word see how necessary
he was 10 ms without letting them discover that he
was also necessary 10 them II We had wished 10 pre-
serve Mr. Depew entirely for ourselves we should
have kept MIN in greater obscurty so that people
outside in the darkness OF their ignorance might
never have discovered the great light that we had
Nation's and the world gain.
THE PRESERVATION OF PEACE
The peace Of the world depends not upon logic.
but upon sentiment. 1T can he preserved not so