The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-03

NO" said Dr. Adriea Mo1od. as ne So
in nis coxily furnished home on Renton hiA
iast night: my proper tile viii nos b.
wee consul a. all. but consular agent TIE
sppognt u1snt was made BY Tho Freneh con
sal. NJ Laurence dc L>aiande. Wl.o arrived
IN Seattle THURSDAY morning from ssn
Francisco. and left thIs morning re j.
n3w shout completing an extended t0Ir Of
the Pasifse coast including visits % Port
isad. Tacoma, Astoria and other points.
z arr 70 hs consular agent for Seattle
snd Port Townsend. 7 can not help re-
gagdgnz fhe appointment 40 significant Tor
fhe business interests % Seattle. and Tny
; gFaest ambition wlll be % promote the
trade relations Of this section with France
40 conap4la careful and accurate reports Of
fhe commercial agricultural. indus
trail mining aHA cthei resources
o. this section and see that they
are properly aled Prom wnat
have already seer % the public spirit and
enterprise Of Seattle. I feel sure fnat
shall have IN this work the hearty CO
operation Of the business men Sho can be
% most assistance TO me.
One % the arst and most important
tasks that I shall have iu hand Is 20 los
Ser 81 interes, IN the Paris exposition OF
laaa No greater opportunity VIII he Of
fersa the people ~ THE city and state 10
advertise their resources Many foreign
countries east and west are already TAX
ing scfive stsrs toward securing repre-
aantation Ga Whist J may say with al due
uoaes.r viii be me creates, International
exposition ever held Why should not
seattle and the state ~ Washington ne
represented there Il &c too much for ne
- say that I earnestly hope they viii be-
Certainly Il will be pleasure 20 me 20
work 70 that end ! am open 10 CORE
spogAcnce with any q oar manufacturers
or dealers here who may wish 10 conduct
negotiations Ia this direction, and IT viii
~ both my duty and my pleasure to fur
nish al the information ! possibly can on
the subject.
of course realize. aud my govern
ment realizes that for the present the
direct trade relations between Seattle and
France are very limited. Hut We also
realize that Seattle has "A wonderful fu-
fire ahead OF Il, sad "a the great struggle
for commercial supremacy which that
failure wiil surely bring We do not propose
10 he hehiad'
pF MonaA's earnest manner added much
force TO his words. He is comparatively
q young man scarcely more than thirty
FIVE and his ciose-cut dark beard and trim
Partisan manner bcspeak him a true son
OF Ia belle France. In fact he has been
81 America eniy two months. having come
direct TO Seattle as his future home He
has located here Tor TIE practice OF n.s
profession. medicine. for which he has
ftted himself first Of all by graduation
from the faculte de medicine in Paris and
subsequently by special study and prae-
sics. His duties as consular agent while
he regards them as important, VIII he
entirely secondary and incidental 20 his
professional work
Or Monod comes Of family almost
every member Of which has been ia one
vEy or another prominently identified
with The public service. \ glance AT the
records Of state as shown ny a recent
French publication. show That one MEM
Ter % tie family. Charles Monod, occu-
pics a high position as surgeon OF the
Frensh Medical Academy. Another.
Benri honod. has AN equally important
pest as head of the national board OF
srslih. n nile still another. Gabriel Monod.
= director az the Ecole des Hautgs Etudes.
Or. Mnnod stated last night that so
gar from any rivalry between Seattle and
Tacoma existing with regard 20 his APP
pertinent as had been enormously an
nouuced Tacoma would be accorded an
appointment precisely similar 20 the one
here