The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-25

Cleveland Ambassador Talks About the
French People and France
Paris, May 24-General Horace Porter,
the United States ambassador to France,
was received today by the French min
lister for foreign affairs, NJ Hanotaux
General Porter win have an audience
with President Faure on Wednesday.
Mr.. Henry Vignaud, secretary of the
United States embassy today presented
to NJ. Hanotaux the members Of the
United States bimetallic commission,
Senator Edward o. wolcott Of Colorado.
ex-Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson Of
Illinois and General Charles jackson
Payne Of Massachusetts.
The retiring United States ambassa-
dor. Mr.. James B. Eustis. drove to the
Elysee Palace today and presented his
letters of recall to President Faure.
EUSTIS TALKS OF FRANCE.
After the ceremony, Mr.. Eustis grant
ed an interview TO a representative Of
the Associated Press. and gave the lat
ter his impressions Of France, express
ed his admiration Of the French people,
and gave his opinion Of the rejected
Anglo-American arbitration treaty. Mr..
Eus;is said:
my four years residence IN France
has afforded me a very favorable opin-
ion Of studying French institutions. and
II has enabled me TO contrast the work.
ing Of Republican form OF government
fl France and the constitutional govern
ment in the United States. There are
some points Of dissimilarity. They are
called sister republics, but as to funda-
mental principles they are not very
closely related. In advocacy Of personal
liberty, France has never produced a
single great man. the fact being that. no
matter how ardent q republican
Frenchman may be. or how great may
have been his devotion to the political
rights Of the people, he does not seem
able 10 form the slightest conception Of
what are known in England and the
United States as the fundamental rights
OF personal liberty. They made a revo-
luton TO destroy one bastile, but they
have many today upon the Republican
soil of France. owing TO their system OF
cutions, which exist only under the most
autocratc form Of government. To an
Ameican such system would render
life ;ntolerable. II could be wiped out in
one day, but no one seems 10 consider ii
10 be sufficiently important TO protect
the personal liberty OF the citizens. The
French certainly deserve great deal
OF credi. for having maintained their re-
public In the face OF such adverse cir
cumstances. but they present the strange
anomaly of a self-governing people, be-
ing fond Of the constant and unremit-
ting interference of the government in
their personal affairs and their personal
relations. and being supremacy indiffer>
ent 20 The rights OF personal liberty. An
eminent FrenchInan with whom l was
discussing this question most iruthfully
declared: The ignorance of public man
in France with regard 10 the workings
OF our constitutional government, has
even amazed US
"As regards the French people. my res
idsnce in Paris has increased my admir-
alton for them I consider them a most
marvellous people as regards their incl
ligence, their thrift. their habits Of So
briesy, their wonderful resources. an:
their devotion 20 political liberty. and u.
as We do. they allowed their free inst
iu,ions to develop instead % dwarting
the individual. their national power
" ouii be much greater than IL - now.
THE FARCE OF ARBITRATION.
"As you were FOR years nenSe- o:
the senate foreign relations committee.
VIVA: is your opinion OF the rejected
treaty OF arbitration between the United
States and Great Britain"
Il have always considered :; ssass- |
.ionai farce. II IS based upon ,1lse |
idea, IN the f-sc place. ths, he inie!H- !
gent processes o. diplomacy are made |
Quate 70 adjust differences between The |
Two governments and secondly. TIA: |
ne anicahie process o. special sroii-z |
lion Will noc be -e<or-sd when diplomacy
fails Both % these assumptions are |
falsi.isi even by cur very ls:e expert i
4nces. zai II Is q hur.fliar:as confession !
By both governments % adn.c ma ]
a-.s potent RESPONSIBILITIES are 10: Ia 4
x within ;hefr reach in re f1t1-e as
tasy have been il The pas II c7 ;h- l
asas- hand /. means that the feeling % /
zos.sli.y between ne .wo countries "a - 4
pronounced that Z IL necessary - IS
:aolss1 disciplinary tri5Cnsi % KEEP
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