The record-union., 1897-05-27
AMBASSADOR PORTER.
PRESENTS HIS CREDENTIALS TO
PRESIDENT FAURE.
Had to Deliver His Speech at the
Elysee Palace In the
French Language.

PARIS. May 26-President Faure
formally received the United States
Embassador, General Horace Porter,
to-day. Shortly before > o'clock
squadron of cuirassiers, with three car
riages. one Of them containing NJ. Gro
sier the Director of the Protocol, and
NJ. Mollard, the introducer of Embas-
sadors, drove up to the house on the
Rue De Madrid, where General Porter
is residing as the guest of General
Winslow, to escort the United States
ambassador to the Elysee Palace On
arriving, the municipal band played
the 'Marsellaise," and the guard on
duty presented arms. General Porter
alighted at the entrance, and was i'm
mediately introduced to President
Faure, and presented his credentials.
General Porter, in presenting his ere
dentials, said in French:
Monsieur le PreSidente: / have the
honor to present you with letter cred
iting me ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary of the United States
of America. 1t is source of extreme
qualification to me to be permitted to
represent the chief republic of the old
world l have been charged with the
very agreeable duty of conveying to
you the cordial good wishes of the en-
inent citizen recently inaugurated Chief
Magistrate of the United States of
America, and to assure you of the pro-
found regard he entertains for you per-
sonally, and of the high esteem in
which he holds the people of France
The similarity of the forms of govern
ment of our respective countries, the
belief entertained by both in liberal po-
litical institutions, and the deep inter-
est felt by each in the freedom, rights
and welfare of its citizens, have ere
ated between our people enduring bonds
OF sympathy. The alliance entered in
to by both countries when the Ameri-
can republic was in its infancy. the
bloOdshed in common in the cause of
human liberty. and the traditional
friendship continued through so long a
period, have established relations of
amity which time should never be per-
mitted to efface.
Il take pleasure in assuring you that
1 should not represent faithfully the
sentiments of my Government or of the
American people if l failed to employ
every endeavor upon my part to foster
now happily exists between our two
sister republics.
Trusting that our Governments will
continue to act in entire harmony, and
begging you to accept personally the
assurance of my deepest respect"
| President Faure, in somewhat similar
terms, expressed satisfaction of the
| sentiments and assurances General
! Porter had uttered. and assured him
/ he would find them in France well dis
| posed to second him in his efforts and
| every facility would be given him to
accomplish his mission.
| An unprecedented incident occurred
upon the occasion of the presentation
| of General Porter's credentials The
ambassador wanted to deliver his
speech at the Elysee Palace in English.
as the retiring United States Embassa-
/ dor, James Il. Eustis. had done. but the
| Director of the Protocol insisted that
! he must speak in French, and General
| Porter was obliged to submit. Al
though on some previous occasions
| United States Ministers have spoken in
French this is the first time the point
has been raised and formally main
| tanned by the Presidency.