Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-04
LAFAYETr Z DOLLAR.
PRESENTED BY PREsIDENns
MKINLEY. no FRENCH
CHIEF, EsXECUTIVEs az
(Ry Telegraph to virglnisalnr- piIoty 8,

tfSy Telegraph to pirginian-PiIctf n 3sA
Paris, March 81 Robcr H.
3Iomps6ss the Ia ayetteg
Monument Commission, as special cb ,ias,
irissioner of the United States repre-
senting President Mckinley, and In HID
ifnme, presented to President n Iourea
this morning the first Of the 5I.abayettt
dollars. which was enclosed In q Sasket
costing $1,000 The presanta lion TODD
place ut the Elysee Palace. IN
Mr.. Thompson was accompanied hyis
the United States Ambassador, General
Horace Porter. who intro uced him Id;
Fresident Ioubet, end the present ton
OF the dollar was then made by M.
marks. She a5 sst ii5ss
In reply the President & sasd I he was
deeply touched by the kind thou ght 81
Americas President and people. sS and
particularly by the gracious manner
IN which the coin had been presented
TO MN ny Mr. Thompson. He begged
The latter TO be the interpreter to The
President OF his warmest thanka and
sentiments towards Presid dent SMcKinleY
ana the American nation. which ami y
mated the President and + Government,
OF the French Repuhl III NJ LoubsSS
added that he congratulatedh imSelf ioSS
receiving this souvenir. which SHals ISL
fresh pledge of; the reciprpcaI ties III 3
sffi s,
long united France and the United
States, and which he hoped to see draw
closer and stronger more and tnore. ssssj
During the lunch which TO lowed ~ hYis
Loubet engaged In animated conver-S
sation With General Porter ana MI.
Thompson, in which he y aGoen tiIated
and anplitled what he had preViouSdN
said in his formal response on the sui \
Ject or the historical and cen timentaI
n.af%
desire for an unshakably COED nsiti ssssssss,
standing. He alluded tor the France n
American reciprocity treaty now before II
the two Parliaments, and dWelt on ttna d
mutual advantages he hoped Wound ai;s Il
crue therefrom, expressing the oDintcdf Is
affected by the treaty would benaiits
but that the whole trade between thas
two countries would undergo EyInsS
pathetic expansion and that the cham
nels OF commercialS 7nterc curse would II
widen inevitably in the course OF time VS.
We both have reason to desire b da- Is
velopment OF our mutual trad e, IN Il. Il.
I.oubet remarked. Yoi want our 8
luNnries and we reed s Our artte Giles scf s.
necessity" M 5ss9 8 sgfs ISL 80 ~ sSIf.ssss
The President then spoke Of The great
wheat production of the UniteG Stated W
and Its enormous agricultural posi-
bilities. &
Mr.. THOMPSON told the Presid len t w
there was a scheme on foot / ii 81 20
to found a branch OF the soIls OF The M
American Revoluti lon anon g iefs de-
scendants ofsFrench so, iers Who had
fought side by side wi III II he a erica &
colonists In the sSSat OF ind apeHsi end
The President pls ced Tie Presid fen iaIss5
box at the Theatre d I, I'd meats afondeyss
at the opera Wednes sia u Il X Th6rd ne NJ
sons DISPOSAL. T. iea iat tess i'll send S
Nine. Lolhet q "a En- yet g g saS III
having today expressed ; n ID sire I'd ySs
have cne as ii tsouver sys S
General Porter and III mn s0is sks
lett the Elysees; delighted itif the q
cspuonal cordial y ty or their reeepff o5i s
The function al Tered rom IA he ugi4af rs
cerenop lies s.of tii IS Kind
putting il Isl vfisit tors "a & comp afS 0AsS IS
by the afsabi litys