The age-herald., 1901-05-17
AMERICA AND
 FRANCE MUST WORK TOGETHER M. Jules CambOn, the French Ambassador Was Guest
 of Chicago TWO NOTABLE ADDRESSES Ills Visit Was for Purpose of Officially Recognizing the Union of Alliance Franchise With the Universi-
 ty of chicash.
TWO NOTABLE ADDRESSES

Chicago. May 16.-M. Jules Cambon, the French ambassador to the United States, was the guest of Chicago today and from the time of his arrival over the Pennsyl- vania Road at a. m. until late in the evening, when a banquet given in his honor at the Union League Club was concluded, he was the central figure in series of receptions and feasts M. Cam bon came to this city to officially recog nize in behalf of the Republic of France, the union of the Alliance Franchise with the University of Chicago.
 The Alliances purpose is to increase the use and study of the French Ian guage in all countries. In the afternoon, after being escorted to Kent Hall, Chi cago University, in which the formal ex- ercises of the day were held, M. Cambon was greeted on behalf of the university by Prof. Edmund J. James, who deliv- cred the formal address of welcome.
 He spoke, in part, as follows:
 Tn the name of the trustees, the fac ulty and the students of the University of Chicago. bid you, sir, a hearty well come to these halls. I esteem it great honor to seak for body like this to the representative of such people as yours. Such an occasion, sir, brings with pecu- liar vividness to the mind of every stu dent of human nature the prominent ser- vices of the French nation to that com mon civilization which is the most pre- cious heritage of us all, For thousand years France has been the center of Flu rope in a sense which can be asserted of no other country. It has been the school master of the world in all that makes for culture and refinement Our debt to France is reflected in every aspect of modern life, thought, taste and action. Every department of human achievement has fallen in turn under her domination, and at times all of them together. No other nation has led on so many different occasions and In so many different ways. She has entered every road leading to human effort. We welcome you as worker and co-worker in a common cause-adher- ents and advocates of the same human principle of freedom and equality-a pr1n- ciple which under God Is destined to turn and overturn until humanity is redeemed.
 A Glorious Cause.
 Americans and Frenchmen wherever they meet should dedicate themselves anew to the cause for which their fathers and brothers died. We should take up with ever fresh energy the contest for government for the people and of the people and by the people-the only sure pledge of the reign of liberty, equality and fraternity-the reign of equal oppor- tunity of peace and of love-"
 The ambassador was greeted with ol..c xxVta I fr1 rarHIxy fa hn ad dress of Professor James He began by thanking the university for the welcome given him. To the country which he rep resented rather than to himself must the honor be rendered. France and the Unit ed States have ever been united by bonds of friendship which tie will only strengthen. He particularly thanked the university for having given a domicle to the alliance Francaise which Is devoted to extending the knowledge of the French language and the taste for its literature and its spirit
 The French language being that which is most widely spread among persons of leisure of all nations, it becomes the lan- guage which is most often employed in books which are addressed only to friv- olous minds, but through too nasty judg- ment, based upon this fact, one may measure too lightly the works of the French spirit. forgetting that the French language, even in this country has been the language of Auguste Compte, of Pasteur, Claud Bernard and Lamartine. The French alliance desires to aid in the expansion of the French language. It was founded by M. Victor Durry. former minister of public instruction, whose name is known in universities throughout the world.
 Notable Men In the Work.
 Associated with M. Durry in the work were such notable men as the Cardinal Lavigiere, M. Jules Ferry and others, all without any kind of distinction of party or religion. Independent societies of like kind bound to the mother society in Paris only by bonds of friendship, have been established in a number of places.
 Even in America we have one such-in Boston, and another in New York. and I am brought here that I may testify by my presence the interest I feel in the so- ciety established for some time in this city.
 The ambassador concluded by saying:
 'T can only, therefore, praise in the highest degree the union between the Chicago University and the French AL liance. which we celebrate today, and con- cerning 1t I congratulate myself both as a Frenchman and friend of the United States"
 After the exercises in Kent Hall M. Cambon held short reception at the Quadrangle Club, and when this was over the Function League Club entertained the distinguished visitor.