The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-21
M. JUSSERAND TALKS
NEW AMBASSADOR TENNIS MUCH or AMERICA.
Says the Greatness of the Republic is Each Day Becoming More Widely Recognized by
 the World.

Pafis, NOV. 1-Ambasaodof JuSserano arrived here yesterday evening from Go. penhasen on his first visit to Paris since his appointment to the Washington post He comes now to confer with Foreign Minister Delcasse in order to receive in. structions and srrange for the departure of himself and family for washington where he expects to arrive early in the new year.
 At his apartments in the Avenue Mar ceau he received the representative of the Associated Press and talked Interestingly of American men and affstrs.
 Although have not lived in the Unit ed States" said the Ambassador, 1T feel fairly well acquainted with that country, as my diplomatic life has brought me in contact with many Americans and have formed many lasting friendships" He recalled that while Secretary to the French embassy in London he formed the acquaintance of the former American Ministers to London, Lowell. Phelps and Robert T. Lincoln. He shared the admi- ration for Lowslrs literary genius and related an incident showing Lowelrs hold on foreign affections.
 When word was received in London, he said. that Lowell was dying. Sir Leslie Stephen the celebrated author who was himself in feeble condition. immediately sailed for America to see his former friend for the last time and the same sen- timent prevailed throughout the literary world.
 M. Jusserand also spoke of the brilliant oratory of Mr. Phelps and said that he had kept up his interest in American af- fairs more recently by reading American books. studying the American systems and by constant correspondence with a number of we'll known Americans. two of whom belong to the faculty of Columbia University.
 The Ambassador referred to the grow ing importance of America in the world . affairs and said it was noticeable that throughout Europe the position of the United States as a new world power was everywhere recognized. He thought that this imposed serious trials and responsi- bilties on the country and pointed out that while the commercial development of the United States was marvellous. yet it's intellectual progress was keeping pace with its material advance. In this con- nection the Ambassador cited the growth of American universities and related a personal incident.
 He had recently received, he said. from a comparatively obscure college in the interior of the United States a most scholarly criticism on his theory regard ing the origin of the manuscripts of Wis ion of Piers Plowman."
 The correspondent asked M. Jusserand who was at Copenha gen during the dis cussion of the proposed sale of the Dan ish West Indies to the United States. the cause of the failure to effect the sale. He said the sentiment against any further reduction of the Danish dominion operated strongly against the project, although 1t was first supposed that an universal de- sire for the sale existed. The failure brought it's compensations, as the dis cussion disclosed clearly that the Danish West Indies would not go to any other power than the United States which, with the Island of Porto Rico. now possessed harbors superior to those in the British island of St. Vincent and in the islands of the Danish West Indies. The failure was also to some extent an evidence of personal devotion to the King, who shared in the sentiment against parting with the country's ancient possessions. The Am bassador paid a high tribute to the noble qualities of the King and said that al- though an old man. he rode out on horse back daily unattended and could leap hurdles with President Roosevelt.
 Questioned concerning the pending Franco-American questions, M. Jusse- rand said there were happily no serious issues between the two countries at the present time owing to the cordiality be- tween them. He intended to devote his careful attention to the reciprocity treaty which was still pending and said he saw no reason why the two coun- tries should not develop their mutual trade by more liberal exchange. of the products which each produced excIu- sively. He cited American machinery, raw cotton and petroleum as articles hav- ing no French competition which could form a basis of exchange against those French articles which had no conlpetl- tion in the United States.
 Concerning the Panama Canal, the Ann basador said the question had no official status but that he would continue the friendly efforts of M. Cambon on behalf of the company. He added that the most powerful advocates for the Panama routes was the volcanoes of Guatemala and Nicaragua, which kept speaking in tones of thunder in favor of Panama.
 As M. Juserand has written several books in English. the correspondent ask ed his opinion on American literature. He said he had bean brought up with American authors, as his fathers library contained the works of Cooper and Haw- thorne. along with the French classics. He related that on one occasion when dining with Bret Harte at the Rabalais Club in London, the American author ex- pressed regret that he was unrecognized in France: that Jusserand assured him that Frenchmen were familiar with the peculiar cadence of Western stories and proves it by reciting the closing lines of ''The Luck of Roaring Camp Harte repaid the compliment by saying that when he was a struggling clerk in Cali fornia he was impressed by the dra- matic descriptive power of the elder Dumas and thereafter modelled his style after that of the great French author.
 The Ambassador spoke of the pleasure with which he had read President Roose- velts strenuous philosophy and his ranch tales. These works were first brought to his attention during a sojourn at the Royal Palace near Copenhagen where Princess Marie was found perusing the Roosevelt books and declared them to be datinhff,tl