The sun., 1902-11-16


that study Of languages which would bring
the people of his country and ours closer to-
gethcr BY eacll having more familiar IN,
hefor. our great coinnIerical bodies and given
the Information for closer and more intlmat"
commercial relations between our two coun-
tries 10 III. great benefit OF both lie has
been welcom" contributor TO our iouriIais
and ulways III "a way most instructiN" ana
II the task of learning our language "ae
difficult. and that he did, he has performed
among our peopl.-h" has won our hearts
In closing. Mr.. DeI~w introduced Mr.
HYDE, who said:
Nj DirEw. No,H ENcLiLLNcy ASp GrN-
1LhMEN: In view of the fn"t TINT a. Mr
Drpcw has SO we'll expressed. l. Excelency
the French Ambassador has don" 80 much
IN every possible way 10 unite IT," Two great
sister republics aud to make them b tier
sen-atiye- of rather the educational and
university side oil the Ambassadors work.
10 propose. iir.'. n" rralth OF is Escellency
NJ Lnuhet. the President ~ the French
RrpublI Toast drunk ;t,nndinr p, ling, s.,,o
The President % Of Of tho United S:a,es i,oast
drunk i,sndipsl 31d 1T ss,nismrn ~, rtnS no,
Ambassador whom | lIone | may, cal our
common good lrend iapplaus'l. Toast
Thank all YOU gentlemen for having come.
som" Of YOU from great distance. to make
what consider such representative body;
and 10 testify our admiration for France ana
it, bile representative.
A. Mr.. HYDE "a, down, NJ. Cambon arose
and. for n few moments. spoke in English,
after which b" dropped into French and
spoke for fifteen minutes. The French
applauded. What he said in English
follows:
Gcntl"men. cannot express to you how
much | am impressed by your splendid re;
crpti"n csnnot express how much
thank senator D"pew and my friend Mr
l:d.. and | thank YOU also. gentlemen, the
flower "f America. for your kindness Ana
| my thanks are little mixed with inelan-
| chclr bccause leave America AID my Amerl-
| can i'irnd- With your permiS io l. although
am sure those Of YOU at this nanque,, wh2i
| continue in French tApplau-"
4 translation follows
IT, atail the solemn beriods OF your history.
! you hayr found France as-oCi ted with
! YOU y j. has not been really through happy
| coincidence II on all these occasions the
| two peoples have always been side by side
| without any serious MISUNDERSTANDING. with
ont even divergence OF polit tical ten.fs,
! IL VAS been owing to sonnet ing els. than
| political interests IL has been because there
! cert inly exists between q. two countries
sonst' ine els" than politicLI ties, than po!it-
/ ion interests
Tie two republics, though by different In
! tercsts. ar" following the same end. of gov
! crnment OF the p,ope and by the people
| ~ saw that these i.s were dHereut than
those which united other countries. ! have
! considered II my duty TO remind the Ameri-
/ can people of the similarity existing cxclu'
/ siycly between th. French and American
/ democracy. This is Why YOU have seen M
going from place 20 plac" instead Of remain
| ing always al Washington. and this is why you
| have seen me especia lily visiting your uni
! versties. where Is developed your great
| Ii | have succeeded you must give all the
| honor 10 my country. TO III" sentiments oi
my Courtryn"n
| The sympathetic understanding I Rave
! always met with here | shall endeavor to
I make known upon my return home. and since
/ t-antre personality OF t'r man who ~ about
/ 10 return to France, shall not fail TO inform
my country,men thar frenchmen arc Away
/ sure to find heartfelt sympathy in America
/ as you yourselves will always fnd IN France.
| If YOU will do us the honor OF visiting my
The Secretary of War was the next
/ speaker. As he arose he received all
| ovation Mr. Roo, said,
Mn. SENATOR. MR. HYpr. Mn. ,AMB.s-
s.poE AID GENILEMEN; | have an idea that
he bear in Ms.sslppi Wa that he was as. camSh,
| and tied The bears in Wall Stree, do not
San TO h%YS Se-1 .us,oS s9S to hp Ho II
speeding this, parting cl".st N Csmhog
hs, been an ideal Ambassador, iApplause J
promoted the interests OF his own country.
but Il" has illustrated and made attractive
and charming 70 the people to whom b" WAS
the peopl, Of his own country. l,pplausel =,
VI. Cambon has illustrated 10 ". all
| y at was best in TIE Latin world. ] nav"
| been sorry that / . learned 70 speea ak English
I und, rStand i'm bt tier: but the grace. "
| heaurs. oi his French al way, secm to me 10
raise picture OF the golden fields of grain.
| star span gled With the hi color. always seem
! TO bring into our roug CT and rnder T.u-
| tonic civilization. sonnet ing of the infinite
grac' and beauty OF taste with VI ich tn"
| French people ar" endoWing civilization.
! lAHplause ,.,.
the long. history, from thOs. earlier and
! stormy days whcn the Plantagenet rode
| down from their castles on the, Loire across
! the seas 10 the conuuests OF England. and
! back ae"iu to the wars OF th" hundred years.
J when ! Iouis NJ. with his lesser -aiUt-. beat
dcHn nod G ,o o OF ay F H,S "nH
I powers; TO Henry ", the beau ideal OF
thivslric knishthood, TO whom the race, Of
| back with honor md pride and reverence,
! TO the great. The greatest OF warriors. Who
with The power Of f. 'hat n. sngIs nation wi,a, ~
| deathbow 10 III" hide bound institutions
| which have for centuries d varied and bound
; new republic whose footsteps have all
| followed with hopes and prayers Tor its sue
! ce-s and its psrmanency a. during th"s"
! thirty years II has maintained IN" test a.
| the one most important. most significant
srrongholds OF popular rights, of popular
sovereignty, OF hope, for the future Of the
OF the plain peoples of the earth in Europe
/ through all the long course OF the centuries
from the Plantagenets OF A. i1u 10 reign.
from Louis the Eleventh. from the Great Louis
the Fourteenth down through Napoleon.
the great soldier; down through the new
republic, the Trench people have been wait -
inc with pain that travail with ininit" ahoT
aud sacritica the work of civilization and of
liberty lApplai>e
In closing Mr.. Root said
our best wishes are with you ". shall
follow your pathway witt interest and afec-
tion We hope Tor grca, lng- for YOU, We
wish great blessings for YOUR country and n"
country 10 NhiC you 80. We bid YOU good l.
by. We bid you eod-peed. and above all We
sa y 10 YOU ~ rero'r VI tambon, tApplausc !
President Eliot of Harvard, who followed
! Secretary Root. said in part
There has been a theory in the world that
only empires can be strong. "" have given
| one dcmonstr tration To TIE contrary and have
! shown how Oh. republic can be strong
France l. giving anot, rr, new demorstrs- =
! ton We come from Teutonic stock, France
| from t'e Latin. The first settlers from T. j.
| country were protesiants in every sense.
| France j. Catholic This II y new demon
| ~tration, gentleipen, that u democracy can
| be free. strong. supreme,
We have lately, to be sure. felt some h.si
| tation whether there were not In our own
! country powers stronger than our Govern g..
| menl We have had occasion to obser, g
| Government OF our country as u secondary
power
| We have also observed that combined
| labor seemed to regard the Government
Of our country ~ secondary power But
| II Is not So. gentlemen. ard the coming years
are going to demonstrate that the American
| democracy has the supreme authority in
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