Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-24

which in appearance seems only des- tined to evoke the recollection of wal like deeds, becomes by the character of the struggle which it recalls and o1 the man whom it glorified, a monument and pledge of union between two na- tions. Just as they did 120 years ago, the soldiers and sailors or h rance and of the United States stand side by side; they surround this monument; they march under one and the same con- mand; they blend in one common chord their national hymns, and i'll celebrat- ing their common glory they give the world an example of fidelity i'll friend ship
 '.This friendship you have proven to Us. The French Antilles have just s1f- fered the shock of q tragic eyent,>of a catastrophe the like of which the world had not witnessed for twenty centuries The president of the United States, congress and the American peo- pie have yied with one another ill the generosity in the promptness to send relief to our stricken countrymen.
 Permit me to avail myself of this solemn occasion and to thank publicly iE the name of my government and country, you yourself, Mir President and the entire population of these United States.
 You have shown by this act that something new had taken birth be- tween the nations, that they might be united by a bond of disinterested sym pathy and of mutual good will, and that those ideals of justice and of lib erty for which our fathers fought and bled together 120 years since had really borne fruit in the hearts of men.
 A little more humanity ilas won it's way into international relations and three years ago we beheld repre-. scntatives from all nations gathered together to devise means of insuring the maintenance of peace between the nations. It is a happy coincidence that even while I am speaking here. the youthful and generous sovereign who had summoned the peace conference at The Hague and the president of the French republic, are together in St Petersburg. Thus We may behold everywhere, even in the remoteSt nations of the earth. a manifest expression of the same sen timents of union by and between the highest and supreme representatives of nations.
 Nor are these mere barren mani festations. The world. gradually gaining in self consciousness. begins to frown more and more severely on those who seek to disturb it's peace; and when we measure the work ac- complished and the advance made since Washington and Rochambeau fought together for the good of hu- Tnanfty, we may well conclude that they have not combatted in vain. This monument shall bear witness to this fact. and shall endure as a symbol thereof ill the eyes of the generations to come"
 Following the French ambassador. General Horace Porter. the United States ambassador to France, spoke
 The orator of the day was Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, who began his address as the French band con cluded q selection.
 AS Mir Lodge closed the French band played ''The Star Spangled Ban ner." The closing remarks of the day were by General Brugere of the French army.
 Bishop Satterlee brought the cere- monies to a close with benediction and the French and American forces passed in review before the president.
 This afternoon the French guests visited the capitol and the congression- al library.