The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-18
Count and Countess De Rochambeau
and Others who VIII Participate
in Statue Ceremonies.
EXPRESSIONS OF THE VISITORS
ROCHAMBEAU SPEAKS OF HIS FA-
THEIRS VISIT TO AMERICA.
vi. Guil1emin on the Martinique Disas-
ter-Interest in the st. Louis Fair
East Side Summing Tour.

NEW YORK, May 1.-THE French steam
er Touraine. which arrived to-day from
Havre, brought the Count and Countess de
Rochambeau. the Vicomte de Chambrun,
great-grandson of the Marquis de Lafayette,
and the Countess de Chambrun; NJ.
De Billy, who represents Delcasse, the
French minister of foreign affairs; NJ. Croi-
set, dean of the Sorbonne and member of
the institute, Ferdinand Hamar the sculp-
tor of the Rochambeau statue, who is ac-
companied by his father; M. La Grave,
the French commissioner general to the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and NJ.
Guillemin.
The party, which comes to take part in
Rochambeau statue ceremonies at Wash
ington. will remain in this city until Tues
day. An informal dinner in honor of the
visitors will be given by former Secretary
of the Interior Cornelius N Bliss. at the
Union League Club on Monday evening. The
following day the visitors will go to Wash
ington.
Jules Boeufve chancellor of the French
embassy, and j. b. Reynolds, Mayor Loves
private secretary. went down the bay to
meet the party. The Count de Rochambeau
said he had enjoyed a pleasant voyage He
was shocked to hear the news of the Mar
Unique disaster. Although l have never
had the pleasure of visiting your country
before" said Count de Rochambeau, my
father used to relate to me his visits here
and the magnificent way in which he was
entertained by your people. 1 have many
letters of introduction, and shall visit nv
fathers friends.
The Count De Rochambeau said tonight:
This is my first visit TO the United States.
but really feel as though l had been here
before, because my father was an ardent
admirer of your country. You may recall
The fact that he was here as commissioner
from France at the Centennial Exposition
IL 1876 and to the Yorktown celebration in
1885, 1 recall my fathers vivid descrip-
tions at receptions given him on those oc
casions and the courtesies shown him ev-
erywhere in this broad land At my place
Vendome, 1 have many large photographs
of places he visited. / shall. as far as pos
sible, renew all his friendships.
ITO the day of his death, which occurred
in 1897. he was always praising the Amcri-
can people and referring with pride to the
part his grandfather had in establishing
this magnificent Republic We have not
any monarchists in France to-day. Thirty
years of a republican government has
convinced everybody of the merit of the
great principle OF government by the peo
pie. say We have no doubters-I mean. TO
speak OF.
The most distinguished official in the
party that is now the Nations guest is NJ
Guilemin, the official representative of the
Republic OF France. He spoke at once Of
the splendid generosity of the American
people towards the stricken French colony
OF Martinique
We had a brief dispatch in last Satur-
days Paris papers, but the enormity of the
disaster did not dawn upon us until the
pilot came aboard" said Mr. Guillemin cit
is the greatest calamity the colonies OF
France have ever suffered You may be
sure the people of France mean citizens
OF sveTx class and station and OF every de-