Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-05-24

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He said in part:
NJ. CAMBoN SPEAKS.
1T Is a very great honor for me to
speak here as the ambassador OF the
French republic and to express to you
all today who represent here the gov
eminent, the magistracy, the Con-
gress OF the United States our appre-
citation OF the homage which you are
now paying to the man who carried to
their closing triumph, the ileurs de
liz Of ancient France. Today the
French republic sends you a mission
which Is headed by the most eminent
Of our general officers, Gen, Brugere.
Rochambeau was strict dlsciphnar-
IAN severe and courageous command
err Careful Of the lives OF his men, he
was won't to remark TO the young men
around MIN that during the long course
OF MS military career 10000 men had
dled under him. but that he could not
reploech himself with the death Of a
single one OF these, Thus he earned for
our army the esteem Of your people
and won for himself the affectionate
devotion OF your great Washington.
Hence IL Is that this monument which
In appearance seems only destined to
evoke the recollection of warlike deeds.
becomes, by the character Of the strus-
gle which IL recalls and Of the man
whom Il glorities a monument and
pledge Of union between two nations
To-day, Just as they did 100 years ago,
the soldiers and sailors Of France and
OF the United States, stand side BY side.
they surround this monument; they
nd 90,
mand, they bend In one common chord
the NATIONAL hymns and IN celebrating
their common glory they give the
world an example OF fidelity and friend
ship"
This friendship you have proven to
US. The French Antilles have Just suf-
tered the shock Of a tragic event, Of
catastrophe the like of which the world
had not witnessed for 20 centuries. The
president of the United States, Con-
gress and the American people have
We'd with one another In sending relief
to our stricken countrymen. Permit
me 10 avail myself Of this solemn occa-
sion and to thank publicly In the name
Of my government and country, you
yourself Mr. President and the entire
population of these United States.
you have shown by this act that
something new had taken birth between
the nations, that they might be united
by q bond of disinterested sympathy
and OF mutual good viii, and that those
tlsas of justice and Of liberty for which
our fathers fought and bled together
l2O years since, had really borne fruit
IN the hearts Of men.
1T Is happy coincidence that even
while am speaking here the youthful
and generous sovereign who had sum-
moned 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 regions Of the earth a
manifest expression of the same sentl-
ments Of union by and between the
highest and supreme representatives Of
nations.
Nor are these mere barren manfes-
tations. The world, gradually gaining
In self Consciousness, begins TO frown
more and more severely on those who
seek to disturb lts peace and when we
measure the work accomplished and
the advance made since Washington
and Rochambeau fought together for
the good OF humanity, we may well
conclude that they have not combatted
In vain. This monument shall bear
witness to this fact and shall endure as
q symbol thereof In the eyes Of the gen
eratons TO come"
Following the French ambassador,
Gen. Horace Porter, the United States
ambassador to France, spoke as fol-
lows:
Gen. Porter dwelt upon nobility. BRAY
cry and modesty OF Rochambeaus
character and the cordlality which
marked the relations between him and
Washington Said he:
"Rochambeau left this country |
crowned with the laurels OF success and |
the bearer Of every token Of recogni- |
ton which grateful country could be- |
stow. II he were permitted to return |
TO earth, he would see in the matchless |
prosperity OF the country an ample win.
dlcation Of the principles OF government |
for which the battles In America |
We're fought He would find that the |
thirteen feeble colonies had grown TO
IS vigorous states, that the 300,- |
300 people had been swollen to 5000 900, I
that the population had been strength.
ened by an Interviewing Of the stout
est fibres Of other nations and nurtured |
by the best blood OF many lands, that
the flag which had once struggled for
bare existence IN few Atlantic states
had moved across a vast continent and
had been planted even in the opposite
ends Of the earth. He would find here
al things changed except the sentl-
nents, OF gratitude for his services.
These viii be everlasting Living he
iwelt In the affections OF his American
dead. he is enshrined In the
hearts OF their posterity. for the friend
ship OF the fathers Is a precious legacy
10 the sons and a common heritage OF
lncient glory can never be divided
This statue is not simply 10 COM
nemorate war but 10 typify peace and
rood VIII between the newest republic
" the old world and the eldest repub-
lc OF the new world
The orator Of the day was Senator
lodge OF Massachusetts,, who began HIS
address, as the French band concluded
! selection.
As Mr.. Lodge closed, the French band
,layed "The Star spangled Banner"
The closing remarks OF the day were
W Gen. Brugere. OF the French army.
Bishop Satterlee brought the cere-
Monies 20 q close. with benedictlon and
he French and American forces passed
n review before the president