Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09
FRIENDLY SPEECHES.
Remarks Made by Ambassador Jusse
rand and Presidents Reply.

Remarks Made by Ambassador Jusse-
rand and Presidents Reply.
The French ambassador when presented
Saturday addressed the President as fol-
lows:
Mr.. President: have the honor to de-
liver into your hands the letters by which
I am accredited to you, in the capacity Of
ambassador, by the president of the French
republic.
mo mission could be more acceptable to
me, nor seem to me more fattering. 1t
will be rendered the easier to me, without
doubt, by that benevolence with which you
have favored my predecessor, who. am
aware, leaves here well founded regrets,
and with whom I have in common, II not
his merits, at least his sentiments OF good
pie.
I'm a glorious epoch the French and
American nations met on the same fields
Of battle; they have seen war together,
without ever waging 1t against each other.
l faithfully voice the sentiments OF my
government in expressing the hope that this
mutual good will, long ago consecrated In
those memorable times, shall never in the
least be impaired.
"Passionately devoted to progress, ami
mated by the selfsame ardor in the pursuit
Of ideal justice and liberty, equally desir-
Gus of advancing toward the light, the two
republics will, am convinced. be more and
more In the future the friends that they
have always been heretofore. Most for
tunate shall / be If, through your kindly
assistance. and the sincere purpose which
1 cherish, can in anywise serve in 80 no
BILE cause, in conformity with the earnest
wishes Of the president and government Of
the republic Of the whole French nation"
The Presidents Reply.
In reply the President said:
mr. Ambassador: In receiving from
your hands the letters by which the presi-
dent Of the French republic accredits you
to me, and to the government Of the United
States as ambassador, I am grati1ed TO
find in your friendly utterances an echo Of
the sentiments which my government and
my countrymen cherished toward the
French nation In the days when we Strove,
and in hand. for freedom. and which have
inspired our relations from that time until
now.
Il feel 1t can be as truly said now as
when Washington, writing to Rochambeau.
said: We have been contemporaries and
fellow-laborers in the cause Of freedom
and we have lived together as brothers
should do, in harmonious friendship Each
glad Of the others success each consider
ate of the others welfare, the two nations,
moved by the same spirit Of progress and
the same love Of freedom and of right
press by parallel roads in generous emula-
tion toward the same goal, seeking to pro-
mote the lasting well-being Of fatherland
and fellow-countrymen.
1T will be most gratifying to have your
promised cooperation in all that may tend
to foster and confirm the good will that
happily exists between the two govern
ments and peoples
For yourself, Mr.. Ambassador, I well
come you. not alone as a coadjutor in the
realization of those high purposes. but as
one who has won distinction in the fields
Of International history and research, and
who comes to make new personal friend
ships among a sympathetic people and to
learn, as your distinguished predecessor
did the warmth and depth of American
feeling for France"