The daily palladium., 1904-07-23
PRESIDENT LOUBET AND THE
PEACE SOCIETY


the agent in Paris of the Peace So
eiety. Al, New Broad street, Londsn,
E. c.. visited the president of the
French Republic and presented to him
the resolution of the committee thank
ing him heartily for his work for
peace, and acknowledging his faithful
performance of what he had voluntar-
lily promised in support of arbitra-
tion and a friendly feeling between
nations.
M. Vasseur had the resolution suit
ably prepared in the form of an ad-
dress, and on the appointed day pre-
sented himself at the Elysee, where
he was received in a most friendly
manner by the president. He writes:
"He received me as a comrade-in-
arms in the political contests of older
days, and, being alone, he favoured
me with much longer interview than
[ had dared to hope for I present
ed him with the address. With the
same vivacity that he showed on our
visit four years ago, he replied, Ger
talnly, | remember it well, and the
more SO that at the time of your last
visit things were already in train,
which were afterwards to result in the
entente between the two countries
So, my dear friend, you will see that
the action you took then has not been
forgotten, for the president, while ex-
pressing his thanks. added, These
gentlemen must see that my replies
were in harmony with my feelings, my
desire to act with the same object as
themselves, and the result proves it.
"He then explained to me the gene
sis Of the Anglo-French rapproche-
ment, saying: when the secretary of
the Peace Society of London came
over at the time of the exhibition to
! present me with the address from the
society, it was not known and is not
generally known even now, that the
work relating to the rapprochement
of the two nations had already be-
gun The whole of his remarks I do
not feel at liberty to record, but from
what he said I gathered that one day,
on his return to the palace, he found
the Prince of Wales (as the King
was then) waiting for him, and in the
interview which followed, the first
ideas were put forth that were to re-
suit in bringing about the situation
as we see it now. The matter begun
then found it's conclusion on the sub
sequent visit of the president to Lon
don, where | understood a special
meeting was held between the King
and his Ministers, the president and
M. Delcasse. President Loubet was
enthusiastic in his recognition of the
share taken by his Minister. 'Ahn
he said, 'Delcasse has done a great
deal in this affair. He has worked
laboriously to smooth down difficult
les. He is a man of real WORTH The
president tried to make it clear that
In the questions that divided the two
countries it was more a matter of
amour propre than any impossibility
of. solving their differences, which
would be done, therefore, by removing
this armour propre and putting good
will in its place. The issue proved
that the questions were not insoluble,
and that all could be arranged, pro-
vided there was sincere desire to see
the two countries drawn closer to-
gether. Happily this was the case,
and it ended in everyone seeing that
it could be done and doing it. But
one thing is certain, that King Ed
ward and the president of the Repub-
lie together created the entente cor
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