Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-20
HAIL PRESIDENT
AS PEACEMAkER.
Greatest People of France Sign Testi-
monial to President of United
States.

PARIS, April 17-Baron D'Estour-
neIles de Constant will forward to Wash
ington within the next few days a unique
testimonial to President Roosevelt bear
ing the autograph signatures of nearly
all the great names of France.
Some months ago the arbitration group
of the French Parliament, Of which
Baron d'Estourncl!cs is president, sent
Mr.. Roosevelt a rare volume Of the me
moirs Of Suliy, the minister of Henry
~. which urge n pacific union OF the
great nations Mr.. Roosevelt was great
ly pleased with the gift, and expressed
the wish that he had the names OF those
uniting in the gift, to be inscribed in
the volume
Remarkable List of Names.
The Presidents wish for the names
has now been gratited. and the list
which is about to go forward IS as re
markable and unique as the original vol
umc Of Sully's memoirs. It embraces
four large pages Of parchment opened
with q highly ornate text i'll blue and
gold. and followed with the signatures
Of the foremost men in public affairs,
literature. art and science, all Of whom
are connected, directly or indirectly, with
the movement for international concilia-
ton which Baron 'Estournelles directs
In Parliament.
ACAL VI Int oIAiPi1Oh.
The inscription is as follows:
10 Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, President Of
the republic of the United States from the
undersigned members of the French parla-
mentary group of arbitration and of inter
national Cancellation, who have decided to
address to President Roosevelt teSti-
monial Of their high esteem and their CRATE
full sympathy for the persistent and de
cisive initiative he has taken for substi-
tuting progressively the friendly and ju-
determination between
nations, for determination by violence.
They have thought that the action of
Mr.. Roosevelt realized the most generous
aspirations that history has recorded sug
gesting the illustrious efforts of the past
notably the project of international accord
known under the name of the grand de
sign of Henry w, set forth In tn"
memoirs of his first minister, the Due de
SuIly
In consequence they have secured a copy
OF the first edition of those memoirs, which
they are happy to offer him, in asking him
to class them among his family archives.
Noted Men Sign
The first signature is that of former
President Emile Loubet, in a small,
round hand Then follows Leon Bour-
geois, minister of foreign affairs; NJ.
Berthelot, president of the Academy of
Sciences; Alphonse de Courcel and DIES
tournelles de Constant, these being, with
the late Waldeck-Rousseau, the leaders
of the Cancellation movement in France.
Other signers are:
Nj. Rouvier, late president of the council.
of ministers, Senator Labiche, Emile
Combes, former president of the council :;
Arstide BRAND. the deputy who reported
the separation law; Frederick Passy, ven
cradle dean of the peace movement in Eu-
rope; Paul Dcschanel. former president of
th@ chamber of deputies; Jules Claretis. d.
rector of the Coincide Franchise; Jean
Jaures. leader of the Socialist element in
Parliament; NJ de Lannessan, former min
Of rlnp
famous painter. whose signature was af-
fixed just before his death recently; NJ
Pellentan, late minister of marine; A Car
not. nephew of the former president Paul
Appel, dean of the University of France;
Paul and Victor Marguerite. the authors
Marquis de Chamhrun: Maxine Leconlte,
the senator who reported the separation
law III the Senate; Countess Matthew de
Noailles; Countess Gruffule: MIN eide and
Nels, of the faculty of law; NJ Croiset
dean of the Sorbonne; Senator Jean Dupuy
Louis Barthou minister of public works;
senator Leon Cruppi; K. Poincare, minister
OF finance.
Greatest People of France.
scores of others, senator's. deputies.
members of the institute: members of
the Academic, artists, sculptors. publi-
cists. writer's altogether representing the
most influential men and women in all
branches of French life. also signed
The handwriting of these noted
1IeHchiieH is no less interesting than
their signatures. Rouvier signs with a
bold, large hand. using only his last
name. Combes has a fine delicate sig
nature and used his full name Jaures
has small signature. Most of the au-
tographs have the French characteristic
of running upward, ending with a flour
ish beneath. The names. strewn over
four pages. give an odd impression of
dash and energy, and as a whole the list
is a calisraphic curiosity as we'll as Il
souvenir To the President