The Detroit times., 1915-04-03
FRANCE IS
EAGER TO Be
FRIENDLY
Will Send Delegation
of Dignitaries to
America
NO POLITICAL
SIGNIFICANCE
Grandson of Lafayette
Will Be Among
Visitors
By WILLIAM PHILLIP sIMMs.
(Stdn Correspondent United Press.

By WILLIAM PHILLIP SIMMs.
(Stan Correspondent United Press.)
tUssted Press sss6 cerrespendent.--
Copyright, 1915, by the uHited Press.D
PARIS. April 2.-To show her APP
probation for many spontaneous
acts OF friendship on the part OF
the people OF America, France will
send q delegation OF her leading
statesmen TO the Panama-Pacihc ex.
position In San Francisco. Il was an
nounced here today.
As an added token OF apprecia-
ton, a special album OF so original
drawings Ia now being fashioned by
French artists for formal presenta-
ton TO America through United
States Ambassador sharpe Presi.
dent Poincare will make the pre-
sentation. the ceremonies 10 be held
some time In May. probably at Sor-
bonnie. Senator Gabriel Hanotaux.
former French foreign minister and
president OF the Franco-American
committee, Ia In charge Of the mat
ter. assisted by the noted artists,
Leon Bonant and. Henry Iapauze.
interviewed al his home today,
Senator Hanotaux particularly en-
phasized the fact that the visit OF
the French delegation TO America
and the presentation were void OF
any political significance.
The presentation OF the album
Is In n way a supplement OF what
we wish TO do by full participation
In the San Francisco exposition. for
~ the governments delegate I am
sow completing the plans" said the
senator. This will be what you
might term Frances intellectual
participation.
AT the outset OF the war. many
Individual Americans hurried TO
rrance. They rendered all possible
aid AT the hospitals. They formed
ambulance organizations, aided In
supplying refugees with food and In
other ways expressed their sym
,athy. From all classes of Ameri-
ran people came this evidence OF
friendship and the people OF France
have been deeply touched. We de-
sire In some way TO express our ap-
probation.
First. in April. we shall send the
noted composer. Saint-Saens. to San
Francisco. There 10 no living must
clan greater than Saint-Saens. He
goes representing French music. He
has no political mission and will not
talk war propaganda. With him
goes NJ. Lpmann. representing the
sciences.
In May. the Marquis de Cham
brun, great grandson OF Lafayette.
and BENJAMIN Franklin Bouillon.
both deputies. will leave as repre-
sentatives Of parliament. Lastly, In
June. NJ. Boutroux or Henri Bergson.
with myself, my health permitting.
will 20 as representatives OF the
French academy.
II wish to emphasize that we are
not propagandists. We are willing
to let events speak for US. The al
bum which II now In preparation
will be finished within ave or six
weeks. II will be autographed by
leading Frenchmen. and probably
will be kept in Washington. though
Americans. Of course. will decide
this. A thousand reproductions will
be made by Us and distributed to
universities and public institutions
A small number, perhaps, will be
given 70 individuals.
Both these Manifestations OF
friendship will be removed from
politics. We are simply endeavor-
Ing to express the appreciation OF
the French people as individuals In
the same delicate manner as Amer
leans. az individuals, expressed their
friendship and sympathy for US. We
will never forget what they have
done and are doing any more than
will Americans forget Lafayette"