The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-10
HERRICK, PRESIDENT,
IS LOTOS CLUB HINT
Ambassador Praised at Feast in
His IIonor-MOrc Than
100 Present.
RECALL Is REGRETTED

RECALL Is REGRETTED
To members Of the Lotos club ga ti-
.r,d al dinner in their club nome last
seeming with col. Myron 7. Herrick.
,bcir fellow member. as their guest OF
honor More than 400 OF them were on
hand 20 pay tribute to him Cor his
s,,,pJd services ~ American Ambas-
.,Aor 10 France to Americans and to citi-
Sons ~ ~ nations after the outbreak OF
the European va.
He Was toasted and praised. There was
rorr,, that he should have been recalled
sts time when he was helping Americans
4, France and doing 30 much to show
,Ata tHc United states remembers the
h,,n of France more than a century ago.
incidentally. too. thero were hints that
ssger acuors await the former Anbss-
sador
Tho regret over the recall OF col Her
,lek was voiced by Henry White. former
Ambassador to France. He announced
st the opening Of his speech that he
wished To discuss the effect OF col Her
r,ets recall" He quoted from a letter
a. Horace White that had urged the
.s,ossi,. " tho United States showing
bmpatby for France az this time
calls u Indifference to France.
4 do cot 20 20 far as to say that We
nav. inflicted an injury on France" ne
,aid ''but I do say that We have shown.
according TO diplomatic usage. an in
d.acrcu,, 20 hcr by the recall OF MIR
Hsr-irk No country Ia the first rank
N power or IN wealth would have douc such
q Thing at such a time. No other country,
wien another r2tlon WAS iu the throes OF
great struggle would have recalled
from that nation its Ambassador at such
3 critical time.
''Nr. Hcrrick was in a position in
France never approached by any prcdcces-
nor with tho possible exception Of BEN
Nmn Franklin, and Franklin went there
Is virtual beEgar
M White told Of the services Mr. Her
rick had rendered and tho esteem ia which
he vag held hy the President Of tho
French republic. Tic referred to tie fac
rat when the French Government was
moved to Bordeaux Col Herrick was the
only foreign diplomat remaining in Paris
ard that the prvsidcn, of the French re-
public called upon him as the man who
could protect the French people and the
French monuments IN Paris as no other
person could do in the event that the
Germans entered the city.
Criticism Not Aimed at Wilson.
Il am not criticisns the Administra-
tor" hc went on emphatically. for by
hat time there was "A tense feeling in the
dining room II consider that President
Wilson has done more than any of his
Adj srx-ie
rs the system against which | protest.
the system that causes every President
10 sail the diplomatic representatives OF
The country when he assumes Office.
We've got 10 stop turning out Ambassa-
doris simply because there Is a change of
Presidents
That speech was made after Col. Her
rick himself had been toasted and cheered
and had responded in an eloquent vein,
thanking mis- brother members OF the
Loios club for the warm friendship they
have shown him. He was introduced by
Vrcsiva- Frank II. Lawrence told OF
other members OF The ISotos club who had
been sent a. Ambassadors to France. and
remarked that 1T seems to have become
habit FOR Ambassadors TO France to
come from the Lotos Club"
Col Herrick thanked the members of
the club for their welcome and then he
speech le was going TO make and one of
ne diners remarked enthusiastically: HE
IS diplomat Then President Law
renee explained that Col. Herrick merely
wanted respite. Andrew Carnegie
kroke and then Col. HerIick was called
mon amid great cheers and shouts of
-ohio"
The eN-Ambassador insisted that his
fellow members of the Lotos Club over
VALUED his services in Paris He spoke OF
NE work thai WAS being done by the
american Ambulance Hospital in Paris
ard SAID that the American doctors and
physlcans by their work in caring ror
me French wounded had set an example
ior the French and tho English that would
De followed throughout the war lie
reieTed to the plan of Transporting tho
wounded from the base hospitals to points
were they could get better treatment
man at the front
Greater Destiny for Nation.
He next spoke OF the greater destiny
tho United States as the result OF
mo war and told OF the now opportunjties
0psned to this country.
. when this war is over" he said and
tne dismembered nations come together
psdlh In business intercourse We will
naVe larger part than ever TO play. Our
responsibilities will he greater because
vur resources will have been untouched
" me var. It will not require any
sleater effort on our part. but II will re-
gute level heads to sdjust our affairs to
ssneume tho greater responsibilities.
80 100 we will come to look upon
ulhss In a less selfish way. Wo must
Peparo 10 meet that responsibility by
enl',on'v and on scientific grounds Too
.I'n has been done TO get by diplomacy
""a' We ought to got by efficiency"
4, MI Carnegie in his speech said that
was good thing that this country
ou not educate mon to be nothing except
"nn"'s'dors and he referred to Col Her
,"n 's man who had a genius for
BUSINESS and organization and who be-
. . "' that had given such splendid
service in Paris.
'Nrh"Gi" Praises American wives.