The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-26
GENERAL GRANTS
GRANDSON IN WAR
AIgenon SartoriS and "te
Are Aiding France

AT last ! am able to bc proud 'NaD !
am an American citizen and q daughter
oi France at the same time And am
proud. too that my husband the grand
son OF General Grant is serving as a
private in the Foreign Legion OF
France"
Mr., Algcrnon SartoriS. daugh'c- ~
France and adopted daughrcr OF the
United States since she became Nc VIE
oi Capt Algcrnon SartofiS. grandson or
the eighteenth president OF the Ou'cl
States made this declaration AZ the
Ritz. Carlton hotel. where She ha, been
Staying ,nice her arrival IN Ncw York
with her friend. Countcn Rcg,, to
raise a fund for the restoration oi the
historic buildings ot her naive land
Bright Day for France.
Americas entrance into the war is
ono of the brightest DAY, IN the his
tory ~ my country" continued Mr.
Sartoris Before | came 20 America
! had 10 make many explanation, lo
my French friend, AZ TO Why America
did not eSpouSe the cause ~ 'hc 'lNc,
After she Iusitania they Sa' 'Nhat
next and ! who lost cleFcrtrlcrf, nl
the LuStanla, answered "It wlll he
soon Then he Falaha came hen
the others my iricnds would Shrr9
their shoulders and say. what oi ynu.
America nrS" and would an,vcr
Wait YOU will see And NOE iu ibis
magnificent way President Wilson ha,
answered all his c'tic, and Ina, givcl
France new cause and justification for
the love which II has always iclt tor
America
For France really loves America We
understand America a. We will never
understand the English The English
are our allies noble splendid and J.,
Is quite true that the hardest lesson the
English troooS had to learn was to re-
great Bur France and America have
the bond OF peopl" who feel 'he same
things m the same way II is com
radcshlp Of emorion"
Husband Serves as Private.
Al this poin, Mrs. Sar,oriS showed
a postal card photograph OF her hus-
bard Capt Algernon Sartoris. in the
uniform of a French private
Captain SartorS Won that ranking IN
the war with SPAN when he served ON
Gen Ft1hugh Lees staff
Captain SartoriS wanted % serve in
England" explained the French grand
daughter in Law OF General Grant "hu,
the English will rot take anyone vh'
will not swear allegiance 10 Great Brit.
ain and give mp citizenship IN his own
country-'hat is, thev will ecccpt Amer.
icans only for aviation and for amhu
lance service That is why my hushan,
enlisted as a private in the Foreign lie
zion. There he swotc allegiance I,
France for the duration of the war hu
did not forfeit his American citizen
ship. Our l0-ycar-old son wants I,
go TO Annapolis. and is ALREADY
great S,rategSt lie knows all IN
names OF the French. British ard Ger
man generals, the nc Of the conieudrl
fleets, and from tire 10 time hc ha
said to me. WHY don't WE American
60 in and lick Them mother -"
You have Spoken Of the French atti
tude toward American entrance in IN
war What is the French attitude to
ward peace she was asked
No Peace Till Victory.
There can he no peace until reac
tlaV a.. -
peace wthor' victory" Mrs Sar,ori
answered France docs not dcman
impossible terms. hut 1t has lost million
! OF us htaye>t and best France was a,
tackled without warning and II 'hc Rel
gians had not made their magniiiccn
resistance il is almost sure the Ger
mans would have gotten 10 Paris Neve
was a nation so unprcpared Whv. IN
day before war was declared | va
PLAYING tennis in Brittany with a Frcnc
officer. who said 20 me. They say "
shall have war, but II is nonsense Tn
next afternoon mobilization orders wet
posted in the village. Generally. yo
know, a discount of ~ percent Of me
who do not respond to- the moh,li,a
tion order is an,icipa,ed But in Franc
not one man failed TO answer"
II came to America" Mrs Sar,ori
continued, TO interest nv fellow Amer
leans in fund To restore the histori
buildings in France after the war Som
of these buildings, nt course will No
be restored II is planned to leave III
great ruins OF Reims Cathedral oSactl
as 1t is, exeep, that II will he proppc
up and to place underneath the miracu
lousy preserved statute OF tho Virgin
sign, This way he Germans pasScd
~ think It would he a splendid thin
II France could owe to Am~ioa III
restoration of It's cathedrals and publ,
buildings" Mrs Sar,oris was a wa
nurse hciote she came TO this counti
ON her mission New York Evenin