The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-04
Received in House.

WASuINIiTuN. May 1.-The French
mission w%iS received IN iii" floor "f TIN.
h"uS" to-day with r"ar> Of cheers and
cries 81 "NivI la France" from the
il"nr aurl galleries.
E"ur N!Niuni head uf In. mission, de-
liv,r'd Il stirring speech i'll French. and
Marshal Jnifr" III rrSimn$" to Il great
demonstration said THANK YOU and
then. waving his hand above him, shout
ri "NIV" Ia Am"riquc.
Til" F-rnrhm"u shook hands with the
'n'Inb'rS. AMI rs lsrpr"S"ulatiV" J"nn-
"tir Eankin passed down the line NJ
Vivian. hrndinG law. kissed her hand.
Several lirll" girls. som" Of them dauEh-
tors al ur'mbrrS. were kissed upon the
, h"rkS 10y Marshal .Ioffre.
M"lnhcr& Of Marshal Jolfrc'S stafs and
Marquis ii" thHmhrun great grandson
OF General Lafayette. lined themselves
up in front of the rostrnn. Applause
and cheering lasted more than five min
Ut"S. When quiet rcign"d again Speaker
Clark introduced NJ. Niviani. who said
IN Part; . -, .,.o
'i"uS of IN" American people. II do
not thank You adequately ii rs not be-
cHi:H... our grHtitud" is lacking. hut he
rauS.' tn" words To- express il are Insult
iiricnt.
I'VE feel that !nnr sympathy and
Your rni huSiastic assistance come not
rnly from your hearts. but from The
i,rlnuSy which y"u have for your own
honor "" have seen that you fulfilled
uu: only tho obligation. ii national
honor. but all at one" "" have seen M
folded in it's charming intimacy inc
rn,uI.l"Nity ~ tho American soul. When
on" meets HiI American h. meets pra"-
teal man. Twin" for tn" affairs of ms
lit". hut at Ill" sam" iItn" "nr discovers
III the American soul the freshness and
II" vivacity of n'w life. the strength
which comes from IN" devotion I" I'm
ideal. And 50 i'll that American soul W"
hav" h"fnr" Us TN" paradox Of the CON
hIuaiion n III" practical and the idenl
Th"r" is :, parallel between Your case
and ours.
You like ourselves. carry thu man
date ii Il free p""rl" To maintain cor
tain ideals. 10 rNchanG" certain opinions
regarding tn" tremendous ir"bl"mS
arising from tn" war. TO tho end that
"nr TWO nations may, sid" hy side.
arhirv". equality and liberty. ppii"S"d
to uS is :In absolut" monarch Who seeks
Ia compel others |" tie his VIII. when
"A few days ago the people of In" nation
heard III" cali IL arms. That man VINO
is Tn" central power in central Europe
understood tn" gravity of III" n'w stu
alton which confronted him, and ih"n we
saw him leaning from his thrun" beck
onng To his SUBJECTS trying I" r"HSsurr
them with I pr"mis" "t universal sur
fraGr. II WAS indeed Il bitter Jest.
If your nat inual hero. Lir"rg" Wash
ingtun. could riS" from his gray" and
hrUOli today war he "'tlu Sly flHll-
Srlr that after Il nation has Cr"alrd III
dnurndrnrr il Is hrund Ia defend II he
fore all lie wnrld. not only L. maintain
it's own Independence. bnt L" Great" also
Indru"nd"nrr FOR other nations.
I'VE hay" sworn un tho grave or
Washington /" Ugh, In the end. but not
only has il been sworn ON the grave OF
Washington but also OH III" graves Of
the unrountcd soldiers who have fallen
i'm this war. II has been sworn OH the
IL. 6 tI,1c, I'm hpN
hnsuittls Of Europe. and it has h""n
sworn on the cradles Of III" newly horn.
1t has lmcn sworn Ivy every lover or
freedom from the cradl" Ia TN" tomb.
Nearly all the members had greeted
no members of tn" mission when itcp-
rcsrntativc Mann. with Rcprcs"ntativ"
m.mhrrs of Marshal ,I"ffrc's staff Each
rahry, the "hlur devil at France" first
shook Miss Rankin'S hand and then
each bowed low and kissed IL.
When Speaker Clark Introduced Mar
nuis Do Chanbrun the applause ana
cheering reached tho proportions or
roar.
Ambassador JuSS"rand WAS introduce
cd and spoke in part as follows:
IF two men who hay" fought side by
side for liberty. George Washington and
General Lafayette. could be- her" they
would say We thank you Tho action
that has been taken by III" United States
has touched the pcopl" uf Franco very
deeply, ] can assure YOU. For what
France in former wears did for the