Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11
US. WILL STAND !.
WITH FRANCE.
ENVOY TOLD
Ambassador Honored at An
nual Dinner of Pennsyl-
vania Society

The red. white and blue and the
blue. white and red-the star span
gled banner and the tricolor-shone
with equal luster over a thousand
members and guests of the Pennsyl-
vania Society of New York who dined
in the grand ballroom of the Waldorf
last night in honor of France and her
ambassador. Jean Adrien Antoine
Jules Jusserand.
Words of affection for France and
of Americas opportunity to repay its
obligation to the land of Lafayette
We're spoken by Theodore Roosevelt.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, James
w. Gerard and the chairman, James
NJ. Beck. Replying. NJ. Jusserand
said:
so long as we live, so long as
there is a France, all the inhabitants
of the soil will keep engraved in
their hearts the late 1917, when
America decided to come in and help
win the day for liberty"
Roosevelt on Wars object
Colonel Roosevelt was wildly ap-
plauded when he said it was not suf-
tlcient for America to make war upon
Germany and Austria; we must fight
all of "Germany's vassal allies" in
cluding Bulgaria and Turkey; we
must see that France gets back AL
SAGE and Lorraine; we must see that
the enslaved peoples. are made free
the Hungarians the Italians of Aus
tria, the Poles, the Bohemians and
the rest. His speech amounted to
statement of his conception of the
only possible terms of peace.
sentence that stood out in Sem
.ator Lodges address was, There
must be no truce and no bargain
ing" lie said: There is no hope for
final settlement except in physical
guarantees Won on the field of bat
tie" The words of both Colonel
Roosevelt and Mr.. Lodge were con-
strued by some of their hearers as
reply to the recent moderate utter
ance of Lord Lansdowne.
What with the presence in balcony
boxes of 500 members of the Penn
a dinner of their own in another part
of the hotel and then went to the
ballroom to hear the speaking. and
of about 1000 men crowsling corri-
doris and anterooms as well IS the
banquet hall, it was the Pennsylva-
MIA Society's biggest annual dinner.
In the center of the big room hung
a service flag with 217 stars for
members and sons of members. Noted
portraits of Washington, Lafayette
and Franklin were framed with
greeneIy and white chrysanthemums
above the speakers table.
Colonel Roosevelt said that France
has saved the soul of the world"
Thanking heaven that at last we
stand shoulder to shoulder with
France as .140 years ago in our hour
of dark trial the forefathers of
the French of to-day stood shoulder
to shoulder with our own forefath-
ers," he phrased the spirit of the
gathering. And to help France and
their allies most effectively, he said,
the United States must make war
upon their enemies.
France embodies all of loveliness
and all of valor; beauty is her hand
maiden and strength her shield
bearer; and the shining courage OF
her daughters has matched the cour-
age of her dauntless sons. For three
and a half terrible years she has
walked high of heart through the
valley of the shadow. Her body is in
torture, but her forehead is alight
with the beauty of the morning.
Never in all history has there been
such steadfast loyalty in the doing
of dangerous duty, such devotion to
country, such splendor of service and
of sacrifice. And great shall be her
reward for she has saved the soul
of the world"
Colonel Roosevelt. who was intro
duced with the words, Hats off, gem
tlemen-a man-the bravest of the
brave" made Ambassador Jusserand
and everybody else laugh by telling
this story: ...t
I'm Washington he used to go on
walking trips with me. One day we
came to the Potomac and decided to
swim it. We took our clothes off and
were ready to plunge in when some
one in the party cried:
Mr.. Ambassador, Mr.. Ambassador,
you have your gloves on"
"'Yes, l know said. the Ambassa-
der. T thought we might meet
ladies'"
The Colonel said that NJ. Jusserand
was not only a great diplomat and
literary man but he is also a dead
game sport"
EuIOgy by Senator Lodge
Senator Lodge paid a tribute to NJ.
Jusserand's conduct .as ambassador;
he had walked without stumbling
path broken by pitfalls.
lie credited France at the battle
of the Marne with not only saving
Europe but the New World from Ger
man domination and said that our
debt to France now far surpasses the
obligation we incurred when France
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