The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-01
ALL FORCES OF FREEDOM
LET LOOSE FOR YICT0RY

Washington, April 26.-In a state
ment to the American press today
Rene Viviani, Frances vice premier
and head of the war mission, said the
cooperation of the iUnited States
would mean not only a military VIC
tory, which already was assured, but
a victory of morality and right. Ex-
pressing deep gratitude for the en-
thusiastic reception given his mission
here, NJ Viviani said he realized il
was mot to us, but to our beloved anu
heroic France"
NJ Vivianis statement to the Wash
ington correspondents follows:
81 promised to receive you after
having reserved, as elementary
courtesy required, my first communl-
cation solely for the president, have
Just had the honor, which shared
with the other members of the mis-
sion, of being received by him. l am
inded happy to have been chosen to
present the greetings of the French
republic to the illustrious man whose
name is in every French mouth today,
whose incompatible message is at this
very hour being read and COMMANDED
upon in all our schools as the most
perfect charter of human rights and
which so fully expressed the virtues
of your race-long suffering patience
before appealing to force; and force
to avenge that long suffering patience
when there can be no other means.
Proud Of Their Country.
''Since you are here to listen to me
| ask you to repeat thousandfold
the expression of our deep gratitude
for the enthusiastic reception the
American people has granted US in
Washington. 1t is not to US, but to
our beloved and heroic France that
reception was accorded. We were
proud to be her children in those un-
forgettable moments when We read IN
the radiance of the faces We saw the
noble sincerity of your hearts. And
desire to thank also the press of the
United States, represented by you.
fully realize the ardent and disinter-
ested help you have given by your
tireless propaganda and in the cause
of right; l know your action has been
incalculable. Gentlemen, l thank
you.
eve have come to this land to
salute the American people and its
government, to call to fresh vigor
our lifelong friendship, sweet and cor
dial in the ordinary course OF our
lives, which these tragic hours have
raised to all the ardor of brotherly
loye-a brotherly love which in these
last years of suffering has multiplied
its most touching expressions you
have given help, not only in treasure,
in every act of kindness and good
will: for US your children have shed
their blood and the names of your
sacred dead are inscribed forever in
our hearts. And it was with full
knowledge of the meaning OF what
YOU did that you acted. Your mex
haustible generosity was not the char !
ity of the fortunate to the distressed;
it was an affirmation of your con-
science, a reasoned approval of your
judgment.
For Rights of Man.
Y our lSilOW COuAIl y lHCH huCW Iiioe
under the savage assault Of nation
of prey which has made Of war, to,
quote famous saying, its national in
dustry we were upholding with our
Incompatible allies, faithful and
valiant to the death, with all those
who are fighting shoulder to shoulder
with US on the firing line, the sons
of indomitable spirit which the forces
of autocracy were attempting to crush
throughout the world. We are ready.
to carry that struggle on to the end.
'4And now, as President Wilson has
said, the republic of the United States
rises in its strength as champion OF
right and rallies to the side of France
and her allies. Only our descendants,
when time has removed them SUM-
ciently far from present events, VIII
to be able to measure the full signi1-