Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-03
HOUSE GIVES JOFFRE
A WARM WELCOME
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quiet reigned again Speaker Clark
introduced NJ Viviani who said in
part:
Never shall forget the acclama-
tions of the American people. If l
do not thank you adequately it is
not because our gratitude is lasting
but because the words with which
to express it are insufficient.
Have Our Sympathy
I'VE feel that your sympathy and
your enthusiastic assistance come
not only fro myour hearts but from
the pealousy which you have for
your own honor. We have seen that
you fulfielled not only the obliga-
tions of national honor, but all at
once we have seen unfolded in it's
charming intimacy the compleXity
fthe American soul. When one
meets an American he meets prac-
tical man. living for the affairs of
this life, but at the same time one
discovers in the American soul the
freshness and the Vivacity of new
life, the strength which comes from
the devotion to an ideal. And so,
in that American soul we have be-
fore us the paradox of the combina-
ton of the practical and the ideal.
There is parallel between your case
and ours.
you. like ourselves, carry the
mandate of free people, to caintain
certain ideals, to exchange certain
opinions regarding the tremendous
problems arising from the war. to the
end that our two nations may. side
by side, achieve equality and liberty.
Opposed to us is an absolute monorch
who seeks to compel others to do his
will. When a few days ago the peo-
pie of this nation heard the call to
arms that man who is the central
power in Central Europe understood
the gravity of the new situation
which confronted him and then we
saw him leaning from his throne
beckoning to his subjects trying to
reassure them with a promise of uni
versal suffrage. 1t was indeed a Bit
ter Jest.
IF your national hero. George
Washington, could rise from his
grave and behold to-day's war he
would himself proclaim that after a
nation had created independence it is
bound to defend it before all the
world and not only to maintain it's
own independence but to create also
independence for other nations.
Fight to the End
1--WE have sworn on the grave of
w aSnlnBLOn TO IlBllI u the emu. buL
not only has it been sworn on the
grave of washington but also on the
graces of the uncounted soldiers VINO
have fallen in this war. 1t has been
sworn on the deathbeds of those who
have died in the hospitals of Europe
and it has been sworn on the cradles
of the newly born. 1t has been sworn
by every lover of freedom from the
cradle to the tomb"
Nearly all the members had greet
ed the members of the mission when
Representative Mann, with Represent
ative Rankin, on his arm, passed be-
fore the members of Marshal Joffre's
staff. Each of the officers. including
Colonel Jean Fabry, the blue devil
of France" first shook Miss Rankin's
hand and then each bowed low and
kissed 1t.
Roar of Applause
When Speaker Clark introduced
MARQUIS De Chambrun the applause
and cheering reached the proportions
OF roar.
Ambassador Jusserand was intro
duced and spoke in part as follows:
"If two men who fought side by
side for liberty, George Washington
and General Lafayette, could be here
they would say we thank YOU The
action that has been taken by the
United States has touched the people
of France very deeply"