Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-09-07
Ambassador JusSerand Pays
Eloquent Tribute to Hero
Who Came to Assist Ameri-
can Colonies.
GERMAN DESIRE TO
KILL Is HORRIBLE
Nothing Spared by Kaiser'S S
MinionS, Although Ancient
Huns Left City of TroyeS
Unrayaged on Request,
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New York, Sept. 6.---Jules Jusse-
rand, the French ambassador, speak
ing here tonight on the 160th ami
versary Of the birth or Lafayette. said
the example set by Lafayette and
France in coming TO the rescue Of the
struggling American colonies had
stood unimi:ated untn the United
states with no selfish ends to serve,
Joined the present fight for the
worlds liberty.
The ambassador told the story of
Lafayettes birth at an old fortified
manor in Auvergne a few weeks after
his young father had been killed
charging the Germans at the head of
his grenadiers.
Eloquent Tribute.
I'm the old world and in the new"
he said, the anniversary is observed
from the early hours this morning
an American flag. replica of the first
one with the thirteen stars. given by
the city of independence, Philadel-
phia, has been waving on the belfry
OF the Hotel de Vile in Paris and we
convene once more in great New York
at the call of a committee of citizens
and of France-America joining in
thought the villagers of long ago.
"A great change has been wrought,
which will go increasing as the conse-
quences of events continue to develop
for on that sixth of September had
been born a fearless. honest man in
whom every noble thought awakened
enthusiasm. fit friend for Washing
ton, a man who knew the value of
pledge and who, from the day he was
able to think, pledged his life to the
service of liberty
Pledges Must BE Sacred
"On the sacredness of a pledge
mainly rests the whole fabric of civ
ilization. Let that disappear, and we
go back to barbarism and the rule
of sheer force. What allows us to
live otherwise than like wild animals
is that inward feeling which early al
lowed both the stronger and the weak
er to come together and say, Let us
be friends and caused them to keep
their word There Is scarcely bet
ter test of the progress of mankind to-
wards happiness and peaceful devel-
opment than the degree of observance
of the pledged word.
Lust for Killing. i
From this results between nations
peace, trust. joyful development; from
the reverse results--What we see to-
day. a state of things so fearful that
the world has never seen the like,
even in the days of the Huns on whose
barbarity our enemies cheerfully pre-
tend to model theirs; those Huns could
spare city; at the request of its
bishop, they spared Troyes: their fol-
lowers of today cannot spare child,
a woman, a wounded soldier, a church.
They even take the trouble of killing
trees, so great is their lust for Killing
THE tragedy of it all is that since
we are averse, even when the day of
victory comes. to ruling our enemies
and to turning against them their
principles, for we love ours, no end
is possible save by taking the word
of those men for whom the pledged
word is nothing. is trifle, bauble
something to make fun Of"
The ambassador also spoke of Eng
lands answer when Germany pro-
posed violation of her pledge to de-
fend Belgium.