Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-05
MISSION
BUSY IN CHICAGO
ENJOYS Visit the Stock Yards
and Attend Many Other
Functions.
RECEPTION AT UNIVERSITY

CHICAGO. May "a strenuous day.
marked with a military air. occupied
the visiting French commission today.
Following a motor trip over the boule-
wards and a visit to the Art Institute,
a military parade was arranged In
honor of the guests. Every National
Guard unit in Chicago. contingent
of bluejackets from the United States
cadets from the high schools. the Ini-
versity Of Chicago and Northwestern
University participated.
A reception and a luncheon at the
University of Chicago was followed by
an afternoon mass meeting at the
stock yards, where delegations of for
eign-born citizens of the country. in
the costumes of their native lands,
welcomed the commission. The mis-
sion will leave tonight for Kansas
City.
Joffre Captures Middle West.
BY the Associated Press.
Joseph Jacques Joffre. marshal of
France has smiled his way into the
heart of Chicago and the middle west.
Not understanding English, he met the
throngs which beset the French mis-
sion on It's every turn today with a
kindly. courageous smile-a smile that
seemed to explain the title Papa
Joffre." And it was with this smile il
Eliminating his face that he stood be-
fore the mass meeting last night after
it had clamored for an expression from
him. and entwined two small flags, the
tri-color of France and the Star Span
gled Banner of the United States.
Rene Viviani, French minister of JUS
tice, and head of the mission. was ac-
ola cd 1acS a &
appeal to his American brothers to
come under your glorious banner to
fight for the democracy of the world,
to show our men that when the rights
of d single nation are violated the
rights of all nations are trampled under
foot" the official text of which was
given out at the home of r. T. Crane.
jr.. where the members of the mission
spent the night. drew round after
round of applause.
In the address made at dinner to
the commissioners NJ. Niviani toasted
the President of the United States. He
pointed out that common ideals bind
democracieS together far more closely
than alliances Of blood bind royal fam
lilies. He said Lafayette brought back
from America many of the ideals
which are now dear alike to French
men and Americans.
No Doubts as to America.
IF we had our doubts as to the JUS
tice of our cause" he added, I'VE
should not have doubted any longer
when. gazing across the vast expanse
of sea. we saw all thinking Americans
turning to our side, and. so far as they
could. by their sympathy, by the bene-
fits they showered on the heads of our
dying, our orphans, proving to you the
ardor of a sympathy which in those
tragic hours raised and lifted US above
our very selves.
And if from the first you gave US
the inestimable benefit of your moral
support. it is because you are a great
democracy: it is because we are a great
democracy: because in Europe or in
France there are freemen who were
thus agreed to raise yet higher the flag
of democracy before the rampant of an
autocracy which is tottering to its fall.
Already with fire and sword. by the
valor of our children, their strength
of our arms. we have passed beyond
the wall and above it sent the radi-
ance of all the ideas of liberty.
I'm the message of Mr.. Wilson. in
comparable in it's grandeur and nobii-
ity, and which went to the heart of
hearts of France, and which the gov