The Washington herald., 1918-09-25
FRENCH WILL
FIGHT TO END
Jusserand Makes Fiery
Speech After Presenting
Vases to Senate.

Ambassador Jusserand, speaking
with the voice Of France before the
Senate of the United States yesterday.
assured the American people that the
French will use force to the utmost
to gain a conclusive decision over
the enemy. who can understand moth
ing but force.
The speech was the most gratifying
aud encouraging that has been deliy-
cred by a foreign official in the Sem
ate chamber since the beginning OF
the war.
Ambassador Jusserand. on behalf Of
his government, presented two mag
niflcent Sevres vases, the product OF
the government factory. to the Sem
ate. Long established rules ana
precedents were swept aside to per-
NIT the Ambassador to make the pres
entation direct to the members of the
Senate in the Senate chamber. and
for the first time the flag of another
nation-the tri-color of France-was
displayed with that Of the United
States. -
1--WE are now at one OF the grand
est periods OF the world" said Am
bassador Jusserand. "We see sights
never to be seen again: not only
scenes of horror, but scenes of SPLEEN
dor To those latter scenes American
contribution is cne OF which YOU and
your descendants may well be proud
forever.
Quoting from Pascal he said that
Justice without Force is poweTless; {;
Force without Justice is tyrsnnical. %
OF the two ways os expressing ones
sell. that OF Joffre. Foch. Haig
Pershing, and of their companions in
arms in Italy. Palestine. the Balkans
and Siberia, is the only one our en-
emy understands fhe is never tired
OF saying SO himself. and since we
want to be understood, We mean to
use no other.
I'VE have to deal with a strange
enemy; shall not say a monstrous
enemy though, in fact. such he is.
He can devise; he cannot understand.
That unique enemy can devise liquid
fire. poisonous gases, poisonous propa-
ganda, noxious germs to be sent by
his diplomatic pouch to neutral coun-
tries, as happened in Norway and
Rumania (after which he wonders
why he has no friendsl, an accurate
shelIing OF Rheims. the burnipg of
4-OuN dlllr lAlt FlllhAlS u tilt L-AASl
tania and hospital ships, perfectly
appointed wagons to carry off loot,
the efficient slavery of civilians.
They forgot in their calculations
one impondeTable item - sentiment
They could not understand that
sentiment is a force-the greatest
of all in our days-that sentiment
leads the world and has caused one
nation after another in Europe, in
North, Central and South America,
in Asia and in Africa even, to come
and say: To the end we are with
you
Sentiment is the force behind
those particular guns which will win
the day.
What Is now the time OF day? Is
Der Tag nearly spent? FOch, HaiE.
Pershing and their peers will tell us
when they think fit. All we need to
know is that We are in, all of Us,
until the last gun is fired And
why are We in: We are in, as I
take it. in order to give its proper
value to a dOcumyht about as
sacred TO US French as to you
Americans. and which recalls to us
common souvenirs. 1t is to make
good for the world the Declaration
OF Independence
Vice President Marshall accepted
the vases and made a touching and
telling reply to the speech OF the
French Ambassador.