The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-10-08
MARKS SPOT OF
YAnKS' LANDING
France Lays CornsrStOne Of
n5nument at tie Pointe
de Grave.
WALLACE [RaISEs French
President Poincare Urges Eoth Ma
tons to Guard Against Esttange-
ment-Lafayette Sailed for
America From Same Port.

= Pofnte de Grave, France--France
paid lasting tribute to American ac-
tive entry into the great war by lay
ing the cornerstone of a monument
here commemorating the landing on
the spot of the first contingent OF
American troops in 1917. Speeches
by President Poincare and Hugh Z.
| Wallace, the American ambassador.
were the features of the exercises,
| appropriately held on the birthday OF
| Lafayette, who sailed for America
| from this same port in 1777.
The scene was a brilliant one,
numerous detachmentS of French and
American soldiers, sailors and ma
rines assembled among the salrsdy
dunes of the Pointe giving color to
the picture. The guard of honor, for
instance, was composed of United
States marines, many of whom were
veterans. of the fighting on the Marine
in 1918.
DISTINGUISHED Gathering.
In addition to- Premier Clemenceau,
Marshal Foch and other dlstin-
guished Frenchmen, numbers of prom
inent Americans assisted in the cere-
mony, among them Frank L. Polk, I'M
der secretary of state; Gen. TaskertH-
Bliss and. Brig. Gen. w. d. Conner,
now commander of the American
forces in France. The French repre-
sentation included also Marquis de
Chambrun,. a descendant of Lafayette
and a member of the JOffre mission to
the United States in 1917; Andre
Tardieu, and Deputy Maurice Damourr
chairman of the committee In charge
of the exercises. A band from the
U. S. S. Garcia played.
A crowdI of some 5000 witnessed
the ceremony.
President Roimeare in his speeeis
called to America to continue THAI
close relationship which caused the
United States to- come to the aid OF
France.
sIn the. plains Of Picardy, Lor-
raine and Champagne by the side OF
1,4OO, 900 whom the war has mow1s
down. said he, ''sleep your Ameni-
cans whose mothers do not know
their tombs. They all sacrificed to
the same ideal the French died for
LET us, bend down over these tombs
and listen 1t is the same voice which
everywhere arises from the depths OF
the EARTH We have suffered they
- a. h. %Ia+ fho world chnIfIH
become free To you now falls the
DUTY to. watch that never again may
leap up this danger which we have
removed. DO not allow France and
America to estrange themselves IN
from the other. Do not draw apart
those hands which are now joined.
Be on your guard that there shall
never be kept between you misunder-
standings which ooner or later might
be transformed into disagreemenSs.
"'Tomorrow no more than yester-
day can you dispense with each other.
Separated yon will quickly be exposed
TO the offensive return of violence.
Side by side the peoples who have
won the war will be strong enough
to make such war impossible"
Praises Spirit of France
American Ambassador Wallace said
the monument would be to- victory
and liberty"
The speaker praised the spirit of
France and said that while many and
great are the glories of France there
is none that compares with the glory
Of the Marne."
Ambassador Wallace, after having.
dwelt upon the part Lafayette had
played in the Revolutionary war, said
the United States was proud to have
had the opportunity to cross the
ocean in this case, and that General
Pershing had the honor of serving
under Marshal Foch. The ambassa-
dor said he also considered it a great
honor to himself that the opportunity
was given him to affirm what was the
due of France, which, he declared.
must come out of the war with added
strength and prestige, as otherwise
would have been won in vain.