Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-18
FRANCE HONORS
WORK OF BISHOP
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HIshop EnterthIns


Louis XIV. and in appreciation of the
aid extended by the French.
Bishop Entertains
The Frenchmen arrived from
Washington about IL o'clock this
morning, and were entertained by
Bishop and Mrs. Darlington at lunch
con at IL o'clock. \ number of
friends of the Darlingtons, besides
prominent clergy of the city, six Of
ficers and the commandant from
Middletown, who acted as the escort
of honor. and state officials were
present at the luncheon.
At o'clock the French visitors
We're escorted to the Capitol, where
Governor Sproul. Lieutenant Cover
nor Beidelman, John S. Spangled,
speaker of the House of Represen-
tatives, and other state officials met
them. The ceremonies started at $50
with these state officials participant
ing.
Responding to the speeches of the
French High Commissioners. Bishop
Darlington spoke in part as follows:
The Bishops Thanks
Permit me to acknowledge your
much appreciated but overpartial
words of praise for such efforts as
I have gladly made to aid the United
States and her Allies and especially
the French nation in this most right
eous of all wars. | heartily thank
the French government through you,
its representatives., for bestowing
this honor upon me, both clergy
man and an American citizen. I
had presumed when first notified
that the decoration of the Legion
of Honor had been awarded me.
that ii would either be sent by mail
or conferred upon me in my own
home.
"Messieurs, l appreciate the honor
of your selection of the State Capt.
tol as the place, and the presence of
the elected executive and legislative
branches of the Commonwealth. 1t
shows that you chose the place be-
cause you were aware that the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania was the
home of Lafayette for a large por-
ton of the whole time he spent
in America and with the Amer
lean Army, and that it was in York,
a city near by, that he was largely
instrumental in quelling an insur-
rcction and overcoming consDir-
acy against his beloved commander
Ninety years ago General Laf-
atette spent several days in this
city. and this county was named
Dauphin in honor of the son of the
reigning French monarch, Louis
XIV, and in appreciation of the aid
extended to us by the French.
Personally, I am pleased to re-
member to-day that my grandmoth-
er, Maria Wiley Darlington, born in
1900 in Pennsylvania and dying in
New York City in 1900, was select
ed by the ladies of the Hudson
River Valley to dance the coti!lion
with General Lafayette on his sec
ond visit to this country at recep-
tion given him at Newburgh.
Having been for many years
chaplain of the Huguenot Society of
America on account of M descent
from Jacques Reynaud, first free
holder of New Rochelle, whose house
is still pointed out to MANY Visitors
in that suburb of New York City, l
am glad to proclaim General
Pershing. commander-n- chief of the
EXpeditionary Forces i'm
France, as also Huguenot descend
ant and member of the Pennsyl-
vania Society. whose ancestors left
France at the revocation of the
Edict of Nantes. 1t was as a child
of France coming to rescue his an
cestral home and to re-establish lost
liberty that he said at Lafayette's
tomb: Lafayette, we are here
Having read recently in the press
the public expression of opinion ut
tered by another recent Pennsylvania
recipient of this honor, l wish to
state in your august presence that
/ think he altogether misreprcsents
the sentiment of the American peo-
pie in regard to President Wilson and
his part in forming the League of
Nationss. AS strong and intimate
friend of President Roosevelt for
many years, cordially Join with
Ex-President William Howard Taft
in supporting President Wilson's ef-
forts for the formation OF the
League of Nations, conscious that il
the present draft of it's constitution
is not satisfactory it can be amend
ed and amended again, until it is as
nearly perfect as the human plind
can make anything. Unforeseen oc-
casions will require new adjustments
which can be met when they arrive.
The fourteen points os President
Roosevelt, while stated with some
what more cleaIness than those of
President Wilson, are not more COM
prehensive, and agree in substance.
Had Roosevelt been alive to-day, /
think he would have few modifica-
tions to add to the present draft.
lie, oursgreat American leader. was
not fighting President Wilson, but
only that the fruits of victory might
not be lost by pacifists at home and
German intrigue abroad. Holding
no official position, he coud speak
more plainly and directly than any
President in official position could
do. We already have a League of
Nations. AS strong and intimate
stress of the war at the suggestion
of Miss Pankhurst to Minister LLOYD
George. which has won the greatest
victory of the ages. The new
League, formed by the same great
nations that have won the war. will
carry on the cause and prevent any
one nation setting the World afire
again. Differing entirely from Mr..
Beck, l agree with my friend.
President Taft, and Henry VanDyke
and the others of the League to En-
force Peace who are now touring
this country to explain to all our
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