Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-06
AMERICAAND
FRANCE join
IN GALA DAY
Anniversary of LaFay
ette's Birth and Marne
Battle Celebrated.

New York, Sept. 6.-Ambassador
Jusserand of France was the prin-
cipal speaker at Franco-American
exercises held in the city hall today
in cOmmemOratiOn of the 162nd an
niversary Of the birth of Lafayette
and the fifth anniversary of the
first battle of the Marne. Messages
of felicitation and congratulation
upon victory OF allied arms which
had been brought to pass since the
last celebration by the Lafayette
day national committee were read
from President Poincaire of France,
General Pershing, Major General
Wood and Secretary of State
Lansing.
Other speakers were Myron T.
Herrick, former governor of Ohio
and ex-United States ambassador to
France, and DR.. John H. Finley,
staLe commissioner of education.
Many Nations Represented.
The governments represented in
cluded France, Great Britain, Can
ada, Italy, Japan. the United States,
Belgium, Russia, Poland and
Greece.
In the afternoon services at the
Lafayette monument in Union
square were participated in by the
Society of the Centennial; Sons Of
the Revolution, G. A. R., Society Of
the Colonial Wars and the Society
of Founders and Patriots of
America. ~ s-.----..-
Similar exercises were held at
the same time in San Francisco,
Milwaukee, Philadelphia. Fayette-
vile. n. c.. and Louisville. Ky, the
same messages being read to the
assemblages in those cities.
In Philadelphia, in addition, a ca
BILE message also was read from the
president of the Paris municipal
council.
Field Marshal Haig, Admiral
Beatty, Premier Clemenceau of
France, Andrew Tardieu and J.
Balfour also sent characteristic
greetings.
"War Ends as 1t Should
Ambassador Jusserand in his
address said that the war has now
ended as it should" and that the
peace which has been signed was
not a peace of vengeance, but a
peace of reparation and safety. He
paid a touching tribute to the MEM
Ory Of Theodore Roosevelt.
Touching upon LaFayette's devo-
tion to the American cause and
Americas later response he said:
when Lafayette heard of
American independence his heart
enlisted. When you heard of the
danger of France, your hearts en-
listed the severest claims on you,
the widening of the limits of mill
tary age for your population and
the increase of war taves passed
houses. Your descendants to the
end of time will be proud of those
ancestors of theirs who acted thus
and fought so well in the great
crisis"
Lay Monument for Yanks.
Bordeaux. Sept 6.-(By the AS
sociated Press "A distinguished
company of Frenchmen, headed by
President Poincaire. together with
many Americans from both official
and civil life, gathered today on
historic Pointe de Grave. at the
mouth of the Gironde river, so |
miles below this city, to lay the
corner stone of a monument which |
will commemorate the entry of
America into the war.
Today was the birthday of Mar !
quis de Lafayette, and the monu- /
ment will mark the place from !
which he sailed to America in 1777 [
and to which he returned five years |
later on board the American ship .
1t also will mark the |
spot where the first American |
troops to be landed in France left |
their ships in May. 1917.
French and Z. s. Leaders Present.
President Poincaire arrived here !
this morning on = special train,
being accompanied by Premier
Clemenceau, Marshal Foch and |
United States Ambassador Wal
lace With Mr.. Wallace were Rear
Admiral Andrew T. Long, naval at
tache, and Captain John H. Nc
Fadden, assistant military attache
at the American embassy in Paris
The party was greeted here by
the cOmmemoration committee,
headed by Deputy Maurice Damour
and Senator CASTOR Menier. After
a short stay the train left for
Pointe de Grave.