Evening journal., 1920-03-19
lsAAcs AND HIS WORTHY ENTERPRISE.

TT ENRY r. TsAACs OF this city 1. working night and
~ day to make successful Delawares end Of the
Americas Gift 10 France" campaign. He Is chairman
Of the committee in this State
The gift will be colossal statue TO commemorate
the victory Of the French armies at the Marne In Sep
teber i9iA e25O0oo Is to be collected throughout the
United States during the week Of March 22 The project
has received the highest official sanction OF civil and
military leaders in both countries.
The statue will be the voluntary gift OF the people OF
America 10 the people Of France and the funds Will come
from all parts OF the country and from who
to give Popular subscriptions will from one
cent upward
In 1885 the people OF the French Republic gave to
America the Statue OF Liberty which stands In New York
harbor The statue which the and women and chill
dren Of America will send to France to be placed on the
banks the Msne. marking the spot where the French
army stopped the German advance and saved the clyza
tIon OF the world is intended parallel offering Of
friendship.
On both sides of the Atlantic the idea is enthusias-
tlcay sponsored not only by the general public but by
the highest government and army officials OF the two
republics General Pershing says:
u should be very pleased to accept place upon the
general committee Of Americas Gift to France; the plan
appeals TO a splendid one"
Marshal F6ch writes: "The Marne was one OF the
greatest symbols OF the whole It was there that
the invasion nrst arrested In 1914 II was arrested
there second tme in 1918 and 1t was from the Marne
that the victorious OfensNe recommended WHICH ieu
Allied armies TO the Rhine and in which the A. E. f. took
a glorious part In New York harbor monument re-
calls that more than century ago, our peoples FIRST
fought together for liberty The Monument OF the Msrne
VIII remain as witness for future generations that the
same idea still unes the United states and France This
will show you 10 what degree approve OF the noble aim
OF your organization"
Senator Rlbol, member Of the French Academy and
Minister OF Finances for France from August 1914 to
March, 1917 has written:
.eThe United States to which we owe in such great
measure the hnal victory, wishes to remind future gen
eratons that without the heroism OF our soldiers ana
the genius Of their leaders, the cause OF liberty Tor which
they so noby gave their lives and treasure would nave
persisted on the banks tho Marne It is not only France
who would haye been vanqushed, but the whole cNhzed
world whose rights she was defending"
Secretary OF War Baker has said Of Americas Gift TO
France"
"yvhere the invading onrush Of the enemy stopped on
its way to Paris and where the American forces rendered
some Of their nrst and effective aid in the defensive
battle line It is peculiarly httlng that some lasting
memorial should rise Returned soldiers have told the
thrilling story OF the effect upon the population as
ramlons OF khakl-cad men sped toward the northeast
and the countryside set up the confident cry OF Les
Amercainsr Neither the American people nor he frenoh
would wish hat The statue proposed be characterized %!
elaborateness or costness but rather that s quiet SIM
plcy should remain through the years as reminder OF
the corporation Of great nations In worthy cause
Former Secretary Of the Interior Lane says:
az heartily endorse the project FOR commemoraiins
the bate OF the Marne by placing on that field statue
nv MacMonnies. which viii be the sft OF America 70 |
France We will be proud 10 mark the place whefe
was saved the place where miarsm was barred
In rs advance the new turning point In Civilizations
life"
In view Of those and other things including the fac
hat Deawares share OF the s250OOO fund is csmpara-
lively small the people OF Delaware should experience
,easure in according to Mr.. saacs and his associate
90 per cent Of support.