The Washington times., 1920-06-01

tHs h4stf~ f's''
memory OF Washington. j ,respest-
fully salute here the great soidin
and lay upon his tomb the palm
we oner our soldiers who have
died for their country" t,f
BY the end OF May the French
mission Was once again In Franre.
All along the way from Brest nj
larious crowds created their re-
turning countrymen, and immense
'throngs were waiting for them at
the Paris station. When the en,is-
saries found their motor cars halted
by q mass OF cheering people whb
surged through the lines Of police,
Marshal Jorre exclaimed. why, IL
10 like New York;" They had GER
tainly succeeded In srousing Amer
lea 10 an ardent desire 20 be OF the
utmost service to their country.
Help FranceH Help FranceY
Who would not. thanking God for
the great chance.
Stretch out hts hands and run TO
. succor France?"
In the month OF June three. moro
missions came FROM other allied
Countries v-Italy. Russia, and Bel
gium--to confer with the members
OF the Administration and gain the
assurance OF our cooperation. They
were all in Washington at the SAME
time. and the programs for theft
duties and pleasures were much the
same. ~
The Italian emissaries were head
ed by a cousin of the Kings, 10
whom and To whose colleagues the
Letters gave lip their house. His
Roya Highness Ferdinand of Se-
voy, Prince of Udine. brought the
President a personal letter from
Victor Emmanuel Ill But no more
e.oauent words of greeting lrad
come TO America from any OF h9r
allies than those OF the soldier.
poet Gabrielle d'Annunzio. Writton
for the. Italian. celebration OF the
Fourth OF July, the suthor--whose'
mother had been Killed in an mir
raid, who had himself lost an eve
and a hand and given all his prop
erty TO his country--in the "Can to
Arms" appealed to US to share their
inspiration; ~.s..
lave then, America. for truth is Lying;
Die. for In desthsis Immortality.
We're on the march! How long shall we
be marching ..~
Untm the roads OF east and Vest are free:
Until beneath the four winds OF the
Freedom u pcssibIe for ali mankind:
Until We reach the end OF our long
Until time brings the fulIncss of the
years rs-.
A Faith in arms is marching to the fu-
ture:
II. mass are consecrated to IN. dawn
Resides bringing Italy's greetings
to the Republic. the representatives
hoped also to arrange for supplies
of raw materials and equipment for
her soldiers. In their conferences
with our officials great stress was
laid on the need Of coal. iron and
steel. of chemicals and cotton, and
Of copper. brass, and rubber for war
purposes But in return the itai.
ians were, eager to help US insev~ry
way possible. especially in giving
us information which would aid tn
the DEVELOPMENT, of our airplanes.
: since my husband had heen secs
.retary in tho embassy AT Rome Tor
a number OF wears, We invited
Prince Cdine to dinner. AS he was
young and fond Of dancing, in spite
Of the war we asked few young
o. peopIe to dance. When we lunched
at the Italian. embassy. ! sat next
him at table. Although q naval
officer and very charming. a good
sort-intelligent ard alertly inter
ested in 'everythinr-I did not think
him quite SO attractive rs his cousin
the Duke OF the hbru3zi.
By great rood furtune I got tick
cts to 60 to the Capitol and hear
the Prince. Mr.. Balfour. and the
new Russian Ambassador address
Congress. As usual the place was
crowded. and furore Of enthusi
asm was evinced at all the speeches.
In spite of the fact that Prince
Udine read his in broken English. II
was surprisingly good = the Russian
aso spoke admirably, and in excel
lent English. ..t Do
Russia sent us. tho Provincial
Government Special Ambassador
BekhmetieT. Eut even at that time
their country was going on from a
frenzy Of confusion to an utter
chaos of anarchy. AS kercnsky
said, 1--WE have tasted liberty and
1t has made us drunk" So in spite
of the Ambassadors hopeful words
to Congress, assuring US that Rus
sia will not fail to be worthy
partner in the leaguwf Of honor"
that country's betrayal of the cause
Of the Allies was already near at
hand.
There we're many stories currrnt
about this mission. II sppsnrS
Bakhmetieff had lived In New York
STATE for several years and so know
our language and ways. Although
a kerensky man, he was not as So
cialistic as I had imagined he might
be. His Excellency had come to
America by way of Siberia. and had
brought number of men and wom-
en- with him---so many. in fact, that
they could not all be housed by
Mr.. Jenning. who had kindly Of
fered them his home. All the wom-
en- and some of the men had to be
sent on to New York. 1t was whis-
pered that the feminine contingent
wore such strange clothes and were
such peculiar types that II was
feared they would not make .yood
impression, and so only the most
prcseptable men remained in Wash
ingtOn