New-York tribune., 1921-09-23
Mandate of Pershing Is to
Assure eve Still Re-
member and Can Still
Act Says Ambassador
Pledge Given at
Dinner to General
Visit Declared a Sequel
to Journey of Army
Of 1000, 600 Overseas
By Wilbur Forrest
c..;nI CnhIc Ia T,hs Tr;ha

PARIS, Sept. 22.-Myron T. Herrick,
ne United States Ambassador here,
to.night delivered to France prom
se. whether inspired from Washington
a, not. that amounted almost to an un-
written alliance between the two couu-
tries
Speaking before a group of distin-
suished guests at the Inter-Allied
Club in the Place de la Opera, at a
dinner he was rendering General Per-
shing the Ambassador abandoned the
usual oratory of such occasions and
said fatty and unqualifiedly that Gen
eral Pershing's mandate In France
VAS to tell France on behalf Of all
America that I'VE still remember. and
II tnat be not enough we can still act"
Recalling the way America fulfilled
ier war promises, Ambassador Herrick
,sid that General Pershing's present
mission was only the sequel to the
othsr and that its significance was lost
to no one in or out of France.
Notable Guests Present
Among the ambassadors guests, be-
sides the American commander. were
Minister Of War Barthou and Minister
oi Marine Guisthau. Marshals Lyautev
sud D'Esperey, General Buat, chief Of
staff Of the French Army; Admiral
jaurez, Minister of Pensions Maginot.
Herman Harjes, commander of the
Paris post of the American Legion, and
other representatives of the armies
and nayies of the two countries.
The ambassadors words, coming
only short time before the French
delegation starts for Washington to
attend the November Conference on
the Limitation of Armament, NAV b.,
significant, in view of the belief here
that France wants the subject of
guarantees discussed at that parlev.
AMBASSADOR Herrick's words were:
-Four years ago, on reaching France,
Gsneral Pershing made a speech con-
sahng three words, but they were
enough They revived memory and
implied q promise. A year later the
pfenss was fulfilled by the strong
Hsaftrm of two million young Ameri
sssGswhile the memory has continued
Doe strengthened and sanctlfied by
hs acts that inspired.
Sequel of the A. E. F.
o-day no tread of mighty American
a'sts shakes the soil of France, but the
nme fine soldier comes to you to per-
i5rm another act, and this act is but
lae sequel Of that other. Its signifi-
sance is lost on no one in or out of
France The whole American nation
comes with General Pershing to do
homage to their gallant friends.
They say through him that we still
oy,,hA
we can still act"
sall unsullied by ambition but devoid
respectful of the claims of others, the
custodian of power rather than its in
strument. 1t is seeking to be Just,
striving to be right and unswerving in
lie exercise of this power. Such, GEN
tlemen, think is the history of Cen
erai Pershing's mandate in France, as it
IS the living spirit of Americas pur-
pose.
If there be those who cherish the
nope that this purpose has been al
.ered or will be changed, let them
lase fair warming"
: NJ Barthou spoke briefly, as did
GENERAL Pershing, in few sentences
euloglzing Ambassador Herrick. Mar
snai foch was not present at the din
ner because of conflict in his engage
ments.
Meets Millerand To-day
General Pershing tomorrow will be
tne guest of Barthou at luncheon at
the War Office. Later he will be re-
eelved by President Millerand at the
slysee Palace as the guest of "the
french nation
1t was learned to-day that General
ifershing probably will not be able to
oestow in person the Congressional
medal of honor on the unknown Brit
is ish soldier in Westminster Abbey. as
aad been expected. The English author
l'ies now want to hold the ceremony on
Armistice Day, and General Pershings
present schedule calls for his presence
~ Washington on that date, when the
sonlerence ON armament limitation