The New York herald., 1921-10-29

which they made a sacred cause and
cemented by victory II was a cause
that will never fail. The union will con-
tinue in peace and all it's problems The
union OF two democratic. liberal nations
France and America. is indispensable.
am confident that the union viii live
forever"
Ambassador Jusserand interpreted for
the press.
The Mayor again accompanied the
Marshal 10 his car, and many photo
graphs were taken of a group which In
cluded the Marshal, Gen. Pershing. the
Governor and the Mayor. Thereupon the
long parade uptown began. a journey
which repeated in somewhat less bois-
ferrous measure the delightful welcome
the Marshal had received downtown.
The route was through Lafayette TO
! Centre street, TO Ninth street. to Fifth
avenue. to Thirty-third street, to Seventh
avenue. to the Thirty-second street en-
| trance Of the Pennsylvania Station, and
! every foot of the way the Marshal was
most generously acclaimed.
The air was filed with "Vive Ia
| France toujours!" and often enough the
| Marshal responded with q "Oui, mes
amis, vive la France Vive PAmerique 2"
There We're specially impressive dem
onstrations in Madison Square in the
! forthcoming stretch of Fifth avenue. at
| broadway and Thirty-third street. and
| finally in the neighborhood of the Penn
! sylvania Station. But it was within
! that terminal that one OF the finest re.
| ceptions Of all was observed. The i'm
mense space was jammed with people
and bright with the colors of French and
| American flags.
/ AS the Marshal, escorted by Station
master Egan, entered the concourse. ap-
oh biao "a ,fol, Iad fo IA iat
train. he was suddenly in the midst Of
! 5000 new friends. who fairly raised the
/ roof. Finally he broke through and
went to the platform below, where he
bade farewell to members OF the recep
| ton committee and went aboard his
train. Gen. Pershing had already left
for Washington aboard the Congress
sional Limited at :25 p. NJ
Just before the train left a message
from President Harding was handed to
the Marshal. The President thanked the
Marshal for courteous wishes sent by
wireless. for Foch had flashed ahead of
| the ship:
| AT the moment when I am about to
| land on the soil OF the United States
: greet the President of the great republic
most respectfully. thanking him for the
honor which he has done me by sending
an American f1otilla to meet me-"
To this Secretary Hughes. for the
President had replied:
THE President desires me to express
to you his thanks for your thoughtful
message to him and to say that he is
anticipating meeting you tomorrow with
much pleasure. Please accept my own
cordial wishes of warm welcome to the
United States"
! Before going aboard the special the
Marshal, with meticulous courtesy,
thanked every person at all concerned in
his reception. To the newspaper mer
he said: II am deeply touched'-and
there were tears in his eyes. as there
were in the Aldermanic Chamber and
again in the concourse of the railroad
station. as he said this. To Consul Gen
eral Liebert he turned to say that the
"bigness" of New York overwhelmed
| him.
ut is so appallingly big-streets
buildings. crowds. spirit, everything
The trains start was delayed because
Of the tardliness in delivering the Mar.
shars baggage That came finally and
at 4:35, as the railroad men cheered
the train slipped away into the dark
ness