Evening star., 1921-10-16

States consul at Prague. Austria. in
1897. He served at this post until
1907 His services in the diplomatic
world were favorably commented
upon by European statesmen and by
American writer's on trade journals and
he is in possession Of a number of COM
mandatory letters in this connection.
When Ledoux made known his in
tention of resigning from the consul
late at Prague in 1907 secretary
of State Elihu Root dispatched the
following cab1egram:
department reluctant to have you
leave consular service. Will you re-
consider"
This cablegram was followed by
letter accepting the resignation and
expressing the departments sincere
regret at your decision to leave the
consular service and its best wishes
for your future welfare and happi-
ness"
John Ball Osborne. chief of the
bureau Of trade relations. Department
of State, recognizing Ledoux's ability.
made the following statement in the
American Exporter:
"One of the best equipped offices in
the service for the dissemination OF
practical Information about Ameri-
can manufacturers and the foreign
consumers is the consulate at Prague.
Austria"
A PPARENTLY Mr.. 'Zero's'' services
in the consular bureau met with
the approval of officials and private
business interests throughout the
duration of his term as consul.
Ledoux, a year or so after leaving
the consulate at Prague, became in
terested In the then general move
ment to encourage world peace. He
attached himself to the World Peace
Foundation, of which DR.. David Starr
Jordan was the chief director. and
interested himself in securing for the
United States the meeting of the In
ternational Congress of Chambers OF
Commerce, in 1912. For this work
he received the formal thanks of DR..
Jordan.
To say that Urbain Ledoux con-
fines his thoughts to narrow chan
thinks in terms of the fourth dimen-
sion. always juggling in his mind
i, ideas just beyond the grasp of the
ordinary persons reason, and maybe
slightly beyond his own.
This constant struggle to "uplift
I the heart and elevate the soul and
peer into the great unknown" has led
LedouX to become affiliated with
many movements and organizations
of as strange a nature and, 1t must be
admitted. of as laudable a purpose as
his drive in behalf of the down and
outer.
Chief among these side issues was
Ledoux's Investigation. propaganda
and efficiency engineering work" in
harmonizing rhe are~Ssectural plans
for an international city" or inter-
national center of world communica-
tion. as projected by Hendrick C. An
derson, sculptor. of Rome. with the
cooperation of Ernest Hebrard,
French government architect. This
world city" was to have been the
progressive development Of the
science of internationalism." to house
international interests and unite peo-
Piles and nations upon broader hu-
manitarian lines.
The activity of Ledoux in this en-
terprise was whole-souled and took up
much of his time in the latter part of
1911 and the early months of 1912.
He wrote volumes of manuscript COW
ering his Investigation. propaganda
and efficiency engineering work" and
sent these data to Anderson. At
Anderson's request Ledoux acted as
for the world city to the Interna-
tional Commission of the Union of
International Associations. assembled
at the Palais du Cinuuantenaire. Brus-
sells. in April. 1912. Henri Lafon-
taine. founder Of the general office
then a member of the Belgian senate.
commended Ledoux in the following
language: You are a precious man.
and cannot tell you how grateful we
are for your cooperation"
y r X +
TT was on the evening Of his speech
before the International Commits
sion that Ledoux says he underwent
the great change in his life which