The New York herald., 1922-05-31
FRENCH FRIENDSHIP
TRIBUTE TO DEAD.
Every Hero's Grave in Land
Where He Fell Has It's
Flag or Flower.
VIRTUE OF PREPAREDNESS
Gen. HarbOrd Says France Is
Justified in Striving for
Security.

Special Gable to THE New YORK HnaAlD.
Copyright, 1922, by THE NEW YORK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau.
Paris, May 3O
Friendship. in place OF distrust and
war. was the theme proclaimed by states
men. soldiers and public leaders to-day
wherever F'renchmen and Americans
gathered to pay homage to America
dead lying Beneath French SOIL To-
night there is not single American
grave which does not bear its flora'
tribute. or a small American flag,
testifying that the memories OF thf
sacrifices of Americas sons in the grear
war are grateful still. as in the days JUS,
after the armistice.
AS last year, the French to-day made
Americas Memorial Day their own.
sending delegations and orators. and.
wherever possible. contingents OF french
troops, as a sign tnat friendship in arms
is still Frances peacetime ideal.
In the Paris area the chief interest
centred in the ceremonies at the Arc de
Triomphe. where Ambassador Herrlck
laid a wreath on that sacred tomb, as
Testimony of Americas immutaDle
friendship" and the Veterans of For
eign Wars placed alongside the emblem
of their order Later in the day at
least 1000 persons went to the American
military cemetery at Suresnes, where
Mr.. Herrick and Gen. Joffre paid str-
ring tribute TO American heroism, the
American Ambassador prophesying that
in years to come America would not
fail to remember that it was in BLESSED
France their comrades placed the valor
Gus deeds of the Meuse-Argonne. st.
Mihiel and Balleau Wood beside the
chivalries of Yorktown.
Gen. Joffre. visibly touched by the
scene of American devotion to the dead.
briefly pleaded that the survivors of
the great war would not allow any petty
problems of politics to mar the friend
ship which "it is our bounden duty to
the dead to preserve forever"
Wreaths were placed also upon the
statues of Franklin and Lafayette in
Paris. In Picpus Cemetery, Lafayette
Post, G. A. r., and the Society of the
Daughters of the Revolution, Lafayette
Post, New York. represented by Miss
Frances Mills. placed a wreath ard g
large American flag upon the tomb Of
Lafayette.
At Belleau Wood Major-Gen. J. G
Harbord. Deputy Chief of Staff of the
United States Army, said:
Allied blood will be cemented in the
foundations OF the future federation of
the world. There will come to the new
world higher justice and a broader
freedom, which were never possible
while the German theory of Government
prevailed and German statesmen dreamed
of world domination. Out of the suffer-
ings endured in common must come a
higher and broader nationalism that will
bind the allied countries together.
Fifteen centuries, in which at aver
age intervals of fifty years the invaders
have crossed the Rhine into France
have colored French traditions. Such
experiences have become parts of her
national consciousness. No friend of
France can deny her the right so to
shape her policies that these bitter ex-
periences can never again be repeated,
Gen. Harbord concluded with an
appeal that Americans should not blind
themselves to the facts, but take a
lesson from France by not permitting
interest in the restoration of trade to
outweigh the possibilities of war, and
this prudence and preparedness
At Romagne visitors found tha. the
children of neighboring schools had
gathered wild flowers, and long before
official delegations arrived every one OF
Americas $4,000 graves there had re-
ceived tender attention. Services were
held also at Bony, Fere-en-Tardenois
Thiaucourt. verdun, Havre, Brussels,
Cherbourg and Brest.
PARIS, May 80 (Associated Press).-
At Brest the day was celebrated in
kerfautras Cemetery, with American
Consul Williams and Rear Admiral
Sohwerer and other French notables
present. The children of the city and
Marine band of Brest took part in the
ceremony.
At st. Quentin Gen. c. III. SheriIl OF
the United States and Roland W. Boy
den spoke. John Corrigan. Jr, Consul
at Havre, delivered an address at Fere
En- Tard Enois. Gen. Peter C. Harris
was the principal speaker in the
Romagne Cemetery.
At Cherbourg the Americans placed
flowers on the graves of the sailors
who died off Cherbourg in the fight be-
tween the Alabama and the Kearsarge.