Evening star., 1923-09-14
Eduoard Herriot Visiting U. S.
Fo Boom Famous Fair at LyOI

ruthless fashion. everything thp
stood in the way of the speedy ac-
epmplishment of his task.
Formerly. as | pointof. out above. =
professor>,ef rhetorie, he has, as the rs-
suit of the e>extrSoEdinary experiences
man. of actfdhasPather than of doc
tri1eS or stIedrfes, and whereas be-
fore be became mayor OF Lyon he
chad achieved considerable literary
eminence as the ,aHtiEor of a very
charming. and. at the same time,
erudite biography of the celebrated
Nine. Recamier. his only contribution
to literature since then has been 4
book which he entitled "Agir" Ohat
is to say, "Action'O and in which
he embodied the necessity of "doinge
rather than speaking and 'theo-
rizing."
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Herriot is a big. burly man. with
a heavy, squarish mead set on a short
neck between big shoulders. He has
been. rightly : described as talking.
not from Immediately behind his
front teeth, but from his stomach.p
with a good deal of forcefulneSs in
his expression. He is -eareIess in his
dress and prefers. al sack suit to any
other raiment; a sack. Shit which
often looks as if he had slept in il.
He insists that he is not coming 10
America on any political GRAND and
that whatever propaganda he IN
dulges in here will be only FOR the sake
of his world fair at Lyon.
Heris particularly anxious to secure
a lot of American Woodworking ma
ehinery for the exhibition. In fact,
his mission here is largely on the
same lines as those which took him
to Russia last year; mission which
was described as political, but which
was undertaken mainly in the inter-
ests of his world fair Its result was
that Russia has been among the
largest foreign exhibitors at Lyon,
Russian furs being the piece de re-
sistance of the show. Buyers were
dubious at first. But the fur market
was hungry Tor fine pelts and had TO
buy the furs that, through him and
through his world fair at Lyon, were
placed at its disposal. The great fu1
fashion concerns@of Paris and London
ordered millions of dollars worth of
skins and TIE goods have been delivs-
cred to their complete satisfaction. J
Herriot, who would not believe in
the possibility Of the great war until
it actually broke out, is of the opinion
that international economics donr-
mate international policy and that
business relations and the bonds OF
trade and of commerce are far NOR
powerful and lasting than any al
lance based on sentiment, idealisI5
and treaties.
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1t is very doubtful whether Edouarl
Herriot will go to Washington. Bat
he has already arranged to visit the
chief industrial centers and will seek.
it is said, meeting with Herbert
Hoover, whose businesslike admin
istration of the various American re
lief agencies in Europe during the
great war aroused his sympathetic
interest and admiration.
There is but one disadvantage under
which Eduoard Herriot will labor
while in America. namely. his inabil-
ity. to converse with those whom he
meets; ine English. .Ssors te make any
public addresses in that language. He
could do so with f1uency and elo-
quence in Latin or in Greek, of which
he retains a remarkable mastery. bot
English presents difficulties which he
has never been able to overcome. rs
deed,o hc is man of great culture,
personal charm, very simple and up-
affected, and openly favors the further
renunciation by France of some ef
her just demands upon Germany fqIh
! reparations. being convinced of thf
impossibility of obtaining anything Is
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