Evening star., 1924-11-30
.JUSSERAWlAUDS
i. .S.-FREN(;HA AhITy
Guest at Franco-American
Banquet, He Says Nations
Have Same Ideal.
BY trs Associated Press.

United States. will relinduish his
Washington post early in the new
Year, after - years chief of the
French diplomatic mission, tonight
was guest of honor al a farewell BAN
quet by three Fran Goa American or
Sanizations. the France America So
ciety. the Federation of French AL
liances and the American Society of
the French Legion Of Honor.
Remin!scing pleasantly in response
to toasts and tributes, Ambassador
Jusserand drew upon the wealth OF
his experience in the United States
during five presidential admihistra-
tons to illustrate the fundamental
reasons for and the progress Of
f'ranco-Amefican amity.
The occasion. he said. filled him
with emotion and reminded him of a
day, % years ago, when a new
conner to these lands saw for the first
time rising above the waters up to
the clouds, against n Babylonian
mass of human work the Statue OF
Liberty lighting the world-a French
welcome for French visitor, the
same who is still for few more
weeks the ambassador of France to
the United States"
All those years the early welcome
of the statue has held true for Am
bassador Jusserand.
His Parting Wish.
when. leaving these Shores" he
said in closing his address, II shall
look at her and see her diminish on
the horizon, parting wish Will go
to her: Raise aloft thy torch. oh. Lib
erty. May it ceaselessly continue to
light the world. and under thy guild
ance may the French and the Ameri-
can nations remain faithful to one
another. united, loving, forever
From his first days in America, Am
bassador Jusserand said, he never felt
he was 1tTing in a foreign land.
AT a banquet in Paris" he de-
cared, IAN American general could
say with truth the French ambassa-
dor is lucky: whichever way he
crosses the Atlantic he goes home.
Also from the first, NJ. Jusserand
said, he never forgot the symbolical
greeting of the Statue of Liberty
that told him to remember how two
struggling nations born Of revolution
had moved hand in hand toward an
ideal which will be fully reached
some day in liberty, equality and
justice"
The ambassador conceded the two
nations were not quite alike, but the
ground work was the same, he said,
based upon liberty, equality and fra
ternity and the three fused in justice
On these lines our democracfeS
can report progress" he said. I'm
ancient times, rulers, Godlike, sat on
high thrones and humanity squatted
on the ground. There are no longer
any such exalted seats in our coun-
tries, but there are chairs for all.
With all their difference, French
and American temper have much In
common, said the French envoy. He
recalled the early history of the re-
publics as we'll as his own wartime
experiences. to illustrate that both
peoples are at the same time prac-
teal and sentimental.
I'VE are hard-working races" he
said, very attentive to the bargains
we drive, but when an appeal Is made
to sentiment we melt
Doubtful About Memoirs.
The French ambassador said he
didn't know whether he should ever
write memoirs. Most ambassadors
do. but they are not bound to-" he
added.
But he expressed the hope of writ
ing at least an article telling of the
memorable sights he witnessed in
the United States during the war.
Then, he said, he saw nation puri-
fed, sublime, the only contest being
as to who would be best. All depriva-
tions were accepted cheerily. not one
was imposed. Requests to q part
of the country, he said. made the
other regions indignant because they
could not join in the sacrifice.
When France needed gasoline. the
Ambassador recalled, Washingtonians
gave up pleasure automobiling to
such an extent that his old coach
man had no difficulty maneuvering
his old-fashioned horse-drawn car
riage into the stream of Sunday
traffic on Sixteenth street.
The success of such appeals, the
loans of immense magnitude, the
valor displayed at the front, and the
impatience to be there weSe all due
to sentiment, common Franco
American trait, said the Ambassador.
1t was sentiment awakened by IN
juries received, by the danger threat
ening the country and sentiment
also for an ally of long ago. ne
added.
IAN intimacy has been created be-
tween US for having lived those war
days together" the diplomat cohtin-
ued "Innumerable friendships from
the highest to the humblest, beginning
with the five American Presidents to
whom 1 have been accredited, SEN
timent of gratitude, and why not say
in one single word, sentiment OF
love binds me to your country. In
discussing the affairs of my country
1t seemed that l was discussing our
common affairs.
French Contributions.
I'VE remember. with. I hope, par
donable pride, that in the cornerstone
of some of the chief structures erect
of
French medal has been laid as an
amulet bespeaking prosperity. The
first and only treaty of alliance
was with France; the first ship in
the incipient American Navy was
from designs supplied by us. the
first treaties of any kind, amity,
commerce, navigation, consular serv-
ice, arbitration-I had the honor OF
signing that one-were with France.
The plans for the Federal Capital
were supplied by that Maj. LEnfant
so devoted to the American cause.
that his arrival here preceded that OF
young, enthusiastic, chivalrous Mar
uuis de Lafayette. The voluntary
cession of Louisiana was the corner
stone of American greatness. Only
yesterday, not figuratively in this
case, but really, the corner stone of
the young and already famous Amer
lean Academy OF Arts and Letters
was laid by Marshal Foch."
Lenders Pay Tribute.
Tribute to Ambassador Jusserand's
service was paid by Elihu Root, DR..
Nicholas Murray Butler, George
Wickersham and others.
he reported our people to his
country with accuracy and deep
knowledge" said Mr.. Root. II won
der how far the people Of either