Evening star., 1925-01-22
BY EDOUARD HERRIOT.
Premier of France.

PARIS.-In such a resume as this
Boston seems a central point. ! should
regret leaving this city without trying
10 understand it, at least partially
Here we are among the Puritans, at
the home OF the oldest colony. Clergy
men disembarked here, together with
merchants and traders. 1t was doubt
lessly originally a theocracy-an elite
of narrow men resolved to wash the
soiled robes of Christ threadbare, but
an elite which contributed powerfully
TO the formation of the democratic
Idea and the revolutionary spirit
much concerned with moral and spir-
ttual education. 1t was Boston that
printed the first book in North
America. 1t was Boston which brought
out, In 1880, the first American news
paper, Public Occurrences, quickly
suppressed by royal decree. but fol-
lowed by the famous News Letter.
Tllere is still on view in the histori-
cal museum a mud-spotted manuscript
saved from the library of Lieut.. Gov.
Hutchinson, which the mob sacked
when he tried TO enforce the unpopu-
lar "writs of assistance"
BoSton's Famous Tea Party.
The municipal assembly of Boston,
protested in 1863 against the impor-
tation of British merchandise. Out of
this rose the revolt against the Brit
ish regiment, against the lobsters,"
and the famous Boston massacre. L
saw in one of the clubs in which l
was entertained, an old picture show
. ing citizens of Boston. who, disguised
asN Redskins, were seizing cases of
merchandise brought from England
and throwing them into the ocean. 1t
was the famous Boston Tea Party"
the decisive protest of the colonies
against the metropolis. The capital
OF Massachusetts became the very
fountain head of Sedition and a source
OF the first military action. Philadel-
phia declared independence, but Bos-
ton prepared for it.
If 1 should judge from the well
come of it's mayor, Mr.. James CurIey.
an Irishman. who, to receive me, had
placed out flags in his office and who,
following tradition, offered me the
symbolic keys to the city, Boston
remains at once the citadel of the
traditional American spirit and one
of the cities in which France is best
loved. Furthermore, close to the
sbatehouse. in front of Kings
Chapel and the old cemetery, l saw
q precious inscription to the mem
ory of the cheValier of Saint -Sauveur
aide major OF the French squadron,
y who died in 177S, after having risked
his life for the United States. The
words were chosen by the. Count
dEstaing. commander Of the first
group of ships sent by France. The
inscription has been religiously
spared. L read May every effort
which any one dares make to sepa-
rate France from America be forever
unfruitful"
Is 1t because of frie ndship for our
country that the architect of the rich
Trinity Church erected his temple in
the style of French Romanesque, COM
plicated with imitation Spanish? And
for the same reason did Purvis de
Chavennes compose the most ideal
istic frescoes for the magnificent
library?
French Art In Museum.
Rut French art affirms itself most
strongly at the Boston Museum. Our
Barbizon School is triumphant there.
I do not remember ever having seen
Millet better represented in any col
lection Thanks to the generosity of
quincy Adams Shaw, his work fill
more than two galleries. The poetry
of Our neaSart life in IFS of