Evening star., 1925-01-31
.DAESCHNER ST|RS
. GREATER HOPEFOR
FORMAL DEBT PLAN
Talk With President Adds
Strength to Rumor Real
Offer Will Be Made.
DIPLOMATIC PRACTICE
DISCARDED AT MEETING
Vital Topic Broached at Outset.
President Agrees Gratitude
Obligation Is Paid.

Emile Daeschner, Frances new Am
bassador to the United States, by the
general tone of his statements to the
President yesterday, on his official
call at the White House to comply
with the formalities of presenting
his credentials, has at least added
strength to report, constantly recur-
ring since the French debt question
came to the front, that he has been
specially intrusted by his govern
ment with a proposal that would ad-
| vance toward a definite settlement Of
| the question.
When he called at the White House
yesterday the new Ambassador dis
| carded the usual practice of diplo-
! mats, who make the ceremony the oC-
/ caston for a mere exchange of ami
| able generalities, and after recalling
| to the President the historic friend
! ship between their two countries, he
/ pointed to the fact that they had rem
| dered each other mutual assistance
J thus paying to each other their
! debt of gratitude, just a they are
! firmly solicitous, when occasion
arises, of paying their material
! debts"
| Responding, the President referred
! to French aid IN the American Revo-
| luton and to American participa tion
! in the World War, adding: Thus was
! paid the debt of gratitude and, as you
/ so rightly observe, both governments
/ should experience deep satisfaction in
! their solicitude that material debts
! shall also be discharged"
The fact that NJ. Daeschner brought
up the French debt question at his
| first meeting with the President, and
his references, which have not been
! clearly understood here, to material
/ debts caused much speculation
among officials, who endeavored to
read between the lines. to discover. IL
possible, what the French govern
ment I Paris may have in mind.
Concluding his visit to the White
/ House, NJ. Daeschner motored to
Arllng gton, where he placed a wreath
| on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Later he paid a formal call OF cour-
| tesy on Spanish Ambassador Riano,
who became dean of the diplomatic
corps with the retirement of Ambas-
! sador Jusserand.
Text of Address.
Following is the text Of the ex-
! change of addresses at the White
House yesterday by President Cool
idge and the French Ambassador
Emile Daeschner. NJ. Daeschner said:
Il have the honor to place in your
hands the letters by which I am ac-
credited to you in the capacity of
ambassador extraordinary and pleni-
potentiary of the French Republic.
You will find therein. together with
the expression of the personal greet
lngs of the President of the republic
to you, further evidence of the ear
nest concern of France and her gov
ernment in the maintenance and de-
velopment of the relations of inti-
nd
our countries that have been ce-
mented by the trials and sacrifices At
once painful and glorious that they
have jointly undergone.
Gratitude of France.
France treasures sincerely the
memory of the magnificent effort on
the part of the American people to
which bear testimony the graves Of
the heroes who rest near Chateau
! Ihlerry and in the Argonne. and the
people of an entire region of France,
] who, after six years of peace. must
| stlll labor in the reconstruction of
| their homes that were destroyed by
the war, bear deep gratitude to the
numberless American donors of whose
lnexhaustible generosity they still
| have daily evidence
History, which often repeats itself
| In the life of peoples, has demon
| Strated that France and America have
! in turn extended to each other at
! critical moments in their existence,
mutual and eff1cacious assistance, thus
| paying to each other their debt of
| grat4 ude just as they are firmly
! solicitous, whenever the case rises.
of paying their material debts.
Restoration of Balance.
But the effort which America and
! France put forth in the joint de-
| tense OF the principles of liberty
ana independence, which constitute
/ the fundamental aspirations of great
| democratic states, can be continued
usefully in the study of the problems
on which, together with the mainte-
| nance or peace, the restoration of the
worlds financial balance depends.
Daily events show how closely the
interests of nations are now inter-
/ dependent. The progress achieved
in every branch of science has done
| away with the distance that sepa-
| rated them: the world more and more
moves toward general collaboration.
| The auspicious beginnings of the plan
| OF financial organization recently put
| into operation show how valuable and
! effective is the cooperation of Amer
lea, which my government hopes to
| see continue, whether in general mat
| terS or IN the consideration of ques-
! tions in which our two countries are
| exclusively interested. You may be
| assured that l shall spare no effort
! in carrying to a successful issue,
| with the assistance you extend to me-
the high mission with which 1 have
been intrusted and the great i'm
portance and honor of which l fully
| realize
! Address of Coolidge.
President Coolidge replied:
TT gives me pleasure to receive
your eXcellency as the representative
of the French republic near the Gov
ernment of the United States of
! America.
| Il appreciate your reference to the
! uninterrupted friendship which has
| existed between our countries since
the birth of the American Nation.
| The kindly support which was re-
ceived in our struggle for independ-
| ence developed into a permanent
! friendship, and ii was the privilege
of millions of young Americans to
! fight side by side with the heroic
| soldiers of France in defense of lib
| erty. Thus was paid the debt of
| gratitude and, as you so rightly OBJ
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