Evening star., 1932-07-28

The Charleston, w. Va, Daily Mail
believes that "the broad and Synpa-
thetic understanding Of this country
which he possessed was a great aid to
him in meeting successfully the issues
and IN steering Franco-American re-
lationS safely around the rocks" The
Jersey City journal holds that 'if all
the makers of the worlds destiny were
Of the caliber OF Ambassador Jusserand
there would be little to fear about the
future" an opinion shared by the Port
Huron Times Herald, as it remarks:
1T would be fine thing for the world
II we could have more men like j. Jules
JuSSerand filling the diplomatic posi-
tons among the nations and directing
our national thought and policies" The
Houston Chronicle notes that his death
comes at time when relations between
his country and our own are a trifle
strained as a result of the alleged
Franco British secret pact, and 1t Is
to be hoped that both in America and
In France the passing OF the venerable
Ambassador will serve to calm the angry
voices Of intense and partisan nation
aliSts."
Scholarship and diplomacy were the
two consuming interests in the life OF
j. Jules JuSserand," declares the Nash
vile Banner in calling attention to
two expressions of his genius. Charac-
terizing him as "the observer. critic and
commentator rather than the creative
artist" this paper predicts that Jus
serandS literary work will be more
rather than less esteemed as time goes
on" Summing up his work in these
fields, the Baltimore Sun says: M. JUS
serand was a man Of letters and lit
erary historian as well as an Ambas-
sador; he was the scholar and critic
rather than the creative artist that the
present French Ambassador, M. Paul
Claudel, Is. And this training in the
broad fields Of thought and expression
a training which was begun with Taine,
with whom Jusserand prepared the last
edition Of the famous History of Eng
lish Literature unqueStionably gave
him an insight into the English and
American spirit. its leading ideas and
most profound motives, which could not
be learned in the longest of purely
studies he came to believe in q cultural
and intellectual unity which in the long
run was far more important than any
military or diplomatic entente" The
San Antonio Express lists some Of his
writings: He began with The Theater
in England. From the Conquest to the
Immediate Predecessors Of Shakespeare
His The English of the Middle Ages
Q884) was crowned by the French
Academy. The History Of the English
People published in three volumes be-
tween 1895 and 1909 is standard. In
1918 JuSSerand wrote 'RouSsard.' Three
years later that was followed by his last
book, With Americans Of Past and
Present Days"
The New York Sun describes him az
having had many accomplishments: he
had acquired great learning; his man
ner and his interests proclaimed ripe
culture" but concludes, These do NOT
explain his success as an Ambassador
though they contributed to It. THAT
success was based on qualities. of mind
and heart, which inspired q feeling M
dignity of official place. no distinction
of scholarship could establish. Tba
Springfield (Mass) Union annraises
him as .Ane. courtly, yet sinnla 49,
unaffected man." who never in All +ha
period Of his service here figured ..iy eiie 8
single disagreeable incident" Al