| Show UNITED STATES IDEAL NATION 4 French Statesmen Eulogize Fidel Fide Fidelity ity to Principles of Republic t THEY TOAST THE PRESIDENT THEIR ADMIRATION Of OP i 1 Parte PatIs Jan JaB 18 Patriotic and aad tot warm sympathy with F France were wen the keynotes keynote of at annual sauna ban banquet banquet and aDd meeting of the American chamber Mr of ec commerce ia Mt Pare PaIt president of oC o the chamber mo av the former in his bis opening speech proposing a toast to Ppe Roosevelt evelt Roo and aDd President Loubet aad saying that all Americans Americana abroad took pride ia lit declaring after the tile t Romans Civis AmerIcan Americanos mm cant to toe tile commercial treaty President expressed regret that its were ere not DOt yet Tet sufficiently understood in IA inthe Inthe the United States adding that he f convinced its needs would auld shortly be become become come COllIe imperatively felt fete The years report of the chamber tea tes testified tided WIed to t its nourishing flourishing condition d CG co Its Ita increased membership me p and wo worle 0 necessitated extensive exien iv quarters watch 1 it s expected wm will he be further increased iii the sear near future Regret was aseA that the United UJ t States tad had sot not established the metric system 75 The Tile chamber is convinced that t the tile adoption of this system 8 will w further develop for tor sign commerce with the United States United States Consul c General J 1 JK K K Gowdy paid a tribute to the late President Pre McKinley leXie He pointed painted oat oatt the confidence in President is so great that tb t the Ute onward marc marok of prosperity pre has sever never slackened Pres President es Meat ident We t patriotism ami cad staunch principle p declared Mr G Gw w I Idy dy d wilt will continue eo to bear as on en the rile l great wave of eC prosperity As 5 evidence of or the Ute trade Mr tt r dowdy Gowdy was ws unable una to as ii assume sume stone that the exports from m tIte the PaW Paris consular district for far 1 boat beat t the die roe rec record cord ord and for the first dent time m In hi the ue his Id history tory torI tor of the country C the receipts and ami Invoices at Paris exceeded those t Ot at t London a aMr Mr Gowdy said sid that with proper I re reciprocal reciprocal reciprocal relations and aad with the ue Increasing ing log number Dumber of American m ships the tile ws 8 0 tance between Paris and New Kew York YOCK would grow grew less lees He added that the fu ta future future ture tore shone Molle with the brightest it pros pra prospects poets peets for lot swelling the commerce be hO between tween the two republics M de do Constant the theor guest oC or the evening made stade an eloquent speech pronouncing a glowing eulogy upon the United States and aDd appealing u for a further tightening of f the tile bonds binds be uniting the Ute two republics The speaker speak said he hoped in his coming coining visit to Chicago to be able to contribute to the Ute improvement of the relations between the two countries The United States he be said bed d been baen more faithful to republican than bad had France tor for never once had bad they swerved from the republics li con COD constitution 5 since nee its formation whereas w France In the same te period had bad trav traY traversed traversed several crises and d had nearly nearl succumbed He lie praised the tile proposed i establishment of oCa a French Frenck industrial school in IR America and suggested that tat the Ute United States establish schools sad cad t provide for foe lectures In ta France for fer the tile latter was wS not hot so as v was s supposed She leads Jech all 4 M de tie Constant not only OBI onI in fashions and arts r but m in automobiles and dirigible balloons e He had just seen n M minister cf ct commerce who ho told him that lie he warmly favored the plan of young ou Frenchmen going to the United States to imbibe American ideas Ide I |
