Show I GEN HORACE PORfER HS IS FORMALLY UECEIVED IH PBESIDEKT FATTBE I Usual Exchange of Compliments Between Be-tween the Representatives of the teen Repreentatve te Two Countries An TJnprecedentec Incident I Paris May President Faure formally formal-ly I received the United States ambassador General Horace Porter todcv Shortly before 5 oclock a SQuadron ot cuirassiers wit three carriages one ot them containing M Crozler the director of the protocol and M Bollard the introducer Intro-ducer of ambassadors drove up to the house on the Rue de Madrid where General Gen-eral Porter Is residing a the guest oC General Winslow to escort the United States ambasador to the Elysce palace On arriving the municipal band played the Marseillaise and the guard on duty I rocftnt wl firma fjonf > ral Porter all hted at the entrance and was immediately introduced = In-troduced to President Fauro and presented pre-sented his credentlav The document was worded as follows William McKinley President of tho United States of America to his Excellency Excel-lency Felix Faure President of the French Republic Great and Good Friend have made choice of Horace Porter one of our distinguished dis-tinguished citizens to reside near the government of your excellency In the quality of ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the United States of America He is well Informed relative to I the interests of the two countries and of our sincere desire to cultivate to the full est extent the friendship which has so long subsisted between us ily knowledge knowl-edge of his high character and ability ege gives me entire confidence that he will constantly endeavor to advance the interests in-terests and prosperity of both governments ments and render his mission acceptable to your excellency I therefore request I your excellency to receive him f vor blr and gIve full credence to wnat ne snail say in our behalf and to the assurances I have charged him to convey to you of the best wishes of this government for I the prosperity of France May God have jour excellency In his wise keeping Your friend WILLIAM MKINLEY General Porter in presenting his credentials cre-dentials said in French Monsieur le Presidente I have the honor to present you with a letter credit Jou bIg me ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the United States of America It is a source of extreme grati I r atoI ee le g fication to me to be permitted I to represent repre-sent the chief republic of the old world I have been charged with the very agreeable agree-able duty of conveying to you the cordial good wishes of the eminent citizen recently re-cently inaugurated chief magistrate of the United States of America and to assure sure you of the profound regard he entertains en-tertains for yOU personally and of the high esteem he holds the people of France The similarity of the forms of government of our respective countries the belief entertained by both In liberal political institutions and the deep Interest Inter-est felt by each In the freedom rights and welfare of its citizens have created between be-tween our people enduring bonds of sympathy sym-pathy The alliance entered into by both countries when the American republic was in its infancy the blood shed in common com-mon in the cause of human liberty and the traditional friendship continued through so long a period have established estab-lished relations of amity which time should never be permitted to efface I take pleasure in assuring you that I should not represent faithfully the sentiments I sen-timents of my government or of the American people if I failed to employ i every endeavor upon my part to foster and strengthen the intercourse which now happily exists between our two sister republics Trusting that our governments will continue to act in entire harmony I beg you to accent personally the assurance of my deepest respect President Faure in somewhat similar terms expressed satisfaction of the sentiments sen-timents and assurances General Porter had uttered and assured him he would find them in France well disposed to sec ond him in his efforts and every facility would be given him to accomplish his I mission General Porter then presented Mr Henry Hen-ry VIsrnaud secretary of the United States embassy Mr E E Scott the second sec-ond secretary Colonel S C Kellogg the United States military attache and Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Sims the United States naval iit tache The ceremony lasted a quarter of an hour 4 When General Porter withdrew the i municipal band played the Washington Post March The ambassador returned to the Rue de ladrld with the same ceremonial escorted es-corted by the squadron of cuirassiers General Porter later called upon M Ha notaux the minister of foreign affairs An unprecendented incident occurred upon the occasion of the presentation of General Porters credentials The am i has sarlor wanted to deliver hs speech at the Elysee palace in Enpflish a the re itnrc frited States ambassador Mr James B Eustls had done hut the director di-rector of the prococol Insisted that he must speak in French and General Par ter was obliged to submit Although on some rrevous occasions United State ministers have spoken In French this Is the frt tme the point has been raised dency and formal maintained by the pres |