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Show WATTERSON IS FOIL OF FIGHT Resenfs Taunt of the British Press, Claim That Paui Jones Was a Pirate Arouses His Ire. Hurls a Few Things Back in Speech at Notable Banquet in Honor of Gen. Poiter. PARIS. Mav 17. Gen Porter, the reining re-ining American Embassador, was given a notable farewell banquet tonight, which, for sumptuousness of appointments and the distinguished character of tho guests prest nt has not been exceeded by anything any-thing of the kind held In recent years In Paris Practically the entire diplomatic corpa was represented. The American guests, who numbered several hundred. Included Henry Watterson. J. Plerpont Morgan and President Dnilleha. of the American Chamber ,,f Cotnnn n -. the latter ,,,,o,,- as pie-siding otilc r Pay Tributes to Porter. A b tter from Socrotaiy lt,v, n which lie paid a tribute to Gen. Porter's brll-Ila brll-Ila nt car, , r, was read In presenting the guest of the evening, .halrman Halll-ba summed up Gen Potter's publit s rvlces in saving: "A 1-oiigrcH.xlonal medal" of honor crowned bis nillltarv career, the , I. of LL.U. marked his literary career- the I. ran, I r.,ss of the I.egdon of Mono, rendered tribute to ids diplomatic career; the building ,,f the tomb of Gen. Grant t'"" '"' of the remains of John 1 niii Jon, -- slgnallz, his patriotic career ' The p, e h of tie,, porter brought out a tremendous ovation, the entlr,. assemblage as-semblage rising and cheering Wntterson Pulls Lion"s Tail. Mr Watterson made a characteristic speech, which, aft,-,- glowing tribute to ..n Porte,-, took up the achievements pi Paid Jones. His 'losing we.r.ls burl-,ne.' burl-,ne.' ' ' ' K lb- taunt of th, Hrltl h' i.ress that .lorn-, was a pirate, aroused great c-nthusln.sm. 19 It was the hands of Paul Jones." said Mr Watterson, "which first loosened the flag which we .ol..,-,. ftn which carried car-ried this flag defiant and triumphant into English waters. into the rpi, sea and Into the North sea; yea, into St. George's channel, not merely bearding beard-ing the II. ,n In bb den but , ornlng aw iv with th sum,- hands stuffed with Indisputable In-disputable trophies, with actual and visible vis-ible fragments of his mane and tail I do not wonder they call,, I bint a pirate-but pirate-but if he was a pirate. Washington was a highwayman and Franklin a lobster " Rouvier Is Complimentary. Premier Rouvier arose amid the stirring strains of the 'Marseillaise' to respond to the toasl PYance M Rouvier spoke of th- traditional spirit in America and Prance for liberty Each day. he said brought the nrles t loser and closer togethes En the nam,- ,,f President Loubet the Premier expressed profound regret at :e,. Porter's departure, and renewed assurances of lasting friendship between tho two republics. M. Dounier, president of the Chamber of Deputies, toasted Gen. Porter as "a son of the great republic which la pointing point-ing ths waj of progress to the world. Minister Dolcasse Speaks. Foreign Minister Dolcasse was en-thualastlcallj en-thualastlcallj received and paid stirring; tribute to the United States and to Gen Portei If the relations between France and the United States had b.en made Closer, he MM. it Was dun largely to tho ability ami skin of the Embassador from the latter country. He returns now continued con-tinued M Delcasse, to the powerful country coun-try whose prodigious development command- the admiration ,,f the world The Minister dosed with proposing the health of President KoseVe!, which was drunk Standing, and, amid cheers and strains of 'The star Spangled Banner" and tho Marseillaise," tho banquet |
