Show c 4 f j I II Ii I 44 i ir iI ir i r r I I S k 1 I to tod toA r i 4 Y d I Jjr l 11 1 I f fr A r jJ Fl z I i r rHAY t tHAY HAY 0 o OT r IN I FRAnCE Tills U is I ono one of thi tho most satisfactory i In existence of ot the lute late John JohnH H UI y HK Ills I luJ of or Franklin In ha 11 France the account end and estimate of ot the tho th work of oC the lie most distinguished and successful of or the early American diplomats diplomat by h the most moat mst distinguish and ll successful of or American diplomats of ot our time published In the ho January Century comes with wh happy timeliness Just sot 11 tho ho nation Is In preparing to celebrate the two Iwo hundredth anniversary of oC the tho birth of ot Franklin Prepared several years erl ago then laid aside Ralde because e of or the late hate John Julio Hays JIS study stud of ot Franklin In France Is given t to the public now for tho t time In iii the panes pages of the January Century Franklin by the mere force of his lila personal p character writes our late hlo secretary of oC state obtained such with tho ho Fr French government that ho he h rarely asked for tor anything that hat was rae not readily Brained He lie obtained from roni Franco France tho the fleet of or De Pe Ind the army 0 of or Hut lut what wha was wan 11 of vastly more mor Importance ll he lie obtained those timely grants of or money mOle from train Ver Versailles Vel er sallIes sailles that saved us sin and Ind helped to lo bleed bl d the lie French monarchy to death And nd he lie kept the lie hands bends of IC the government from Crom the lie heroic heric Paul lauh Jones Jone anti en enabled enabled him to 10 Inaugurate our naval Ilal history with wih a I burst hunt of glory glor amid which his hla dandy figure already stands half mythical In iii the hue light nf ot lute his apparently Impossible Im exploits And finally 11 ho lie lent his hil masterly hand to the training framing I ft the Iho ir I cf hf tr lahs 1 b i dr y rc c and nt ac furi i I tie te globe and nuil the States took the place the tho nations of ot the earth eath to 10 which the laws hauri of nature and Int of oC natures natues hod 00 entitled them |