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Show LA FAYETTE MARNE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED 1 IN N, V, HISTORIC HALL I I ! Ambassador Jusserand Principal Speaker at Impressive Services, Ser-vices, Commemorating 162nd Anniversary of La Fayette and Fifth Anniversary of the First Battle of the Marne Messages of Felicitation and Congratulation Upon the Victory of Allied Arms Read From Pershing, Major General Wood, Lansing and President Poincare of France. NEW YORK, 5 pt 6 Ambassador Fll erand ol Franc v,a- the principal princi-pal speaker at Franco American ez ercises held here today in New York's historic city hall in commemoration of the 162nd anniyersary of the b.rth of LaFayette and the Fifth annlver sary of the first battle of the Marne.; Amid the impressive services, mes' sages of felicitation and congratula tion upon the victory of allied arms which had been brought to pass since the last celebration of the LaFayette day national committee were read from Fres-ldent Folncare of France, General Fershlng. Major-General Wood and Secretary ot State Lansing Representatives .of a number jf foreign for-eign governments were pre-ent at the ceremonies which were held in the Al dermanlc chamber Other speakers were Myron T. Herrlck. former governor gover-nor of Ohio and ex -United States ambassador am-bassador to France, and Ur. John II. Finley, state commissioner of education. educa-tion. The government represented Included, In-cluded, besides France and the Cnited Cnit-ed States. Great Britain. Canada, Italy. Japan. Belgium. RussU. Fotand, and Greece in the afternoon sen ices were held a' the LaFayette monument In Union square which were participated partici-pated In by the Society of the Cincinnati. Cincin-nati. Sons of the Revolution, G. A. X, Society of the Colonial Wars; an the Society of Founder- and Patriots of America. Similar exercises were held at the same time in San Francisco, Milwaukee, Milwau-kee, Philadelphia, Fayettevllle, N. C. and Louisville. Ky., the same message being read to the assemblages in those cities. In Philadelphia, in addition, a cable message also was read from the president presi-dent of the Paris municipal council. "I am proud to be asked to associate ourselves with your celebration,'' wired the Prince of Wales "The Brit-'. Brit-'. ;sh empire can never forget its dot to Franco for the immortal victory of the Marne, the first great action of the war, in which the French and Bri'-ish Bri'-ish armies, side by side, imposed their will upon the enemy. Field Marshal Haig. Admiral Beatty. Premier Clemenceau of France. .nd;e Tardleu and A J. Balfour also sent characteristic greetings. Other m S-sages S-sages were as follows From the president of the French republic "in the hours of trial and of the needed common efforts, the American Amer-ican people and the French people united their thoughts in order to commemorate com-memorate at once the birth of La Fay ette and the battle of the Marne How could our two nations not seize, in this ear of international peace, the occasion to celebrate together the same anniv er an. J Brotherhood of America and France. "The brotherhood of America and France was born in the war of independence inde-pendence it has never been obscured since. It has found its final consecration conse-cration in the great fight we have Just fought shoulder to shoulder for the liberty of the world. It will keep all its strength in the future and contribute con-tribute to consolidate, in the interest of humanitv. the peace which has been established at the cost of so many sacrifices b the defenders of right. I "To the people of the Cnited Stat, s jl send the greetings of the French re-publi re-publi to the American soldiers the cordial remembrance of their brothers in arms, to the American mothers who have lost their sons on the battle- : fields ot Europe the homage of my i profound sympathy. "Raymond Poincare." Gen. Pershing's Message From General Pershing (Paris) "I sincerely regret lhat I shall not be ; present In New York for the exercises In the city hall celebrating Ihe LaFay-ette-Marne anniversary The lirst celebration of this Joint anniversary j since the signing of peace should be fraught with new significance to all Americans. LaFayette's services di irectly Influenced our course of a. Ion Jin the war Th first battle of the I Marne saved the world from an overwhelming over-whelming disaster. The memory of I LaFayette and of the Marne muv be I fresh in the minds of every genera- , tion of our people. "Pershing." Major General Wood. From Major General Leonard Weed. ' Chicago "Had It been possible to be present I should have been glad to be !wlth you to pay my tribute of reapt i 1 and KffecUon to France and ezpresi my hope for the continuance of the warmest frifindshm and relations be- tween the two countries, each of Ijfj which has responded to the call of the other at a moment of great national peril. j A , "Leonard Wood." Secretary Lansing. From Secretary Lansing, (Washington) (Washing-ton) " deeply regret that my engagement en-gagement prevent m presence at the celebration of two anniversaries which are so worthy of commemoration commemora-tion as those of LaFayette and the Hrsi battle of the Marne. Both stir our minds with the thoughts of the struggle and triumph of liberty, of sacrifice and glorious achievement High among ihe heroes of America' war of Independence is inscribed '.nc of aFayette; and no name wll) "nd a hlcher place in the annals ol the creat war for dernocracv than that of Joffre, the irtor of the Marne. Both fought that men might' be free irom autocracy. Both saw the cause gj of humanti; triumphant, To these two greal jona of Vr;n(o the old world md 'he new world owe a debt of grat Itude which can never be forgotten vrblle patriotism burns in the hearts j ol men. (' "Robert L.m.-mc " .Y Jusserand's Address. Ambassador Jusserand in his ad- 1 dress said "the war has now ended as it should." and that the peace which has been signed was not a I , peace of "vengeance." but a peace of reparation and safety j paid a I j2 touching tribute to the memory ol 1 Theodore Roosevelt, saying the na mourned the absence of one man and "hearing no more a voice which, 1HW ..n momentous occasion reached from one end of the world to the other. ! A teaching men how to atain better days through, sense of duty and good citizenship, citi-zenship, a otre now husbed forever.' Referring to the horrors of German Ger-man warfare and the devastation wrought throughout northern France, Mr. Jusserand painted a picture of r rencb courage and indomitable will In the following words: TmBj "In spite of mistakes and inpetfec- .? lions future France is being built. Do not ihtuk that those sturdy men who in companj with you stopped the on rush ot the Germans now stand aghast and disheartened at the sight of their ruinb and the undeserved hardships in store for them, peace or no peace. ; They are busy clearing away the wreckage filling the shell holes and the trenches and removing the barbed wire and the unesploded shells (several (sev-eral millions at Lens alone), preparing prepar-ing future crops." J La Fayette's Devotion to U. C Touching upon LaFayette's devotion to the American cause and America's i later response, he said: "When LaFayete heard of American Independence his heart enlisted. When you heard of the danger of France, ' lyour hearts enlisted the severest ') claims on you; the widening of the .Uf limn.- of milltarv age (r our population popula-tion and the increase of war taxes passed by a unanimous vote in the two houses." j ' Laying Cornerstone. BORDEAUX, Sept. 6. (By The A.- isoclated Press.) A distinguished com pany of Frenchmen headed b th i pi i. l. nt of the republic, together with many Americans from both official and civil life, gathered today on historic his-toric Pointe de Grave at the mouth ol the t.ironde river, fifty miles bel.v 'his city tor the laying of the corner-tont corner-tont Of .i monument which will commemorate com-memorate the entry of America into the great war. -'n addition to Presi dent Poincare. the participants includ ed Premier clemenceau. Marshal Focn and United States Ambassador Hugh C Wallace. Toda was the birthday of Marquis de LaFayette and the monument will mark the place from which he sailed to America in 1777 and to which h-' relumed five years later on the Ainer icaii ship Alliance. It will also mark the spot where the first American troops to be landed in France left then ! ships In May. 1917. . Ji President Poincare arrived here tin morning on a special train, being ac cornpanied by Premier Clemenceau. Marshal Foch and Ambassador Wal lace With Mr. Wallace were R SI Admiral Andrew T. Long, naval al tat he, and Captain John H McFaddcn. i Istant military attache at the Ame: ican embassy in Paris. Ten senators and L'5 members ol ithe chamber of deputies were the official offi-cial representatives of the French psr lliament on board the train 111 |
