Show FRANCE AND THE AMERICAN TO appreciate too deeply the welcome tendered the american legion by france would be impossible says christian science monitor the government of france proclaimed september 19 a national holiday and permitted on that day members ot of the legion to march under the are de a privilege accorded only at one other time since the war these gracious acts are evidence of tar far more than even great acts of courtesy to the legion they imply that the french people teel feel themselves allied to the people of the united states by an unassailable bond ot of friendship it Is no gesture this that france Is making it Is the statement ot of the affection ot of one nation tor for another ten years ago france received the gratefully grate tully they were e then officers and soldiers coming to aid france they stood the test they wore well w ell and france has not forgotten f what a different mission takes these men a gain again to france I 1 their annual convention I 1 vent lori is held on french soil but there are other purposes than the mere hold 1 1 ing of this meeting speakers at the convention have spoken of this pilgrimage ot of soldiers who have come miles to meet their comrades of I 1 other days the emphasis has been put on friendship not on war reference hasteen has been made in ill the paris a assembly to the role played by lafayette marquis general statesman in the american war ot of independence time and ana again his name has been the symbol of the recognition by france ot of the justice ot of americas case at that time liberty that precious word having found expression in the two republics has given them a common bond there can be no doubt that the french feel that they are understood in america and thus in return they are aremae mak ing every possible effort to voice their thanks j paris has been turned tor for the legion week into a city of vannois bani icis and banquets the streets are alive with the in color and and stripes every museum or place of 0 interest has been thrown open to the legionnaires the I 1 metropolis nu has been theirs sport meets and an aviation meet have been held to in their honor A special performance has baa been given tor for them at the not mot a touch which could be b thought ot oi was omitted in order to make these american ambassadors of good g co d will certain they were mightily welcome in ze I 1 I 1 he be are tim to charles A A lindbergh 1 when he landed in paris was warm be yma ua yomei r dl etoni r MM the president to the we cl alizen izen una unstinted tinted praise and section tio reached lindbergh the french are ever prompt in their generi ous expressions of appreciation and hosi vitality pita lity but this fating feting ot of the american legion surpasses anything in the past and the united states has been placed thereby under an obligation which doubtless will never be forgotten |