In Memoriam

Although the French Chamber of Deputies for the greater part of the past week resembled Vesuvius rather than a parliamentary institution, M. Franc,ois de Wendel, in the name of the Commission on Foreign Affairs, moved in an atmosphere of noiseless solemnity an address of sympathy from the tribune of the Chamber to the U. S. House of Representatives on the death of ex-President Wilson: "The Chamber of Deputies is profoundly moved by the news of the death of President Wilson. Having a grateful memory of this great citizen, under whose Presidency the United States brought to France and to her allies, engaged in the crudest of all wars, an inestimable aid, and whose every effort was for the creation of a definite peace by the organization of an international entente, this Chamber addresses to the House of Representatives of the United States the homage of its sentiment of profound regret." The Deputies assented in silence by raising their right hands.

Premier Poincare then voiced personal tribute from his place on the front bench: "The words pronounced from this tribune some years ago by President Wilson have left in our memories an echo which will never die. We cannot forget that, at the moment the United States entered the War, President Wilson declared that the right was even more precious than peace. We have not forgotten, and we will not forget, that later he described the Rhine as the frontier of liberty. He consecrated his life to the ideals of justice. His name will remain forever in the memory of humanity." The Chamber then adjourned for several minutes.