tle for the same privileges to
be enjoyed by all mankind.

The response of the audience was instantaneous. Leaping to their feet
they shouted, "Vivent les Etats Unis!" "Vive l'Amerique!" "Vive
l'Pershing!" Not until after General Pershing once more arose and again
and again bowed in acknowledgment of the soul stirring tribute to him,
and through him to the nation of which he was a part, was quiet
restored. Even then the Senate unanimously voted a recess of a half-hour
to permit the Senators personally to meet and greet the American
Commander. Antonin Dubost, President of the Senate, escorted General
Pershing through the imposing lobby of the Luxembourg and introduced him
to the members of the Senate, one by one. The occasion served as a
fitting climax to three such days as General Pershing never before had
seen and the world never had known.

Of Pershing's coming to France and of his gracious, quiet manner of
receiving the welcome of Paris, and his dignity that fitted every
occasion, the Paris newspapers, made much. The outstanding quality,
however, appeared to be his simplicity. Georges Clemenceau wrote the
following tribute when the three days of welcome passed:

"Paris has given its final welcome to General
Pershing. We are justified in hoping that the
acclamations of our fellow-citizens, with whom are
mingled crowds of soldiers on leave, have shown
him clearly right at the start in what spirit we
are waging this bloodiest of wars: with what
invincible determination never to falter in any
fiber of our nerves or muscles.

"What does France stand for to-day but the most
striking proof of the perseverance of the French
spirit? I can even say that never was such a
prolongation of such terrible sacrifices demanded
from our people and never was it so simply and so
easily obtained.

"Unless I misjudge America, General Pershing,
fully conscious of the importance of his mission,
has received from the cordial and joyous
enthusiasm of the Parisians that kind of fraternal
encouragement, which is never superfluous, even
when one needs it not. Let him have no doubt that
he, too, has brought encouragement to us, the
whole of France that followed with its eyes his
passage along the boulevards, all