de
right to accomplish the greatest revolution in the
history of mankind.

"That is the lesson Pershing's coming has taught
us, and that is why we rejoice."

Another graceful tribute was that of Maurice de Waleffe who wrote:

"'There is no longer any Pyrenees,' said Louis XIV
when he married a Spanish princess. 'There is no
longer an ocean,' Pershing might say with greater
justice as he is about to mingle with ours the
democratic blood of his soldiers. The fusion of
Europe and America is the enormous fact to note.
Henceforth there is but one human race, in the Old
World as in the New, and we can repeat the words
of Goethe at the battle of Valmy: 'From to-day a
new order of things begins.'"

In the evening after his first day of work, at the opera the enthusiasm
of Paris found one more outlet for its admiration of the American
General whose physical strength and bearing, whose poise and kindly
appreciation of his welcome again found expression. The General arrived
at the close of the first act. It was now the turn for the society of
Paris to express itself. The wildest enthusiasm instantly seized upon
the audience as soon as his arrival became known. As he entered his box,
which was draped with the American colors, the orchestra quickly struck
up the national anthem, for the moment drowning even the wild cheering
of the crowded house. The curtain rose and Mme. Richardson, holding
aloft a large American flag as she advanced to the front of the stage,
began in English to sing the Star Spangled Banner. After each stanza the
wild cheering seemed to increase in volume and enthusiasm. Then Mlle.
Marthe Chenal followed and began to sing La Marseillaise. It was now the
turn of the American officers and soldiers present to cheer for France;
and cheer they did. A chorus of soldiers and sailors accompanied each
singer. When General Pershing departed from the opera house the throngs
assembled on the streets joined in another outburst. By this time even
the slowest of Americans must have been fully aware that the French were
glad that the commander of the Army of the United States was in Paris.

The new problem confronting the American General was stupendous. His
recommendations were to be final at Washington. In his duties he was to
have the assistance of Marshal Joffre, whose ability as a