Mr. McCormick, the new American Ambassador in Paris— who has
already served his country with distinction in similar posts at Vienna and St. Petersburg—was formally received at the Elysee on Tuesday, and addressed President Loubet in what turned out to be a significant as well as graceful speech. After alluding to the gratifying fact that for more than a century no cloud had troubled the friendly entente between France and the United States, Mr. McCormick went on to say that he was " also happy to witness the development of ideas which have latterly insensibly led to an amicable rapprochement between France and the Mother-country of the Americans." Rapprothements of this nature, he continued, powerfully promoted the commercial and peaceful interests of the world of labour, and for his part he would exert himself to facilitate them. British readers will be grateful for that kindly allusion to the Mother-country ; and though it is easy to attach undue importance to a phrase, we are convinced that Mr. McCormick's generous and tactful reference to the Anglo-French entente accurately reflects the sentiment of his own Government.
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