THE FRENCH MISSION
FAREWELL MESSAGES,
Complimentary messages were exchanged by tho Acting-Prime Minister and General Pnu on the eve of tho departure of tho French Mission from New Zealand. The following telegram was sent to General Pan by Sir James Allen:— "On tho eve of your departure, permit mo to wish you and the members of the French Mission a pleasant voyage and n safe return to Prance. ;I trust that you all enjoyed your stay with us, and that you go. away assured of our sympathy and support in your i:fter-wa.r reconstruction problems. " That pleasant memories of your visit to Aotea Roa may remain ■with you is the desire of all our pakeha and Maori people." To this telegram General Pan replied: "Wo have been profoundly touched by your charming telegram of farewell. Allow me now, at the moment when the French Mission is about to leave the hospitable shores of your beautiful country, to express to the. Government ami people of New Zealand Hie French Mission's deep gratitude for the whole-hearted \vel-come-which has been extended to us. lhe generous expressions of sympathy, esteem, and admiration for France which we have found everywhere on our passage have come direct to our hearts. On our jside I hope we have succeeded in making clear to you the immenso gratitude , Q f France for the faithful friends who have helped her in the most terrible crisis of her history. That New Zealand boys have fought on the sacred soil of France for the defence of a country ■which was at the same time a barrier of civilisation, will never be forgotten by the French people. An eternal friendship has now arisen from those titanic battles, where the enemies of Now Zealand and of France, rot forgetting the other brave Allies, have been illuminated by prestige to incomparable glory. The French Mission is proud to have been even for only a few days the visible link symbolising ' this honourable friendship between two noble nations." gkatiTudelxd pride. By Telegraph—Press Association Chl'istciiurch, January 29. The following message has been received by the Governor-General in reply to his tolegran: of farewell to General Pau: "I leg Your Excellency to accept my most sincere thanks and appreciation for your kind telegram of farewell and good wishes. May I also, on the day of our departure from New Zealand, express to you, and through you to the Government and people of New Zealand, the deep gratitude of the members of the French Mission for the cordial and the charming welcome extended to us. We will always remember with pride and pleasure the kindness and hospitality shown to us, and just as we, ■ae representatives of a far country,' brought to New Zealand the message of the gratefulness of France, eo we shall feel honoured in convoying to our Government and our people the report of the sincere and lasting friendship which we have found to exist between our two countries, as it exists between the bravo and trlorious soldiers of New Zealand and France. (Signed) General Pau." '
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 107, 30 January 1919, Page 6
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510THE FRENCH MISSION Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 107, 30 January 1919, Page 6
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