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Rh This sturdy example of Morris was followed by Elihu B. Washburne, Minister to France, at the time of the siege of Paris by the Prussians, and again by Myron T. Herrick when the official exodus from the French capital began to the tune of Von Kluck's guns in August, 1914. These last two faithful performances have become a part of that peculiar tradition of good will and affection between the French and the Americans which has always held the imaginations of the populace, even at times when the diplomats were pulling at the greatest odds.