Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1909 — VETERAN DIPLOMAT QUITS [ARTICLE]

VETERAN DIPLOMAT QUITS

Retires, He Says In Letter, to Clear Way For Younger Men. Paris, Feb. 16.—Henry Vignaud, secretary of the American embassy at Paris, has resigned, the resignation to take effect on March 31. In a letter to President Roosevelt Vignaud assigns as the reason for his decision his advanced age and his desire not to block the path of promotion “to younger men.” . Vignaud is seventy-nine years of age. As he is without a private fortune, a group of prominent Americans, have raised a fund of $20,000 to provide for his remaining years. Among these are Levi P. Morton, Whitelaw Reid, J. Gordon Bennett, Ferdinand Blumenthal, Andrew Carnegie, John Harjes, T. J. Coolidge,- Henry White and J. P. Morgan.