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LOUYS PIERRE: (1870-1925) - LOUYS PIERRE: (1870-1925) French Poet and Novelist. A very good A.L.S., with his initials, two pages, small 4to, Villa Velleda, Arcachon, 13 th August 1911, in French. Louys, in his usual clean writing in bold purple ink, refers to other French writers, stating in part ` Et… Rostand qui vient d´écrire tout un poème sur ton discours du 14 juillet ou sur les mêmes idées, prétend qu´on vient de voir renaitre la Prouesse et l´Exploit…. Ne rêvons pas sur ce qui pourrait se passer dans 18 mois sur tel ou tel champ de bataille. Supposons une bataille demain. Demain 14 août, deux hommes, deux hommes seulement, peuvent en toute sécurité faire 500 kilomètres au dessus d´une armée ennemie et de ses plus lointains renforts, - et rentrer au camp: Beaumont. Védrines. (Beaumont surtout). Mais deux français. - pas un allemand!´ (”And… Rostand, who has just written a whole poem on your July 14th speech or on the same ideas, claims that we have just seen the Prowess and the Exploit reborn…. Let's not dream about what could happen in 18 months on this or that battlefield. Let´s suppose a battle tomorrow. Tomorrow August 14th, two men, two men only, can safely travel 500 kilometres above an enemy army and its most distant reinforcement troops, - and return to camp: Beaumont. Vedrines. (Beaumont especially). But two French. - not a German!”) Further, Louys insists on his better and unique candidate, Beaumont, and states ` Ai-je tort de croire qu´un homme comme celui-là est pour une armée modern ce qu´Achille ou Roland pouvaient être pour les armées de jadis? - l´homme impossible à remplacer, - l´homme don't on a besoin pour vaincre´ (”Am I wrong to believe that a man like that is for a modern army what Achilles or Roland could be for the armies of yesterday? - the man impossible to replace, - the man we need to win”) Concluding to a postscriptum beneath his signature, Louys says ` Ah! Je suis terriblement emphysémateux mais je m´enrolerais d´avance dans les bataillons de marche pour avoir le droit de voter la guerre. Jamais, depuis 1870, l´occasion n´a été meilleure pour nous. Qui sait si elle se retrouvera?´ (”Ah! I am terribly emphysematous but I would enroll in advance in the marching battalions to have the right to vote for war. Never since 1870 has the opportunity been better for us. Who knows if we will have another opportunity?”) VG   Edmond Rostand (1868-1918) French Poet. Best known for his play Cyrano de Bergerac. Jean Louis Conneau (1880-1937) better known under the pseudonym André Beaumont. French pioneer Aviator, Naval Lieutenant and Manufacturer. Jules Védrines (1881-1919) French Pioneer Aviator, the first to fly at more than 100 mph. Winner of the Gordon Bennett Trophy race, 1912.