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of brotherhood that does not care about frontiers. They are
raising all around the breath of a gentle breeze; in the common
admiration of the work of Art, the souls are drawing near one
another in mutual comprehension and accord.
If this exhibition promotes such approaches and such under-
standing, the “SALON D’AUTOMNE” will have fulfilled their
mission and will have given the artists of France another oppor-
tunity of being successful messengers of peace in teaching us
that life should be consonance and harmony.
Vienna, June 27th 1946.
General BETHOUART.