Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-12-05
THEWORLD
BY LIBERTY ONLY
STIRRING SPEECH BY PRESIDENT
WILSON AT NEW YORK
BANQUET.
CELEBRATE LIBERTY STATUE
He Presses Button Causing IIIumina-
ton of Ideals Symbol-Warshps
Boom Salute-Gift of French
Nation Is Recalled.

Nation Is Recalled.
New York. President Wilson,
speaking Saturday night at the ban
quet which was the elimination of
the celebration in honor of the per.
manent illumination of the statue of
Liberty in New York harbor, declared
that he had thought for the last two
years that peace is going to come
to the world only with liberty"
"The peace of the world" Mr.. Viii
son added, lis not going to be Sc
cured by the compacts of nations,
but by the sympathies of men,"
Frances Gift Recalled.
The president declared that the
United States has a community of
ideas with France, whose people pre-
sented Bartholdi's statue to the Uni
ted States, because zone republic
must love another"
The president was the last speaker
at the banquet, which was attended
by 1900 men and women. One of
the notable features of the evening
was the reading of a message from
President Poincare of France sent to
the French ambassador. Jules J. JUS
serand, in appreciation of liberty
illumination.
In Liberty's Name.
The ambassador after reading the
message from the French president
dwelt at length on the friendly re.
lations existing between his coun
try and the United States. He de-
tailed the history of the events that
led to the modelling of the statue by
the contributions of his countrymer
and laid stress on the fact that Bar
tholdi, the sculptor, evolved the idea
as the result of an impression left
upon him by the war of 1870, which
deprived him of Alsace, his native
land, and enabled him to find lib
erty at its best in this country.
mot to a man, not to a nation
was the statue raised-not to a maj
been, not to nation as great as sh'
may be-" the ambassador said. 81
was raised to an ideal-an idea
greater than any man or any nation
greater than France or the United
States-the ideal of liberty"
Former Senator Depew, who wa
the orator of the day on the occa
30 years ago, gave his "reminiscences
of the celebration. He said that o
all the famous company who part
cipated he is the only survivor.
!, The president gave the wireless
flash which bathed the statue in ligh
, at p. m. The famous symbol o
!, American freedom, which has beef
for 80 years a token of welcome t
} the United States to millions of i'm
migrants from every land, will be il
} Eliminated every night hereafter from
top to bottom. The necessary funds
to install the permanent lighting sys
tenn for the statue were provided b.
public subscriptions.
Distinguished Guests.
Grouped around the president OIL
the yacht Mayflower, anchored of
Bedloe's island, as he flashed the sig
nal which turned on teh lights wer,
Mrs. Wilson, Jules j. Jusserand, am
bassador of France; Nine. Jusserand
high officials of the army and navy
and representatives of several ma
tions.
Il light this statue" said the pres
ident, with the thought that it ma,
always stand as a symbol of our pur
pose to throw upon liberty, out of oul
own life as a nation, a light which
shall reveal its dignity, its seren,
power, it's benignant hope and spiri
of guidance"
The great guns of a division of tn,
Atlantic fleet doomed a salute as the
statue flashed into view, outlined il
white lights.
Ruth Law, in her airplane, added ;
spectacular touch to the ceremonies
of illumination. Spouting sparks ant
fire from the tail of her machine sh'
circled the lower end of Manhattan
island. A roar of cheers from tn,
thousands gathered at Battery parl
greeted her as the letters lib
E-R-T-Y," outlined in electric lights
were revealed on the bottom of tn,
airplane.