Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-12-07
PEACEiOF THE WORLD
BY LIBERTY ONLY
STIRRING SPEECH BY PRESIDENT
WILSON AT NEW YORK
BANQUET.
CELEBRATE LIBERTY STATUE
He Presses Button Causing IIIumina.
ton of Ideals SymboI-Warships
Boom Salute-Gift of French
Nation ls Recalled.

Boom SaIute-Gift OF French
| Nation ls 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.. Will
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 community of
ideas with France, whose people pre-
scented Bartholdis 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 ]. JUS
serand, in appreciation of liberty's
| 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 countrymen
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 Glib
erty at it's best" in this country.
"Not to man, not to a nation,
was the statue raised-not to a man
famous and useful as he may have
been, not to a nation as great as she
may be-" the ambassador said. 1T
was raised to an ideal-an ideal
greater than any man or any nation,
greater than France or the United
States-the ideal Of liberty" +
Former Senator Depew, who was
the orator Of the day on the occa-
sion of the dedication of the statue,
30 years ago, gave his "reminiscences
of the celebration. He said that of
all the famous company who parti-
cipated he is the only survivor.
The president gave the wireless
flash which bathed the statue in light
at p. m. The famous symbol of
American freedom, which has been
for 80 years token of welcome to
the United States to millions Of i'm
migrants from every land, will be H.
Illuminated every night hereafter from
top to bottom. The necessary funds
to install the permanent lighting sys.
tenn for the statue were provided by
public subscriptions.
Distinguished Guests.
Grouped around the president on
the yacht Mayflower, anchored off
Bedloes island, as he flashed the sig
nal which turned on the lights were
Mrs. Wilson, Jules ]. 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 may
always stand as a symbol of our pur-
pose to throw upon liberty, out of our
own life as nation, a light which
shall reveal it's dignity, its serene
power, it's benignant hope and spirit
of guidance"
The great guns of division of the
Atlantic fleet doomed salute as the
statue flashed into view, outlined in
white lights.
Ruth Law, in her airplane, added a
spectacular touch to the ceremonies
Of illumination. Spouting sparks and
fire from the tail Of her machine she
circled the lower end of Manhattan
island. A roar Of cheers from the
thousands gathered at Battery park
greeted her as the letters LIB
E-R-T-Y," outlined in electric lights,
were revealed on the bottom of the
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