Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-12-03
Chief Executive Delivers Mo-
table Address at Banquet
in Honor of ReIighting
Statue of Liberty.
SMALL GROUPS OF MEN
NOT FIT TO GOVERN
POinCare Sends Message Of
FeIicitationi Wilson Pays
High Compliment to French
Republic as Sister Nation,

isv sosEiEs Ieusgsi SPECIAL LsAssp wlssl
New York, Dee, President Will
son, speaking tonight at the banquet
which was the elimination Of the cel-
| ebration In honor Of tho permanent
Illumination OF the Statue of Liberty
| in New York harbor, declared that the
had thought for the last two years
tha 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 secured
| by the compacts Of nations, but by
the sympathies of men"
The president declared that the
United States has a community of
ideas with France, whose people pre-
sented Bartholdi's statue to the Unit
ed states, because zone republic must
! love another"
The president spoke of the slgnifi-
cance of the statue OF Liberty to the
immigrants. He said he wondered
whether the spirit typified by the
spirit Of the statue is truly represent
ed here
source of Light Outside
The president said he noticed that
the source of light for the statue
'cehles from the outside"
"rhe only light" he added, that
We can contribute 10 the illumination
OF the world Is the light that shines
out OF our lives. We must Illustrate
liberty In our iiveH WitN ali due re-
spect for those who represent nations
not governed ms ours, / don't tielnk
that nations ruled bQ small groups of
men can be successful"
"The world he declared, lis en-
lghtened by ideas and ideals and the
sacrifices OF men enable the world to
90 forward.
The president said In part
Il would certainly be lacking In
feeling II | did not express some of
the things that have come into my
thought as / have taken part In these
ceremonies. There are many moving
circumstances connected with this
day. connected with the things II re-
calls, connected with the things 1t
suggests
Proper symbol of Life.
u was reflecting as we saw the
light stream upon that beautiful stat
ne, that It's source was outside the
statue, that 1t did not proceed from
Liberty. but proceeded from the light
we were throwing upon liberty, and
1t occurred to me that after all, II
was a proper symbol of our life, be-
cause we can take TO ourselves the dig
nifty OF liberty only as we Illustrate the
fact and the true spirit OF liberty and
the only light that we can contribute
10 the illumination of the world. Is the
LII. Al La. a. 20
as q nation upon that conception and
Upon that image.
"There is great responsibility In
having adopted liberty as our IDEAL
because We must illustrate It in what
We do. | was struck by tho closing
phrase Of Mr. Pulitzer's admirable lit
le speech He said that there would
ONE q day when Il was perceived
hat the Goddess or Liberty will also
e tho Goddess of Peace, and through
ut the last two years, there has
ONE more and more into my heart
he conviction that peace is going to
ome to the world only with liberty.
with all due and sincere respect
or those who represent other forms
( governments than ours, perhaps
nay be permitted to say that peace
annot come so Tong as the destinies
( men are determined by small
roups who make selfish choices OF
heir own.
Friendship With France.
1T Is very true, as more than one
T the speakers this evening have
ithor said or intimated. that our
and delightful friend
hip with the people OF France has
ONE from a community of ideals and
lentity of purpose. one republic
iust love another republic Just as
ne body Of human beings must un-
erstand and sympathi2e with anoth-
r body of human beings. There is
1mmon pulse In us ALI there is n
onimon contact with life; there is a
ommon body of hope; there is q
ommon stock Of resolution. All the
orld over, the life of the individual
ieans the same thing to him. It
leaus opportunity not only, but II
lso means his relationship to others.
nd he comes to his full dignity only
hen he stands upon the level with
Tiers, and looking in his nelghbor's
,e knows that he belongs with him
"a common, free community of pur-
ose and thought and action. The
eaCe Of the world Is not going to be
ssured by the compacts of nations,
Mt by the sympathies of men"
The president then told of a confer
nee on foreign missions attended by
i'm once, saying that It was for the
urpose of wiping out the line be-
yeen Christian churches In the work
foreign missionary fields. He add
! that he could not help saying that
hle he sympathzed With the pur-
ose Of the conference, he hoped that
lose who were converted in foreign
elds would not come "and look at
s."
What Statue Means.
when see the Statue of Liberty"
3 continued, and think of the thrill
lat must come into some hopeful