The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-27
IDOL OF CHILDREN
French Consider Wilson World
Hero, Viviani Says.
Victory Now Certain With
United States in War.

Washington, April 27-General
Joffre and NJ. Viviani and their COM
patriots did not come to the United
States to get American soldiers to help
them fight. They have got brave men
to protect France themselves; but
they must have food for those men
and coal for their munitions fac
tories.
If the United States wants to send
an army into France, whether a small
one for sentimental reasons, or a
great, vast one for driving the
'boches" back to Berlin and to de-
feat-well, that must be decided upon
later.
Such was the attitude of NJ viviani.
former premier of France, when he
gave to the American people his first
public greeting.
The statement that the French
mission came to this country TO urge
that American troops be sent to the
French front is unauthorized" NJ.
Viviani stated.
The former premier paid a glowing
tribute to President Wilson when he
called him the man whose name is
on the lips of every school child in
France"
In a speech to newspaper men at
his temporary home here, M Viviani
thanked Washington for its sponta-
neously patriotic welcome. After re-
ferring to his meeting with President
Wilson he said:
High Praise for Wilson.
81 am indeed happy to have been
chosen to present the greetings of the
French republic to the illustrious man
whose name is on every French mouth
today; whose Incompatible MESA ge
is at this very hour being read and
commented on in all our schools as
the most perfect charter of human
rights and which SO aptly expresses
the virtues of your race-long suffer
ing patience before appealing to force
to avenge that long suffering patience
when there can be no other means.
I'VE have come to this land to sa-
lutte the American people and its gov
eminent, to call to fresh vigor our
lifelong friendship, sweet and cordial
in the ordinary course of our lives and
which these tragic hours have raised
to all the ardor of brotherly love--a
brotherly love which in these last
years of suffering have multiplied its
most touching expression. You have
given help. not only in treasure, but
in every act of kindness and good
will. for us your children have shed
their blood and the names of your sa-
cred dead are inscribed forever in our
hearts.
Fight to the End.
"And it was with full knowledge
of the meaning of what you did that
you acted. Your inexhaustible gener-
osity was not the charity of the fortu-
nate to the distressed; it was affirma-
ton of your conscience. reasoned ap-
prevail of your Judgment.
Your fellow countrymen knew that
under the savage assault of, a nation
of prey which has made of war, to
quote a famous saying, its national
industry, we are upholding with our
Incompatible allies, faithful and val
iantly to the DEATH with all those who
a oh CHI n 70 CHI
us on the firing line, the sons of in
domitable England, a struggle for the
violated rights of man, for that demo-
cratic spirit which the forces of au-
tocracy were attempting to crush thru
out the world.
I'VE are ready to carry that struggle
on to the end.
And now. as President Wilson has
| said, the republic of the United States
rises in its strength as champion of
right and rallies to the side of France
and her allies. Only our descendants.
when time has removed them suffi-
\ ciently far from present events, will
| be able to measure the full signifi-
4 canoe, the grandeur of an historic a ct
which has sent a thrill thru the whole
| world.
Victory Is Assured.
From today on all the forces of
freedom are let lCcse And not only
victory, of which we were already as
! Sulcu' is certain, the true meaning of
victory is made manifest 1t cannot
| be merely a fortunate military conclu-
sion to this struggle. 1t will be the
victory of morality and right, and will
! forever secure the existence of world
in which all our children shall draw
| free breath in full peace and the un-
I disturbed pursuit of their labors.
4 ITO accomplish this great work.
which will be carried to complefior
we are about to exchange views with
the men in your government best quail
flied to help. The, cooperation of the
4 republic of the United States in this
4 war now is assured. We work togeth-
I er as free men who are resolved to
save the ideals of mankind"