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ALLIES AGREED ON PEACE F.
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LONDON. Dec. ss.--tr~siicut
Wilson. speaking ln the historic
Guild hall. declared to-day his
conversations with British
statesmen had revealed com.
plete agreement that the mere
items of peace would be worth
lc-s unless there stood back Of
them . permanent concert Of
power for their maintenance
That Is the most reassuring thing
that has ever happened In the
world he said when this war be.
gan. the thought Of league Of ma.
tons was induigentiy considered as
the interesting thought OF closeted
students.
III was thought OF as one Of those
things that 1t was right TO character
ize by the name which. as a univcr.
sl,y nan. | have always resented.
1T vas said to ~ academic. as IL
tina, in itself were condemnation
something that men could think
about but never get
Distinguished Honor
''Now. we find the practical. lead
Ing minds Of the world determined to
get Il. he said
The address which I have just
heard Is most generously and gra.
ciously conceived. and the delightful
accen, OF sincerity In II seems like n
part OF that voice Of counsel which
Is now everywhere to be- heard
4 feel that a distinguished honor
has been oonfrrred upon me hy this
Secsptlon. ap2.S hes to assure you.
-. am ~c1f 8<scfste-. -pf my very
profound appreciation
But ! know that am only part
cf what I may call a great body OF
circumstances.
Il do not believe tina. {; was fancy
on my part that heard In the
voice OF welcome uttered in the
streets Of this great city and In the
than a personal welcome.
Voice Of People
.'It seemed TO me that I heard the
voice OF one people speaking TO an.
other people. and IL was a voice In
which one could distinguish a singu-
was surely there the deep grateful
ness that the fighting was over.
There was the pride that the fight
ing had had such a elimination.
There was that sort OF gratitude
that the nations engaged had pro
duced such men as the soldiers Of
Great Britain and OF the United
States and Of France and Of Italy
men whose prowess and achieve
ments they had witnessed with ris-
ing admiration as they moved from
elimination TO elimination.
Duties Of Others
But there was something more In
it--the consciousness that the busi.
ness IL not yet done. the conscious
ness that II now rests upon others to
see that those lives were not lost In
vain
II have not yet been TO the actual
battle fields. but I have been with
many Of the men who have fought
the battles. and the other day I had
the pleasure OF being present at
session OF the French academy when
they admitted Marshal Joffre to
their membership.
THAT sturdy. serene soldier stood
and uttered not the words OF tri-
umph, but the simple words Of affec-
ton for his soldiers and the convic-
ton, which be summed up in a sen
tence which / will not try accurate
ly 70 quote, but reproduce It's spirit.
was that France must always re-
member that the email and the weak
could never live free in the world
unless the strong and the great al
ways put their power and their
strength in the service OF right.
That Is the after-thought-the
thought that something must be
done now. not only TO make the Just
settlements. that OF course. but to
see the settlements were observed
and that honor and justice prevailed