The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-12-28
|P PRESERVATION
IOF THE PEACE OF
THE WORLD FIRST
CONSIDERATION
Great Britain's Most Dis
tinguished Men Gather
at Guild Hall
WILSON GREETED
ENTHUSIASTICALLY
English Business and Poll
teal Rulers Replace
Royalty as Hosts
LUNCHEON GIVEN
BY LORD MAYOR
This Is Mr.. Wilson's Birth
day-King Calls to Pay
His Respects
CBy Associated Prcss.)


London. Dec. 2S.-Speaking today
in the historis Guild Hall at a cere-
monious gathering of Great Britain'ss
most distinguished statesmen, Pres
ident Wilson reaffirmed his principle
that there must no longer be Il bal
ance of power which might iInsettle
the peace of the world but that the
future must produce d concert OF
power which would preserve IL.
The %residents reception at the
Guild hail. was so spontaneous and
hearty that 1t carried an nnmis-
takeable note of friendship and adj
miratton. When he arose To speak
there was prolonged outburst Of
handclapping and chSering, and flis
talk frequently punctuated by
appiouses@
At the conclusion. OF his address,
the audience rose amd cheeTEa ana iii
kept up the applause and cheetang as
he passed out.
The President was given q notable
ovation on rising TO begin ms
speech and some of the points that
won renewed applause We're his tr1b-
ute to the armies of the associated
governments, and his declaration
that people throughout the world
wanted peace and wanted 1T tmfne-
diately--not, however. by conquest
but by agreement of mind.
The distinguished government ana
other officials received by the lord
mayor before the Presidents arrival
included Premier Lloyd George,
Field Marshal Haig, Foreign Secrc-
tary aBlfour. Admiral Sims. Former
Premier Asquith. and Andrew Bonar
Law, the chancellor of the exchequer
and the ambassadors of the principal
allied governments.
After President Wilson's arrival
all were grouped on the dais. the
lord mayor In the center and Prest-
dent Wilson on his right. next to the
Duke OF Connaught. The royal ar
tillery band in the gallery played
Wilson in with the Star Spangied
Banner.
The Presidents Speech
In the course OF his speech the
president declared the soldiers had
fought to do away with the old orr
der and establish a new one. The
old order. he said, had for It's CEN
ter the unstable thing called the
balance of powtb, determined by
competitive interests. "jejalOus
watchfulness" and IAN antagonism
OF interests"
The men who fought the war, he
said. had been men from free ma
ttons who were determined that this
sort of thing should end now and
forever"
The suggestion for a concert of
power to replace the balance Of pow
err he remarked, was coming now
from every quarter and from every
sort of mind. The concert To come,
he declared, must not be a balance
OF power or one powerful group of
nations set of against another, hut
"a single, overwhelming powerful
group OF nations which shall be the
trustees OF the peace of the world"
The Key 10 cPace
The minds OF the leaders OF the
British government. the President
said. were moving along the same
lines as his own. AID their thoughts
had been that the key to peace was
the guarantee of, 1t and not the
items of it. The items of it. he add
ed. would be worthless unless a
concert Of power stod back Of them.
No such potent union OF purpose
had ever been seen in the world. be-
fore, he said as that which now de-
manded q concert Of power to pre-
serve the worlds peace.
Whereas 1t had been the thought
OF close students and academic men.
he now found the practical minds OF
the whole world determined to ret 1T.
I am particularly happy that the
ground has been cleared and the
foundation laid, he continued, sshe-
cause we have already accepted the
same body principles. Those prln-
clples are clearly and definitely
enough stated to make their applf-
cation a matter which should afford
no fundamental diff1culty.
The peoples OF the world want
peace and want 1t now. not merely
by the conquest OF arms. but By
agreement of mind
Such an achievement. the PreSis
dent added, would be the finest en-
rerprise OF humanity.
Conferences Satisfactory
There had ben just q hint that the
Presidents address would be the key
to the conference he has been hold
ing with British statesmen and the
address as 1t was delivered today
WAS interpreted In American guar
terE as confirming the previous iuti
nations that these conferences Rad
been satisfactory from the e
dents viewpoint.
At the outset oe his address. Pres
ideut Wilson declared ila did u0f
fancy that the welcome of Paris aMd
London 10 him was purely personal
but rather gotces OK the people exe