New Britain herald., 1918-12-16
AMERICA ENTERED
 BATTLE ID FIGHT
 FOR WORLD RIGHTS
President Wilson Speaking in Paris, Says U. s. Has EStab-
 Iished Fellowship With
 Liberty Loving Peoples
SPEAKS FOR NATION
 ACROSS THE OCEAN

Suffcrings Forced on France and Bell
 gium by Central Powers Fill AlIB
 American Hearts With Indignation.
 He Says-Wclcomcd by Frenchz
 Official as Man Whose Diplomacy Isa
 Made of Loyalty.
 Paris, Dec. 16.-President Wilsons delivered an address today at the CityV hall, where ceremonies had been ar ranged for. The president replied to8 the greeting extended him.
 Your greeting has raised manyA emotions within me-" the presidentA began.
 Speaks for American People.
 'It is with no ordinary sympathyM that the people of the United States for whom have the privilege of8 speaking, have viewed the sufferings& of the people of France. Many ofH our own people have been themselves witnesses of these sufferings We3 were the more deeply moved by the# wrongs of the war because we knewH the manner in which they were per petrated.
 
 because a wide ocean separated us ir8 space we were not in effect eye wit nesses of the shameful ruin that WasM wrought and the cruel and unneces sary sufferings that were brough% E upon you. These sufferings haVe# filled our hearts with indignation We know what they were, not only but we knew what they signified, and@ our hearts were touched to the quicl@ by them, our imaginations filled witIM the whole picture of what France and# Belgium in particular had expert @ enced.
 Tells Why |. s. Entered War. x
 When the United States enteredM the war, therefore, they entered iM not only because they were moved ba@ a conviction that the purposes of tn N Central Empires were wrong ane# must be resisted by men everywhera who loved liberty and the right, bu K also because the illicit ambitionM N which they were entertaining and at tempting to realize had led to th]M practices which shocked our hearts a@ much as they offended our principles
 Our resolution was formed be cause we knew how profoundly grea@ K principles of right were affected hu@ our hearts moved also with our reso lution.
 Represents American Ideals.
 You have been exceedingly gener ous in what you have been graciou 8 enough to say about me- generous ia W beyond my personal deserts, but yo I have interpreted with real insight o @! the motives and resolution of tn M people of the United States. What HS ever influence 1 exercise, whateyeM M authority I speak with, 1 derive iron 2 them I know what they hav @ thought, I know what they have de 8 sired, and when I have spoken whaE I know was in their minds it has bee M delightful to see how the conscicnce@ @ and purposes of free men everywher We have merely estab b lished our right to the full fellowshi # of those peoples here and throughout the world who reverence the right o genuine liberty and justice
 Thanks French People.
 You have made me feel very rnuc M at home here, not merely by the de e@ Iightful warmth of your welcome, bu 8 also by the manner in which you hay Ns made me realize to the utmost the in AH innate community of thought an @ ideal which characterizes your peep M and the great nation which l hay # the honor for the time to represen #8 Your welcome to Paris 1 shall aiway A82 remem Der as one of the unique an MI inspiring experiences of my life an @ while l feel that you are honorin 8s the people of the United States in m M person, I shall nevertheless carry ava a with me a very keen personal gratifA# cation in looking back upon thes% memorial ble days. 8
 Permit me to thank you from 2 full heart" 8