Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-14
PARIS ROCKS WITH
CHEERS FOR WILSON
CONTINUED from First Page.

The weather was favorable, although
partly cloudy.
The favorite posts of observation
along the route of the Presidential
party were the captured German
cannon lining the road from the
Place fEtoile to the Place de la
Concorde.
The front pages of the newspapers
this morning are devoted to the re-
ception to be accorded President
Wilson to-day. Pictures of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilson are printed by all the
newspapers. Long editorials re-
counting charaeteristics of the
President, outlining his policies and
describing his work during the war
fill the journals.
Considerable attention also is paid
to the part that Americans have
played in the war, the battles of
Chateau ThIer~y, st. Mihiel and the
Argonne being described. ..
President Poincare warmly greet
ed President Wilson as he stepped
from the train. William Martin,
attached to the foreign office, pre-
sented Premier Clemenceau, who
welcomed President in English.
President and Madame Poincare
gave a luncheon at the Palace de In
Elysee in honor of President and
Mrs. Wilson. President Wilson on
this occasion spoke as follows in
replying to an address by President
F0'Hfr'si aMr. president 4 am deeply
indebted to you for your gracious
greeting. 1t is very delightful to
find myself in France and to feel the
quick contact of sympathy and unaf-
fected friendship between the rep
lresentatives of the United States and
1.-THE representatives of France.
You have been very generous in
what you were pleased to say about
myself. but I feel that what l have
said and what l have tried to do has
b IN said and don only in an attempt
to speak the thought of the people
of the United States truly, and to
carry that thought out in action.
Right and Justice
From the first, the thought OF
| the people of the United States
turned toward something moro than
the mere winning of the war. II
turned to the establishment of eter-
nal principles of right and justice
1t realized that merely to win the
war was not enough; that it must
be Won in such a way and the ques-
tions raised by it settled in such a
way as to insure the future peace
of the world and lay the foundations
for the freedom and happiness of Its
many peoples and nations.
| Never before has war worn sc
terrible q visage or exhibited more
grossly the debasing influence ot
Illicit ambitions. am sure that
shall look upon the ruin wrought
by the armies of the Central EN-
pires with the same repulsion and
deep indignation that they stir in
the hearts of the men of France
and Belgium, and I appreciate, as
/, you. do, sir. the necessity of sucf
faction In the final settlement of the
issues of the war as will not only
rebuke such acts of terror and
spoliation, but make men every
where aware that they cannot be
ventured upon without the certainty
of just punishment
Amcrica's True Spirit
IT know with what ardor an6
enthusiasm the soldiers and. sailor:
of the GATED States have given the
best that was IN them TO thiS wal
of redemption. They have ex,
pressed the true spirit of America
They believe their ideals to be ac.
ceptable to free peoples everywhere
and are rejoiced to have played the
part they have played in giving real.
ity. to those ideals in cooperation
with the armies of the Allies. We
are proud of the part they have
played and we are happy that they
should have been associated Will
such comrades I'm a common cause
Greetings From America
1T is with peculiar feeling. Mr.
President, that I find myself In
France joining with you in rejoicing
over the victory that has been won
The ties that bind France and the
United States are peculiarly close
do not know in what other COM
radeship we could have fought with
more zest or enthusiasm. 1t will
daily be a matter of pleasure with