The Washington times., 1918-12-16
PRESIDENT IS.
MADE CITIZEN.
Of PARIS" At.
BIC RECEPTION
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Of an olive branch eucrusted with
diamonds. superimposed on which
were six white enamed peace doves.
The weather this morning was
cloudy and there was a light fall Of
rain, but II did not interfere with
the. brilliance of the spectacle as tar
as the crowds and the military dis
play were concerned.
Following conference this evening
with Secretary of State Lansing and
Colonel House, the President and Mrs.
Wilson and President and Nine Poin-
care will be guests of honor at din
ner given by William J. Sharp, the
American ambassador, and Mrs. Sharp'
PreSidenfs Words.
President Wilson said:
the privilege of speaking have viewed
emotions within me. 1t is with no
ordinary sympathy that the people OF
the United States for whom / have
the privilege of speaking have viewed
the sufferings Of the peoples OF
France. Many of our own people
have themselves been witnesses to
those sufferings. We were the more
deeply moved by the wrongs of the
war because we knew the manner in
which they were perpetrated.
beg that you will not suppose that
because a wide ocean separated us in
space we were not in effect eyewit-
nesses OF the shameful ruin that was
wrought and the cruel and unneces-
sary sufferings that were brought
upon you. Your 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 quick by
then, our imaginations filed with the
whole picture OF what France and
Belgium in particular had expert
enced.
when the United States entered
the war, therefore, they entered II
not only because they were moved by
a conFiction that the purposes of the
central empires were wrong and must
be resisted by men everywhere who
love liberty and the right, but also
because the Illicit ambitions which
they were entertaining and attempt
ing to realize had led to the practices
which shocked our hearts as much
as they offended our principles. Our
resolution was formed because we
knew how profoundly great principles
ios right were affected, but our hearts
lmoved also with our resolutions
! - Americas spOkesnaan.
I You have been exceedingly genert
,ous in what you have been gracious
enough to say about me, generous far
beyond my personal deserts. But you
shave interpreted with real insight the
motives and resolution of the people
sof the United States. Whatever in
;fuence / exercise, whatever authority
II speak with, derive from them. 1
know what they have thought. know
what they have desired, and when I
have spoken what ] know was In
their minds, it has been delightful to
see how the consciences and purposes
.of freemen everywhere responded.
I'VE have merely established our
right to full fellowship of these peo-
Piles here and throughout the world
who reverence the right OF genuine
liberty and justice.
/ You have made me feel very much
. at home here, not merely by the de-
/; lightful warmth of your welcome,
but also by the manner in which you
have made me realize to the utmost
the intimate community of thought
and ideals which characterizes your
people and the great nation which
have the honor for the time to repre-
sent
sFYour welcome to Paris / shall al
ways remember as one of the unique
and inspiring experiences OF my life,
and while ] feel that you are honor
F.. ing the people of the United States in
my person. 1 shall nevertheless carry
Z away with me = very keen personal
qualification in looking back upon
these memorable days. Permit me to
thank you from a full heart"
T, Adrich Mithourad. president OF the