The Washington times., 1918-12-22
KING TO MEET
PRESIDENT At
STATION, SAYS
LONDON NEWS

CONTINUED from First Psssl
tion of peoples to liberate the world"
said Poincare.
In closing his address he said:
.In the name of the University OF
Paris (Sorbonnel 1 have the great
honor of bestowing the insignia and
diploma OF q doctor upon him whom
posterity will call the just
The ceremonies took place in the
presence of President Poincare. Pre-
mier .Clemenceau, the cabinet, the
presidents of the senate and cham
Der.
says League is "MOraL-
President Wilson, speaking at the
sorbonne exercises, timed his con-
eeptioa Of the league OF nations as a
world" which would turn its
..senfehing light of conscience" upon
any wrong-doing or aggression.
hJust q little exposure will settle
most questions" he declared. If the
central powers had dared to discuss
the purposes of this war for a single
fortnight, il never would have hap
pened, and IL, as should be, they were
forced to discuss It for year, war
would have been inconceivable-
Humanity Best Education.
81 feel very keenly the distinguish .
ed honor which has been conferred
on me by the great University of
Paris" the President said, "and 1t Is
very delightful to me also to have the
honor of being inducted into the great
company of scholars whose life and
fame have made the history Of the
Cnixersity of Paris q thing admirable
among men Of cultivation in all parts
Of the world.
"By what you have said, sir, OF the
theory Of education which has been
followed by France, and which have
tried to promote in the United States,
Iam tempted to venture upon a favor.
ite theme. I have always thought,
sir, that the chief object of education
was TO awaken the spirit, and that,
tnasmuch as a literature whenever it
touched its great and. higher notes,
was an expression OF the spirit Of
mankind, the best Induction into edu-
cation was to feel the pulses OF hu-
rnanity which had beaten from age to
age though the universities of men
who had penetrated to the secrets OF
The human spirit.
U1E nCLNECM ogbNCnAs
"And agree with the intimation
which has been conveyed today that
the terrible war through which we
have just passed has been not only a
H1F OetVeeuE--~Ain-e, hut that Il has
peen also a war betwea9 systems of
culture-the one systen, Me arTres-
giFe system, using science ,Irifbos.k
cohscience. stripping learning 81 It's
moral restraints, and using every
faculty Of the human mind to do
wrong to the whole race: the other
system reminiscent OF the high tradf-
lions of men. reminiscent of all these
struggles. some of them obscure, but
others Clearly revealed to history, Of
men OF iBdomitable spirit everywhere
struEgling toward the right and seek
ing, above all things else. to be free.
''The triumph of freedom in this
war means that spirit now dominates
the world. There is a great swing
of moral force moving through the
world, and every man who opposes
himself to that swing will go down
In Disgrace
Task New Il Peace.
"The task OF those who are gath
cred here, or will presently be gath
cred here, to make the settlements
of this peace, is greatly simpIiied by
the fact that they are masters of no
enc; they are the servants of man
kind. and IL we do not heed the man
dates Of mankind. we shall make our
selves the most conspicuous and de-
served failures in the history of the
world.
Organized MOraI Force.
Ny conception of the league of na-
tions is just this. that it shall operate
as the organized moral force of men
throughout the world. and that when
ever or wherever wrong and aggres-
sion are planned or contemplated,
this searching light OF conscience will
be turned upon them and men every
where viii ask What are the purposes
that you hold in your heart against
the fortunes Of the world?' Just a
little exposure vii settle most ques-
lions. II the central powers had
dared to discuss the purposes OF this
war for 8 single fortnigt, it never
would have happened, and IL, as
should be, they were forced to discuss