Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-28
CR0WDSCHEER
AND APPLAUD
DURING TALK

Wilson Reaffirrns Principle
That Future Must Produce
Peace Preserving Power.
London, Dec. 2s.-Speaking today
in the historic Guild Hall at a cere-
most distinguished statesmen, Presi-
dent Wilson reaffirmed his principle
that there must no longer be a bal
ance of power which might unsettle
the peace of the world but that the
future must produce a concert of
power which would preserve it.
The presidents reception at the
Guild Hall was SO spontaneous and
hearty that it carried an unnistakable
note Of friendship and admiration.
When he arose to speak there was a
prolonged outburst of handclapping
and cheering, and his talk was fire.
quently punctuated by applause. At
audience rose and cheered and it kept
up the applause and cheering as he
passed out.
The president was given notable
ovation on rising to begin his speech
and some of the points that won re-
the armies of the associated govern
ments and his declaration that people
throughout the world wanted peace
and wanted it immediately-not,h how
ever, by conquest, but agreement of
mind,
The distinguished government and
other officials received by the lord
mayor before the presidents arrival
included Premier Lloyd George, Field
Marshal Haig, Foreign Secretary Bal
four, Admiral SIMS Former Premier
Asquith. 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 President
Wilson on his right, next to the Duke
of Connaught. The royal artillery band
in the, gallery played American airs.
ushering President Wilson in with the
StarsSpangled Banner.
In the course of his speech the
president declared the soldiers had
fought to do away with the old order
and establish new one. The old or
der, he said had for its center the
unstable thing" called the balance
of 'pEwer. determined competitive in
terests, Jealous watchfulness. and
IAN antagonism of interests" The
men who have fought the war, he
said, had been "men from free nations
who were determined that this sort
of thing should end now and forever" +"
The suggestion for a concert of
. er, 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 ma
tions set off against another but "a
11>,,;~ f,,1 ~,
of nations which shall be the trustees
of the peace Of the world"
The minds of the leaders Of the
British government, the president
said, were moving along the same
lines as his own, and their thought
had been that the key to peace was
the guarantee of it and not the items
of it. The items Of it, he added, would
be worthless unless a concert of power
stood 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 a concert of power to pre-
serve the worlds peace. ~
Whereas it had been the thought OF
close students and academic men, he
now found the practical minds of the
world determined to get it.
II am particularly happy that the
ground has been cleared and the
cause we have already accepted the
same body principles. Those princi-
pies are clearly and definitely enough
stated to make their application a
matter which should afford no funda.
mental difficulty.
"The peoples of the world want
peace and want it now, not merely by
the conquest Of arms, but by agree.
ment of mind"
Such an achievement, the president
characterized as "this great. may
not say final enterprise of humanity
There had been just hint that the
presidents address would be the key
ing with British statesmen and the ad.
dress as it was delivered today was
interpreted in American quarters as
confirming the previous intimation:
that these conferences had been salts.
factory from the presidents view:
point.
At the outset of his address, Presi.
dent Wilson declared he did not fancy
that the welcome Of Paris and Lon.
don to him was purely personal. but
rather that the voices of the people
= were expressing not only emotions OF
qualification that the fighting had
ceased, but also their conception tha'
the peace to be made must guarantee
that the war could not be repeated. :.
."It now rests upon others to see
that those lives were not lost in vain,
the president added.
The president concluded his addres.
amid q: great demonstration and ther
proceeded to the luncheon at the man
sion house with the lord mayor.
The oldest observer in the Guile
Hall today declared no reception evel
accorded any dignitary there, ap
preached in spontaneity and volume
that which greeted the presidents ap
pearance and the address which fol
lowed.
Palace to the Guild Hall was through
q crowd that 9cheered continuously.
The president, with Mrs. Wilson
entered their carriage and as the!
drove of through the lanes of bolster
GUS and hat and handkerchief wavinl
throngs, someone proposed "Thre'
cheers for Wilson," They were givel
with such will that the presiden
smiled delghtedly and rose ant
bowed again and again.
A. e. Bowen. Townley's left bower
says the Nonpartisan league will cleo
the president in 1920, but there's NJ
call for hurry in Speculating on tn