Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-28

| ov tAe ASboC1Atco freS1.
! LONDON, December 27-Replyins to
the kings address, President Wilson
said: '-....
L am deeply complimented by the
gracious words which you have ut
! tered. The welcome which you have
! given me and Mrs. Wilson has been
so warm. 30 natural, 20 evidently from
the heart. that We have been more
| than pleased. We have been touched
by It, and I believe that I correctly
interpret that welcome az emhodyipg
not only your own generous spirit to-
ward US personally, but also as ex-
pressing for yourself and the great ma
ton over which you preside that same
feeling for my people-for the people
Of the United States.
| Embody Spirit of Nations.
! "For you and I, sir-I temporarily
embody the spirit Of two great ma
! lions, and whatever strength I have
and whatever authority, I possess il
i only SO long and so far as I express
the spirit and purpose Of the Ameri-
can people. .
! Every influence that the American
people have over the affairs Of the
| world is measured by their sym
patty with the aspirations Of free
| men everywhere.
| America does love freedom, and I
| believe that she loves. freedom un-
F.! se1fish1y. But IL she does not she will
not and cannot help the influence to
which she Justly aspires.
IT have had the privilege, sir. of
comforting with the leaders Of your
i own government, and with the
! spokesman of the governments of
| France and italy, and I am glad to
| say that have the same concep-
| tions that they have of the signid-
| canoe and scope of the duty on which
we have met.
! I'VE have used great words. All
| of us have used the great words
{, right and Justice and now we are
T! to prove whether or not we under
| stand these words, and how they are
| Elements which must conclude this
| war.
Must Have Courage.
| "And we must not only understand
them, but we must have the courage
| to act upon our understanding.
1 4CSs aAtC1 nave uSSOA GU SAO WI u
courage it comes into my mind that
it would take more courage to resist
/ the great moral tide now running in
! the world than to yield to it, than to
! obey it.
There is a great tide running in
| the hearts OF men. The hearts of men
! have never beaten so singularly in
unison before. Men have never before
/ been SO conscious of their brother
hood. Men have never before realized
! how little difference there was be-
tween right and justice in one lati-
! tude and in another. under one SOW
| ereignty and under another.
| "And it will be our high privilege
[ believe, sir, not only to apply the
; moral judgment of the world to the
! particular settlements which we shall
| moral force of the world to preserve
those settlements, to steady the forces
| of mankind and to make the right
| and the justice to which great ma
| tons like our own have devoted them
! selves, the predominant and control
! ling force of the world.
Errand Is Inspiring.
There is something inspiring in
| knowing that this is the errand that
we have come on. Nothing less than
| this would have justified me in leav-
ing the important tasks which fall
| upon me upon the other side Of the
| sea-nothing but the consciousness
! that nothing else compares with this
] in dignity and Importance.
Therefore it is the more delight
! full to find myself in the company of
i , body of men united in ideal and
purpose, and to feel that 1 am
! privileged to unite my thoughts with
! yours in carrying forward these
standards which we are SO proud to
| hold SO high and to defend:
May 7 not, sir, with a feeling of
profound sincerity and friendship and
sympathy. propose your health and
| the health of the queen and the PROS
perity Of Great Britain