New-York tribune., 1918-03-08

Nnericans vencratc above all others.
.''n SOIL made. As he rose hc found
'"ousanos on their feet before him
''"'h IN tribute 10 thc boy who mad
s"aJ TO yca and 10 the man who.
aad battered his way over barriers Of
aador Of great ALL. "''''"'
iruiy it IS a s,epartur. from, ,,ro.o
cent ihat the holder of the ch;cf nor.
'nahent Judicial Office in nv country
Shouio DC sent to represent its inter
Ts.S nerc III the midst Of this war"
~. u i-eadlng began, speaking not from
heart" ''"' A'o'" '"e
but precedents with Us. Mr.. Chair
man nave long been banished. In a
var Tor which history has no equal in
'ude OF Importance, preccdents
nave ceased 10 govern. shal! ever re-
''Si" - as 'he highest honor which Yay
upon An indivldual that ! should have
nS,cen ncen made its ambassador in The United
states OF America.
We are in the war now after three
ana haif years. We are lighting nov.
as We fought from the beginning. for
thc same ideals which animate YOU
20 our eternal credit, knowing the cost,
realizlng It might mean our very cx-
S1ence as nation and an empire
mere vas 10 hesitation at the outset
Tom the moment we knew that wha;
Great Britain had given TO protect the
neutrality Of Belgium
Thanks God for British Navy
:, Events after that decision came rap
IDLY. We in England were unprcpared
We had navy-God be thanked for it,
We had an army so small that it real
ly, perhaps, IN size seemed 70 merit
the opinion expressed by the Emperor
OF Germany that it was 'contcmptible
little army 1t was an army, at any
rate. that did good work and which in
France from the earliest moment as
sisted the cause for which it was fight
ing. Starting with 10000 or 130 900
men. it grew to millions; and let me
remind yOu-because we are sometimes
apt to forget it-that millions of men
volunteered their services before there
had been any question Of compulsory
service.
I'VE have thrown everything we pos
doubt, with all your sympathy. that
Americans quite realize the extent Of
the sacrifices We have made. | will
content myself with saying this-that
there is nothing which we could put
into the war which is not there al
ready. All our treasure. as you know,
! is being expended in this struggle.
What is far more important, our life
blood is being soaked in the trenches of
France and elsewhere.
at has gone on long time. | will
not dwcll-indeed. could not trust
myself to dwell-upon what it has
meant to us in England and through
out the British Empire. will only
say to you that we have put everything
we hold dear into the struggle, and we
have done it checrfully, every one Of
us giving up his best, not only Of his
labors. not only of his fortune, but OF
that which counts most-cheerfully
onlv because we have realized what
the conflict means.
"Why, gentlemen, if only we doubte 4
the truth of our ideals: if only we had
for one moment any notion VIC were on
the wrong line, hesitate to think
what would happen to all of US who
have daily poured our very souls into
the struggle, as we believe, for liberty.
But we nave no doubts-we never have
had them.
Our Ideals the Same He Says
I'VE are enabled to realize now, per-
haps even better than we did, that our
ideals are the same as yours. 1t is
not only that we have the same trad
tions Of the past. 1t is not only that
we have the same language. 1t is be-
cause we also are. both striving to at
tain a higher moral elevation for hu
manity.
"To-day I realize better than l did
how great is the moral force in this
country. doubt whether it has ever
been quite realized abroad. | am not
sure that even in my own country we
have quite understood until this wa-
/ the high spiritual level for which we
are striving. But day after day l am
more impressed with it, that we see
the same vision, that we are working
together for liberty. for freedom Of
humanity, and also that when we COM
monty speak Of liberty we undcrst nd
not license, not absolute freedom to &C
as you will without regard to your
neighbor, but freedom with order pre-
served according to the will Of the
majority of the governed.
1--WE are now working together in the
closest cooperation. 1t is my daily
istration in Washington. Nothing can
exceed the desire which they manifest
to help in every possible way. No hu-
man being has the faculty of stating
in better language the true nature of
the ideals for which you entered the
war than your President. We in
Europe have learned to look upon his
words and to cherish them as repre-
/ senting TO us the unalterablc dcterm
nation of America, once it has COM
menced to war in vindication of the
right, never to shcathe the sword until
it has conquered. They arc words we
can build upon. We do.
your armies are in the trenches, and
they arc growing every day. They
will take their places moro and more
You will have to suffer as we have suf-
| fered. | pray that your sacrifices never
will be as great as ours, but IL they