The Bismarck tribune., 1918-12-30
WILSON LEAVES
LONDON ON TRIP
TO MANCHESTER
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ence throughout the country. No pub
lie utterances in Great Britain, apart
from those of English statesmen which
were landmarks in the progress OF the
war, have commanded such prominence
in the newspapers.
The phrase from the presidents
speech at the state banquet at Buck
ingham paace-''There is Il great tide
running in the hearts OF men"-had al
ready sripped the headlines of the pa
pers and pervaded their editorial col
umns.
Speaks Before Lord Mayor
London, Dec. 3O.-In his speech Sat
uriuy afternoon at the Lord Mayors
luncheon at the Mansion house, Pres
idcnt Wilson said:
Mr. Lord Mayor. Your Royal High
ness. Your Grace, Ladies and Gentle
men: You have again made me feel,
Sir. the very wonderful and generous
welcome Of this great city and you
have reminded me Of what has per-
h:,DS become one of the habits of my
life.
You have said that I have broken
all precedents in coming across the
ocean to join III the colnsclS OF the
peace conference, but / think those
who have been associated with me in
Washington will testify that that is
nothing surprising. | said to the
members of the press in Washington
one evening that one of the things that
had interested me most since lived in
Washington was that every time |
did anything perfectly natural it was
said to he unprecedented. .e.r..
1T was, perfectly nat u to break
this precedent natural I cause the de
mand for intimate CO: serencc took
precedence oyer every ,Aer duty And,
after all, {GtlIea DreaksH., G prccedentS.
though Tits may sound strange doc
trine in England is tlie most sensible
thing to do. s,fhc harness Of precedent
is sometimes a syefy sad and harass-
ing trammel. G@F.
I'm this case the breaking Of preee-
dent is sensible For a reason that Is
very prettily illustrated in remark
attributed to Charles lamb One eve
ming in n company of his friends they
were discussing a person who was moi
present and Lamb said, in his heSitat-
ing manner. I h-hnte flat fellow
why, Charles one of bis friends said
4 did not know that you' knew him.
OH he said, III d-dolft. 1 c-can't
h-hate a man l know a
"And perhaps. that simple and at
tractive remark may furnish Il ScrrcI
for cordial international relationship
When we know one another we can
not hate one another.
Not q Mere Machine
"I haSe been very much intrrcSte,
before coming here to see what Sor'
of a person l was expected to be. s.
far as l can make out. was eID,"tc'
to be perfectly hloodlcss thiul in:
machine. whereas I am perfectly
aware that l have in me all the in
srlrgent elements of the human race
I am sometimes, by reason Of Ion:
Scotch tradition. able to keep these
instincts in restraint. The stern coven
anter tradition that is behind ME send:
many an echo down the years. Il i.
not 3Only diligently to pursue business
but also to seek this sort of comradc
ship, that I feel it is a privilege It
have come across the seas and. in tht
welcome that you have accorded Mrs
Wilson and me, you have us feel tha
championship was accessible to us il
the most delightful and enjoyabl,
form.
II thank you sincerely for this wei
come, Sir, and am very happy to joil
in love feast which is all the NOR
enjoyable because there is behind it {
background Of tragical suffering. Gu
spirits are released from the darkness
of the clouds that one time seemed Il
have settled upon the world in wa,
that could not be dispersed, the suffer
ings of your own people, the suffer
ing Of the people of France. and tn
infinite suffering Of the people of Bel
gium. The whisper Of grief that ha
been blown all through the world i
now silent and the sun Of hope seem
to spread its rays and to change tn
earth with new prospect Of happi
ness"
Pres. Wilson. who arrived at Man
chester yesterday, found a different at
mosphere from that at London. Their
his time was occupied by formalitie
and social functions. Here he found
hospitality which could not be warme
than that of London but which brough
him closer to the people. The mos
important feature was the presentation
of the freedom of the city to Presiden
Wilson,
If Free Trades hall had been thre
times as large it could NOS have shel
tered all those who sought admission
From present indications, Presiden
Wilson viii leave Europe on his re
turn to United States on February 10
GOING To lTAlv