Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-28
MUST NO MORE BE
BALANCE OF POWER

TContinucd from First Page'l
lord mayor in the center and Fresl-
dent Wilson on his right, next 10 the
Dukc of Connaught. The Royal Ar
tjlIerv Band in the gallery played
American airs. ushering president
Wilson in with the star SpahsIeu
Banner"
Wants New Order
During his speech the PresiueIt
declared he had fought to DO away
With the old order and estahlish a
new one. The old order, he said, had
for it's center the unstable thlnS
called the balance of power, deter
mined by competitive interests
Jealous watchfulness' and 'an an
tagonism of interests. -.
The men who have fought the
war said the President, have been
men from free nations who were ue-
termined that this sort OF thlhs
should end now and forever
The suggestion for a concert o!
mower to replace the balance OF
hover. he remarked. now was COM
mo from every quarter and from
every sort of mind. The concert W
come. the President declared, must
not be IL balance of power, OF oiiS III.
powcrfuI group of nations set on
against another, but "a single over
whcIming, powerful group oi natioiiS
which Shal be the trustees ol uic
ncarr of thc world.
Ecy to Peace Is Guarantee
The minds OF the leaders of the
Hritjsh government, he found, the
PRESIDENT said. were moving along In
tbs same lines as his own, and thelr
thought has been that the Key 10
reoce is the guarantee of 1t and not
ibs items OF il. The items of II. he
added. would be worthless unless
concert of power stood 10 back them'
No such potent union of purpose
a,.er has been seen in the world De-
fore. the President said, as that
,,.,s,.b now demands a concert or
mower to preserve the worlds peace:
Whereas il has been the thought OF
-Taosated students and academic men
rc now found the practical minus oil
the world determined to get II.
Foundation Laid For Peace
81 am particularly happy that the
ground has been cleared ana the
Foundation laid" continued the
preeidnpt because we already have
accented the same body principles.
definftely enough started to make
,heir application a matter which
should afford no fundamental dli-
ficulty. -,
"The peoples of the world the
President declared, want peace ana
want il now. not merely by the con-
quest Of arms but by agreement OF
mind " Such an achievement, the
President characterized as this
great, may not say, final enterprise
of humanity"
There had been just a hint that
the Presidents address would De
rbe kew to the conferences he has
been holding with British statesmen.
and the address as ii was delivered
to-day was interpreted in American
quarters as confirming the previous
intfmations that these conferences
had been very satisfactory from the
Presidents viewpoint.
Peace Must BE Guaranteed
At the outset of his address Pres
ident Wilson declared he did not
fancy that the welcome of Paris ana
London to him was purely personal,
hut rather that the voices of the peo-
pie were expressing not only emo
lions of qualification that the fight
ing had ceased, but also their con-
ception that the peace to be made
must be a guarantee thatthe war
. could not be repeated.
1T now rests upon others to see
that those lives were not lost in
vain" the President added.
The President concluded his ad-
dress amid a great demonstration,
and then proceeded to the luncheon
at the Mansion House with the lord
mayor.
The text of the Presidents speech
follows:
Acknowledges Great Honor
MIR. Lord Mayor: We have come
upon times when ceremonies like
this have n new significance which
most impresses me as 1 stand here.
The address which l have just heard
is most generously and graciously
conceived and the delightful accent
of sincerity in II seems like part
of that voice of council which now
is everywhere to be heard. i feel that
a distinguished honor has been con-
ferred upon me by this reception
and | beg to assure you, sir, and your
associates of my very profound APP
probation, but know that am only
part of what / may call great body
OF circumstances.
~ do not believe that 1t was fancy
on my part that 1 heard in the
voice of welcome uttered in the
streets of this great city and in the
streets of Paris something more
than a personal welcome. 1t seemed
to me that / heard the vioce of one
people speaking to another people
and it was a voice in which one
could distinguish a singular combi.
nation OF emotion. There was surely
there the deep gratefulness that the
fighting was over. There was the
pride that the fighting had had such