Bisbee daily review., 1918-12-31

on the route and cheered vigorously as the train passed.
 | In a telegram regretting his inabil ity to visit Southampton and receive the freedom Of the city, the president ! expressed his cordial thanks for the honor and said:
 Tt would have been a great plea 1 sure, but it is absolutely necessary for me to return to France on Tues day"
 Text of Address
 The text of the presidents address to the Free Trade hall audience fol- lows:
 My Lord Mayor, Ladies and Gentle men:
 Perhaps may be permitted to adu, fellow citizens:
 You have made me feel in a way that is deeply delightful the generous welcome which you have accorded me and back of it l know there lies the same sort of feeling for the great peo- pie whom l have the privilege of rep 1 Iresenting.
 | There is feeling of fraternity and | friendship between the two great nG- | tions, and as l have gone from place to place and been made everywhere to feel the pulse of sympathy that is new beating between us. have been led to some very serious thoughts as to what the basis of it all is.
 For I think you will agree with me that friendship is not a mere senti- ment Patriotism is not a mere senti- ment It is based upon a principie, upon the principle that leads man to give more than he demands. Similarly | friendship is based not merely upon affection, but upon common service. | The man is not your friend who is not willing to serve you. and you are not his friend unless you are willing to serve him. And out of that impulse of common interest and desire of com mon service arises that noble feeling which we consecrate as friendship.
 Common Interest Dominant And so it does seem to me that | the theme that we must have in our minds now in this great day of settle ment is the theme of common interest and the determination of what 1t is | that is our common interest. You know that heretofore. the world has been governed. or at any rate the at tempt has been made to govern it, by partnership of interest, and that these have broken down.
 Interest does not bind men togeth- CT. Interest separates men. For the moment there is the slightest depar- ture from the nice adjustment of in- terests. the jealousies begin to spring up. There is only the thing that can bind peoples together and that is com mon devotion to right.
 Ever since the history Of liberty began men have talked about their rights and it has taken several hun dred years to make them perceive that the principal condition Of right is duty and that unless a man performs his full duty he is entitled to no right. | It is fine correlation of the in fluence of duty that right is the equi- boise and balance Of society.
 And so when we analyze the pres ent situation and the future that we now have to mold and control, il l seems to me there is no other thought than that that can guide us. You know that the United States has always felt from the very beginning of our history that she must refrain herself from any kind of connection with European politics.
 Broader Than Politics.
 "I want to say very frankly to you that she is not now interested in European politics. but she is inter- ested in the partnership of right be- tween America and Europe. If the future had nothing for us but new attempt to keep the world at a right boise by a balance of power, the United States would take no interest, because she will join no combination of power which is not a combination of all of us. She is not interested merely in the peace or Europe, but in the peace of the world.
 Therefore, it seems to me that in the settlement which is just ahead of us something more delicate and diff cult than was ever attempted before us something more delicate and diff cult than was ever attempted before has to be accomplished-a genuine concert of mind and of purpose. But while it is difficult there is an ele ment present that makes it easy. Never before in the history of the world [ believe. has there been such keen interest consciousness as there is now.
 Voice of Humanity.
 There is a great voice of human ity abroad in the world just now which he who cannot hear is deaf. There is a great compulsion of the common conscience now in existence which, if any statesman resist, will gain for him the most unenviable emi- hence in history We are not Obeying the mandate of parties or of politics. We are obeying the mandate of hu- manity.
 That is the reason why it seems 10 me that the things that are most