The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-14
PARIS GIVES
ENTHUSIASTIC
RECEPTION TO
PRES. WILSON
Hopes for Future Peace and
Amicable Settlement of
Final Issues of War Ex-
pressed by President.
Dimes WITH POINCARE
Oy Associated Press.)

PARIS, Dec. 14.-President Wilson
made his entrance into Paris at 1918
o'clock this morning. The Presidents
arrival at the capital was greeted
with a salvo of artillery in salute.
he dense throngs gathered to greet
the American executive. hailed his
coming with volleys of cheering Huge
throngs were massed around the Bois
de Boulogne station awaiting the
Presidents coming. AS he alighted
from his train a roar Of welcome went
up that left no doubt Of the cordiality
of the welcome given by Paris to its
latest guest.
The route to the Presidents resi-
dence was lined with French troops in
soils array along its entire length. The
welcome given by the crowd as the
President drove by was vociferous and
hearty.
President and Madame Poincare
gave luncheon at the Palace De La
Elysee in honor of President and Mrs
Wilson. President Wilson on this
occasion spoke as follows, in reply
ing to an address by President Poin-
care:
Mr.. President: | am deeply in
debted to you for your gracious greet
ing. 1t is very delightful to find my
self in France and to feel the quick
contact of sympathy and unaffected
friendship between the representa-
tives of the United States and the rep
resentatives of France
"You have been very generous in
what you were pleased to say about
myself, but l feel that what l have
said and what l have tried to do has
been said and done only in an attempt
to speak the thought of the people uI
the United States truly and to carry
that thought out in action.
More Than Victory.
From the first the thought of the
people of the United States turned to-
ward something more than the mere
winning of this war. 1t turned to the
establishment OF eternal principals of
right and justice. 1t realized that
merely to win the war was not
enough; that 1t must be won in such q
way and the questions raised by il
settled in such a way as to insure the
future of the world and lay the founda-
tion for the freedom and happiness OF
its many peoples and nations.
Never before has war worn so ter
rible visage or exhibited more gross
ly the debasing influence of illicit am
billions. l am sure that l will look
upon the ruin wrought by the armies
of the central empire with the same
repulsion and deep indignation that
they stir in the hearts of the men Of
France and Belgium. and l appreciate
as you do, sir, the necessity of such
action in the final settlement of the
issues of the war, as will not only re-
buke such acts of terror and spoila-
tion, but men everywhere must be
aware that they cannot be ventured
upon without the certainty of just pun
ishmen."
The front pages Of the newspapers
this morning are devoted to details
of the reception to be accorded Presi-
dent Wilson by Paris today. Pictures
of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are printed
by all the newspapers. Long edito-
rials recounting characteristics of the
President, outlining his policies and
describing his work during the war
fill the journals. In additional consid
cradle attention is paid to the part
that Americans have played in the
war, the battles Of Chateau Thierry.
ST. Mihiel and the Argonne being de
Scribed