The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-12-30

son and &heir party took the train
for London shortly before o'clock,
closing day which will be regarded
as one Of the most important in the
history Of this city.
Foremost Of Americans.
In presenting the freedom of the
city to President Wilson, the lord
mayor said 1t afforded the city OF
Manchester supreme satisfaction to
have on its roll the chief citizen of
the American republic, foremost OF
all Americans who have ever visited
England" and one whose clear ut
terances and earnest acts had been
q proof of the real union of senti-
ment. This man. said the lord mayor,
now stood before the audience as
living type and symbol Of the friend
ship of the English speaking races.
Not . Vain Dreamer.
The president, the lord mayor went
on, was not vain dreamer, a. his
dreams had been fulfilled. He re-
called how President Wilson's four.
teen points had become within twelve
months the real basis for q peace
settlement and had been accepted by
the enemy Of the allies at the pre-.
liminary for the permanent peace:
I'VE welcome him." the speaker
added, "as president Of the United
States, a. q helper in the battles and
a. worker in the business Of peace"
ERaE. ,aince the history OF liberty
FD9eHm fhep nave tafkeu Gbout thcii
rights and 1t has taken several hun
dred years to make them perceive
that the principal condition Of right
is duty. and that unless a man per-
forms his full duty he Is entitled to
no right. 1t is a fine correlation of
the influence of duty that rights is
the equipoise and balance of society.
And so when we analyze the
present situation and the future that
we now have to mould and control.
1t seems to me there is no other
thought than that which can guide us.
You know that the United States has
always felt from the very beginning
of her story that she must keep her
self separate from any kind of con-
nection with European politics.
want to say very frankly to you
that she is now interested in Eu-
ropean politics. but she Is interested
in the partnership Of right between
America. and Europe. If the future
had nothing for us but new attempt
to keep the world at right poise
by balance Of power. the United
States would take no interest, be-
cause she will join no combination
of power which Is not combination
Of us all.
She is not interested merely In the
peace of Europe, but IN the peace OF
the world. Therefore, 1t seems to me
that in the settlement, which Is just
ahead of us, something more delicate
and difficult than was ever at
tempted before has to be accom-
plished--a genuine concert Of mind
and purpose. But while 1t is difficult,
there is an element present that
makes it easy.
"Never before In the history Of the
world, I believe, has there been such
keen international consciousness as
there is now. Men all over the world
have been embarrassed by interna-
tional antagonism and that the in
terests of each are not the interests
of all. and that men. as men, are the
objects Of government and interna-
tional arrangement.
There Is a great voice of humanity
doiOua IhS JuoI hNNs "hASh
he who cannot hear Is deaf.
There Is great compulsion Of
the common conscience now in ex-
, istence. which. II any statesman will
resist, he will gain the most unenvia-
BILE eminence in history. We are not
obeying the uSgndate Of parties or Of
politics. We are obeying the, man.
date of humanity. That is the rea-
son why 1t seems to me that the
things that are most often in orr
minds are the least significant. ai1
not hopeful that the individual items
of the settlement which we are about
to attempt will be altogether salts
factory.
"One has only to apply his mind
to any one of the questions of
boundary and Of altered sovereignty
and of racial aspirations to do some
thing more than conjecture that
there Is no man and no body Of men,
who know just how they ought to
me settled. And yet If we are to make
unsatisfactory settlements. we must
see to it that they are rendered more
and more satisfactory by the subse-
quent adjustments which are mado
possible.
I'VE must provide the machinery
for readjustments in order that we
have the machinery of good will and
friendship. Friendship must have a
machinery. If cannot correspond,
with you, If I cannot learn your
minds. II I cannot cooperate with
you. cannot be your friend: and,
II the world is to remain body of
friends, 1t must have the means of
frfendship--the feans Of constantly
friendship the means of constant
friendly intercourse-the means for
constant watchfulness over the COM
mon interests.
"That makes 1t necessary to make
some great effort to have with one
another easy and constant method
of conference so that troubles may be
taken when they arc little and not
be allowed'to grow until they become
big.
II never thought IL had big DIFF