The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-28
Concert of Power Must Be Sub
~stituted, Says Wilson.
President Speaks Today in His
tOric Old Guildhall.
ALL NATIONS MUST NOW UNITE
Key to Peace Is Guarantee of
1t and Not Items.
All London Today Is Observing
"President's Day."

London, Dec. 2S.-Speaking today in
the historic Guildhan at a ceremoni-
Gus gathering of Great Britain's most
distinguished statesmen, President
Wilson reaffirmed his principle that
there must no longer be balance OF
power which might unsettle the peace
of the world, but that the future must
produce concert of power which
would preserve it.
The presidents reception at the
Guildhall carried an unmiStakabIe note
of friendship and admiration. When
he arose to speak there was pro-
longed outburst of handclapping and
punctuated by applause. At the con-
clusion of his address. the audience
rose with one accord and cheered, and
it kept up the applause as he passed
out.
Received by Dignitarics.
The distinguished government and
the other officials received by the
lord mayor before the presidents ar
rival, included Premier Lloyd George,
Field Marshal Haig, Foreign Secretary
Baifour, Admiral Sims, Former Pre-
mier Asquith. Andrew Bonar Law. the
chancellor of the excheQuer, and the
, ambassadors of the principal allied
governments.
After President Wilson's arrival all
were grouped on the dais, with the
lord mayor in the center and President
Wilson on his right, next to the Duke
of Connaught.
The Royal Artillery band in the gal
lery played American airs, ushering
President Wilson in with the "Star
Spangled Banner"
In the course of his speech the
president declared the soldiers had
fought to do away with the older or
der and establish a new one. The old
=, eoid hod 70 the
unstable thing" called the balance OF
power, determined by the competitive
interests. Jealous watchfulness" and
IAN antagonism of interests.
The men who have fought the war
he said had been Men from free ma
tions who were determined that this
sort OF thing should end now and for
ever
The subject of concert of power
to replace the balance Of power, he
remarked, was coming now from every
quarter and from every sort of mind.
The concert to come, h. declared.
must not be balance of power or
one powerful group of nations set off
against another, but a single. over
whelming, powerful group of nations
which shall be the trustees OF the
peace of the world.
Peace Must Have Guarantee.
The minds of the leaders of the
British government, the president
said, were moving along the same lines
as his own and their thought had
been that. the key to peace was the
guarantee of it and not the items of
it. The items of it he added. would
be worthless unless a concert OF
power stood back of them.
No such union of purpose had ever
been seen in the world before, he said,
as that which now demanded a con-
cert of power to preserve the world s
peace.
Whereas it had been the thought
Of closeted. academic men, he low
found the practical minds of -he
world determined to get it.
The Foundations Laid.
1T am particularly happy that the
ground has been cleared and the
foundations laid" he continued, be
cause we have already accepted the
same body principles. Those princi-
pies are clearly and definitely enough
stated to make their application a
matter which should afford no funda-
mental difficulties.
The peoples of the world want
conquest of arms, but by agreement
of mind"
Such an achievement. the president
added, would be the finest enterprise
of humanity. There had been just .
hint that the presidents add, ess
WOulQ De the Key TO the conferences
he has been holding with British
statesmen, and the address as it was
delivered today interpreted in Ameri-
can quarters as confirming the pre-
vious intimations that these confer
ences had been satisfactory from the
presidents viewpoint.
At the outset of his address, Presi-
dent Wilson declared he did not fancy
! that the welcome of Paris ard Lon
don to him was purely personal. but
rather that the voices of the people
were expressing not only emotions of
qualification that the fighting has
ceased, but also their conception that
. the peace to be made must guarantee
that the war could not be repeated.
Lives Not Lost in Vain.
ut now rests upon others to see
that those lives were not lost in vain, ''
the president added.
The president concluded his address
amid great demonstration and then
proceeded to the luncheon at the
Mansion house with the lord mayor.
The Oldest observer in the Guildhall
| today declared no reception ever ac-
/ corded any dignitary there approached
greeted the presidents appearance and
the address which followed.
The procession from Buckingham
palace to the Guild hall was thru a
crowd that cheered continuously.
President Officially Welcomed.
Lendon, Dec. 2S.-President Wilson
was officially welcomed to London to-
day IN formal ceremony at the Guild
hall
His speech, in reply to the lord may
nr's address. had been looked forward
to by the british penple as a clear
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