Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-12-18
PoINCARE AND WILSON !
Two Presidents Of Great Republics
Meet and Talk. KS

that the making Of peace and the cre-
alton Of q league of nations must
be accomplished as one single OBJ
jective. VA
Responding to the welcome Of.
President Poincare at the luncheon
given in his honor, President Will
son declared that winning the war
was not alone enough, but that the
people Of the United States had Ell!
tered it with the object of making
the peace q permanent peace for the
world ~ s
Responding to the greeting of q
Socialist delegation the President
reiterated that the war had been the
peoples war and that the defeat; of
military autocracy was not sufficient
70 the fulfilling of its objects. He
again declared that the cooperation
of the nations for the security Of the
peace to be made was wholly neces-
sary. 2EN4sg &
President Poincare's Address.
In his address to President Wilson,
President Poincare said: ~
"Mr. President: Paris and France
awaited you with impatience. They
were eager to acclaim in you the IL
lustrious Democrat whose words and
thonpbt tho ,biInson,,a ! o,t nhti,,r
IN the solution of uniyersa, laws frn,1,I
particular events the eminant sta tea.
man who had found a way 10 axnreas
the hiphest nolictica, onJ naval
truths in formulaa which hnar the
stamp of immortality 1InTIGE1. ~
"They had also a naas,on q Is Lao, "a
to offer thanks. ir your ners,,IS \ q z
the great repubi,c of which vou J, 10 20
the chief. for yrv, inyaluah1e 3 ssist- !
ence which had Ibeen given snontana.
ously during thfs war I'd the 4 1efeIiS. !.
ers OF right and liberty.{.I W
"Eyen before America haf, rasni4
Iyed to intervene In the stta,pple al,h
had shown To- the wounded n IA fTe
orpha1is of franc "a; a All icif;id q ana Sc
kgenerosity the mem al TS 6, SSwf1iah. viii
wa Dn, III III I, shess, ~ 81
" ~ .yNs;s IS
\ 4, /, III ? iInw,citi.
zens. the inspiring initiative Of Ameri- Z
can women. anticipated your military
and naval action and showed to the
world to which side yonr symnathies
Inclined And on the dav whan von
flung yourselves into the battle, with
what determination your great neo-
pie and yourself prepared for united
success!
Some months ago Won cabled to mo
that the United States would send
cver-increasing forces until the dav
should be reached on which the Al
lied armies we're able to submerge
the enemy under an oyerwhelming q
flow of new divisions; and in effect
for more than a wear a steady stream
OF youth and energy has been pour-
ed out upon the shores of France.
mo sooner had they landed than
your gallant battalions' f,red nv thai,,
chief, Gen. Pershing, flung themselves
into tne COMBAT with such a manly
I,on.enlpI oi uahser' such smlllhg
nnsregard or death, that our longer
e"pei ieice ol uhls terrlpie war olten
tnoveo us TO couhsei prudence. Ihey
uioushI WIN them, III arriving mere,
the enthusiasm or crusaders leaving
iot the Holy Lana.
~ Is thelr rieht to-day TO LOOK
WIN p,iue upon the WorK accomp!lsh-
eu anu resI assureu Inat chey nave
po"enuiy aiaed p' ther courage
any d. their laith.
naser as tney were TO meet the
eneiiy, tney dld not Kho" wnen they
%,iiseu NJ, INC euofiiltS y, lib crimes.
ne, naI eney m'ehL kho" no" the GER
i"an ainies make war II mas Deen
nt,on,1.y ,uIeSsary tnat they 500 towns system
atiealiy burned down. mines hooded,
ao,o ,nH.orles 5eoucea 10 ashes, orchards
SeaaS'atHu' Saoa ea'heurnls sheileu ana
~, i~uIIl tnat ueiipeiate savagery
n.."u nnt" ~ ues.ios @ @s-na,urai a wealth.
"at,n "tuie anu , utS-"hicn olie lmagl-
.nuno .".aoh s .ouia not conceive at a dls-
ha"o t"".o S ,,onl ne ihen nha thinSs that
m"s. ar. o'uui =. GU II ana to-uay pear VIII
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RaVages OF War.
"In your turn, Mr.. President, you