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IN
ACCORD AIMS
Wilson and POincare at We'll
come Luncheon Agree on
Making World Safe.
WILL VIEW WAR HORRORS
Pledges Made Of Friendship
That Will Last Between
Allied Republics.

PARIS. Dec. l4.-President and Nine.
Poincare gave a luncheon at the Pa
lais de L'Elysee in honor OF President
and Mrs. Wilson. President Wilson,
on this occasion, spoke as follows in
replying to an address by President
Poincare:
"Mr President:
II am deeply indebted TO you for
your gracious greeting. It Is very de
/ lightful to find myself in France and
| to feel the quick contact OF sympathy
, and unaffected friendship between
the representatives Of the United
States and the representatives Of
France.
You have been very generous In
what you were pleased TO say about
myself; but ] feel that what I have
said and what have tried to de has
been said and done only in an at
tempt to speak the thought Of the
people of the United States truly, and
to carry that thought out in action.
From the first. the thought OF the
people OF the United States turn u
toward something more than the mere
winning OF this war. It turned to
the establishment Of eternal prin-
/ ciples of right and Justice II realized
| that merely 10 win the war was not
enough; that it must be Won in such a
way and the questions raised by It
settled in such a way as to insure the
| future peace of the world and lay
the foundations for the freedom and
happiness of its many peoples arc
nations,
VIII Look Upon Wars Ruin.
| Never before has war worn so ter
! riAle a ViSage or exhibited more grossly
the deDasinE influence OF Illicit am
| bitions. l am sure that j Shall look
upon the ruin brought by the armies
Of the Central Empires with the same
rcpusion 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
rebuke such acts OF terror and spolia-
! tion. but make men everywhere
! aware that they can not be ven
/ tured upon without the certainty OF
, just punishment
! II know with what ardor ana en-
| thusasm the soldiers and sailors OF
the United States have given the best
( that was in them to this war of re-
demptlon. They have expressed the
true spirit OF America. They believe
their ideals 10 be acceptable to free
peoples everywhere and are rejoiced
TO have played the part they have
played in giving reality 70 those ideals
in cooperation with the armies OF the
Allies. We are proud OF the part they
have played and we are happy that
they should have been associated with
such comrades In a common cause
Ties of Two Nations Binding.
ut Is with peculiar feeling. Mr.
President that I f1nd myself In France
joining with you In rejoicing over the
victory that has been won. The ties
that bind France and the United
States are peculiarly close. do not
know in what other comradeship we
could have fought with more zest oil
enthusiasm. It will daily be- a matter
Of pleasure with me to be brought into
consultation with the statesmen OF
France and her allies In concertinl
the measures by which we may Sc.
cure permanence for these happy rela
tions OF friendship and cooperation ant
secure for the world at large sucf
safety and freedom in It's life as car
be secured only by the constant as
ISOLATION and cooperation OF friends
81 greet YOU, not only with deep per,
sonal respect but as the representative
Of the great people Of France and beg
to bring you the greetings Of another
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