Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-28

Fought to End This Sort Of Thing
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 suggestion for concert Of
power to replace the balance OF
from every quarter and from every
sort of mind. The concert to come, ne
declared, must not be balance OF
power or one powerful group OF ma
tions set off against another, but a
single, overwhelming. powerful group
of nations which shall be the trustees
of the peace of the world"
The minds of the leaders of the
British government, the President
said. were moving along the same
lines as his own, and their thougnE
had been that the key to the peace
was the guarantee of it and not the
items Of it. The items of it, he added.
would be worthless unless concert
of power stood back of them.
Such Union Unprecedented.
No such potent union of purpose
had ever been seen in the world be-
fore, he said, as that which now de-
manded a concert of power to pre-
serve the worlds peace.
Whereas it had been the thought OF
closeted students and academic men
he now found the practical minds OF
the world determined to get it.
81 am particularly happy that the
ground has been cleared and the foun-
dations laid" he continued, because
we have already accepted the same
body principles. Those principles are
clearly and definitely enough stated
to make their application a ra<ter
which should afford no fundamental
difficulty.
peace, and want it now, not merely by
the conquest of arms but by agree
ment of mind"
Such an achievement the President
characterized as this greaA may I not
say final. enterprise Of humanity.
Address Key to Conference
There had been a hint that the Presi-
dents address would be the key to the
conferences he has been holding with
British statesmen, and the address as
it was delivered today was interpreted
previous limitations that these con-
ferences 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 and London
that the voices of the people were ex-
pressing not only emotions of grattflca-
ton that the fighting had ceased, but
also their conception that the peace
to be made must guarantee that the
war could not be repeated.
cit now rests upon others to see that
those lives were not lost in vain," the
President added.
The President concluded his address
amid a great demonstration. and then
proceeded to the luncheon at the Man.
sion House with the lord mayor
Record Reception.
The Oldest observer in the Guild Hall
today declared no reception ever accord
ed any dignitary there approached in
spontaneity and volume that which
greeted the Presidents appearance and
the address which followed.
AS the President left the Guild Hall
after his address the crowd in the yard
took up the cheers that had been echo
ing within the building. The President,
with Mrs. Wilson. entered their carriage
and as they drove off through the lanes
of boisterous and hat and handkerchief
waving throngs. some one proposed
three cheers for WI ,hat the Ihsy
smiled delightedly and rose and bowed
again and again.
The distinguished government and
other officials received by the lord
mayor before the Presidents arrival
included Premier Lloyd George. Field
Marshal Haig. Foreign Secretary Bal
four. Admiral Sims, former Premier
Asouith, 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, the lord
mayor in the center and President
wilson on his right, next to the Duke
~ Connaught. The Royal Artillery
Rand in the gallery played American
airs. ushering President Wilson in
with the ''Star Spangled Banner"