Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-15

and l appreciate as you do sir, the ! necessity of such action ill the final settlement of the isues of the war as will not only rebuke such acts of terror and spoilation,. but make men 1 everywhere aware that they cannot 1 be ventured upon without the cer- , tainity of just punishment.
 l Il know with what ardor and en- thusia ;m the soldiers and sailors of the United States have given the pest that was ill them ill this war of re- demption. They have expressed the l true spirit of America. They believe their ideals to be acceptable to free peoples, everywhere and are rejoic- ed to have played the part they have l played in giving reality to 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 common cause.
 "It is with peculiar feeling, Mir. President. that T find myself in France, joining with you in repoic
 ing over the victory that has been won. The ties that bind France and the Unite> States are peculiarly close.
 l do not k1iow in what other com radeship we could have fought with more Zast or enthusiasm. 1t will daily be a matter of pleasure with me to be brought into consultation with the statesmen of France and her allies in concerting the measures by which we may secure permanence for these happy relations of friend ship and cooperation and secure for the world at large such safety and freedom in it's life as can be secured only by the constant association and cooperation of friends.
 q greet you, not only with deep
 personal respect, but as the repre- sentative of the great people of greetings of another great people whom fortunes of France are of pro found and lasting interest.
 'I raise my glass to the health of the President of the French repub- lie and to Madame Poincare and the prosperity of France.s
 The formalities of the greetings ov- CT, the President entere da carriage with President Poincare. Mrs. Will, son with Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of the President, followed in another carriage, accompanied by Mme. Poincare. The party drove i'm l mediately to the residence of Prince Murat in the Rue de Monceau, where the President will reside while in tn French capital. The route of the presidential resi- dence was lined with French troops in solid array along it's entire length. The welcome given by the crowds as the President drove by was voci- ferrous ands hearty The city was
 making vast fete of the Presidents s coming. : l Tie passage of the presidential
 train from Brest to Paris gave evi
 dsnce of the interest the population attached to the Presidents visit. At every station along the railway crowds
 of men, women and children waited
 through the night for the passing of . the train, hoping to catch glimpse 1 of the American executive. Through
 the night along the route their cheers l could be heard as the train slid by { in the darkness. The crowds that assembled in Paris
 to greet President Wilson were at
 an early hour large beyond the pre- cedent set on the occasion of previ l ous visits of heads of foreign states. The weather was favorable for al l though the morning was rather 1 gray one. it early gave promise of de-
 cided improvement.
 The scene at the station where the l Presidents train came in was beau
 tifully set. The platform was carpet
 ed in red and palms adorned the broad
 stairway.
 The band of the Republican Guards
 was playing the Star Spangled Ban-
 ner as the presidential train, decorat-
 ed with the Stars and Stripes drew | into the, station. Immediately the artillery gave voice and a salute Ol
 one hundred guns announced the
 Presidents arrival.
 1 President Wilson addressed a So-
 cialist delegation which called ol him today. The President said: II Gentlemen: I receive With great
 interest the address which you have just read to me. The war through WnlCn we nave Just pdSScu, Hdo lIAu-
 strated in a way which never can be forgotten the extraordinary wrongs
 which can be perpetrated by arbi'
 trary and irresponsible power.
 .'It is not possible to secure the
 happiness and prosperity of thi
 world, to establish an enduring peace
 unless the repetition of such wrongs
 is rendered impossible. This has
 indeed, been peoples war. It has
 beep waged against absolutism ant
 militarism and these enemies of Lib
 erty must from this time forth te
 shut, o,lt.from the possibility of work
 ing their cruel will upon mankind
 'In my judgment it is not suffi'
 ciept to establish this principle. Il
 is necessary that it should be sup
 ported by a cooperation of the na-
 tions which shall be based upon fix cd and denite covenants and whici shall be made ccItaln of effective ac tion through the instrumentality ol league of nations. l believe this to be the conviction of all thoughtn.