The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-28
TALK PUNCTUATED
WITH MUCH APPLAUSE
He Declared That the People
of the World Want Peace,
Not by Conquest, but by
Agreement of Mind.

London, Dec. Speaking to-day In
the historic Guildhall at eeremonious
gathering of Great Britain's most dis
tinguished statesmen, President Wilson
reaffirmed his principle that there must
no longer be a balance of power which
might unsettle the peace of the world
but that the future must produce con-
cert of power which would preserve it.
The presidents reception at the Guild
hall was so spontaneous and hearty that
ii carried an ummistakable note of friend
ship and admiration When he arose to
speak there was prolonged outburst Of
handc!apping and cheering, and his talk
was frequently punctuated by applause,
At the conclusion of his address the au.
dience rose with one accord and cheered
and it kept up the applause and cheering
as he passed out.
The president was given a notable Ova.
tion on rising to begin his speech and
some of the points that won renewed ap.
plause we're his tribute to the armies OF
the associated governments and his dec
iaration that people throughout the
world want peace and want it immediate.
ly-not, however, by conquest, but by
agreement of mind
The distinguished government and 9TH
er officials received by the lord mayor be-
fore the presidents arrival included Pre-
mier Lloyd George, Field Marshal Haig
Foreign Secretary Balfour, Admiral Sims
former Premier 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, the lord mayor
in the center and President Wilson on
his right, next TO the duke of Connaught
The Royal Artillery band in the gallery
played American airs, ushering President
Wilson in with "The Star Spangled Ban.
ner."
During his speech the president de-
clared the soldiers had fought TO dc
away with the old order and establish a
new one. The old order he said, had for
sts center the unstable thing" called
the balance of power, determined by com
petitiye interests, 'jealous watchfuiness'
and "an antagonism Of interests
The men who have fought the war
said the president, shave been men from
free nations who were determined that
tbis sort of thing should end now and
forever"
The suggestion for concert of power
TO replace the balance of power, he re,
marked, now was coming from every
quarter and from every sort Of mind
The concert to come, the president de.
clared must not be a balance of power
or one powerful group of nations set of
against another, but "a single over.
whelming, powerful group Of nations
which shall be the trustees of the peace
of the world
The minds of the leaders of the Brit.
ish government, he found, the president
said, were moving along in the same
lines as his own and their thought has
been that the key to peace is the guar
antee Of it and not the items of it. The
Stems Of it, he added, would be worthless
unless a concert of power stood to bach
them.
No such potent union Of purpose ever
has been seen in the world before, the
president said, as that which now de
mands concert of power to preserve the
thought of el0seted students and aca
demic men he now found the practica
minds Of the world determined to get it
81 am particularly happy that Tho
ground has been cleared and the foun
dation laid" continued the president
sbecsuse we already have accepted tht
same body principles. Those principles
are clearly and definitely enough STATED
to make their application a matter whicl
should afford no fundamental difficulty
"Tbe peoples of the world" the pres
ident declared, want peace and want i
now, not merely by the conquest of arms
but by agreement Of mind" Such az
achievement, the president considered
would be the finest enterprise Of hu
uhanity.
There had been just hint that th'
presidents address would be the key
to the conferences he has been holdin,
with British statesmen, and the address
us it was delivered to-day was inter
preted in American quarters as confirm
ing the previous intimations that thes,
conferences had been very satisfactor,
from the presidents viewpoint
At the outset of his address. Presiden
Wilson declared he did not fancy tha
the welcome Of Paris and London 10 hin
was purely personal, but rather tina
the voices of the people were expressin,
not only emotions of qualification tha
the fighting had ceased, but also thei
conception that the peace to be mad