The Sentinel=record., 1918-12-28
KING GEORGE PAYS
 TRIBUTE TO PRESIDENT
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| spleuGid part m that victory as we | thank the American people for their
 noble response to the call of clyiliza-
 ton and humanity May the same | brOtherly spirit ineIire and guide our
 united efforts to secure for the world
 the blessings of an ordered freedom
 and an ensuing Eeace
 In asking you to join with me in
 drinkine 10 the health of the pres
 ident l wish to say with wn4. pleas i ure we welcome Mrs N ilson to tA.>
 country
 q dr.nk to the health of the pres
 ident Of the United States and Mrs Wilson and 10 the 3lppinoss aud prosperity Of the American nation
 Presidents Reply to King George. Replying Co the kings address President Wilson said:
 l T am deeply complimented by the | gracious words which you have lit tered. The welcome which you have given me and Mrs Wilson, has been
 so warm so natural. so evidently from the heart, that we have been more
 than pleased We have been touched by t, and believe that correctly in terpret that welcome as Cmbodyin- not only your own generous spirit toward us personally, but also as eX- pressing for yourself and the great nation over which you preside, that same feeling for my people, tor the people of the United States
 For you and e.r--I temporarily embody the spirit of two great na- tiOns. and whatever strength l have and whatever authority l possess it only so long and so far as 1 express the spirit and purpose of the Ameri- can people
 Every influence that the American people have over the affairs of the world is measured 0y their sympathy with the aspirations of free men everywhere.
 America does love freedom. and l believe that she loves freedom un- selfishly But if she does not, she will not, and can not help the .n- fluenee to which she justly aspires.
 lieiNt udA AliG pllN INGCt nll, VI conferring with the leaders of your own government and with the spokss- men of the governments of France and of Italy and am glad to say that ] have the same conceptions that they have of the significance and scope of the duty on which we have met.
 We have used great words, ali oi Us have used the great words right and justice and now we are to pr0,e whether or not'we understand these words and how they are to he ap- piled to the particular settlements which must conclude this war.
 And We must not only understand them, but must have the courage to act on our understanding
 Yet, after l have uttered the word IIccu4uge, i. comes tnto my nnd that it would take more courage to resist the great moral tide now run ming in the world than to yield 10 it. than to oDey it.
 Where IS a great tide running iu the hearts of men, The hearts of men have never beaten so singularly in unison before. Men have never be- fore been so conscious of their brotherhood Men have never realiz- ed how Httlc difference there was Da- tween right and justice in one lati- tude and in another, under one soY Y- eriguty and under another
 And it will be our hish privilege I believe, sir. not only to apply the moral judgment of the world to the IaIt,cular settlements which We shall
 aCtempt, but also to Iorsanize the moral force of the world to preserve l those settlements to steady the forces Of mankind and to make the right ] and the justice to which great na- tions like our own have devoted l themselves, the predominant and cor trolling force of the world
 There is something insririm in knowing that this is the errand that
 we have come on. Nothing less than 1 this would have justified me in leay- ing the important tasks which fall up- on me upon the other side of the sea nothing but the consciousness that nothing else complres with this in diln,ty and importance.
 "Theref ore. it is the more delight- | ful to find myself in the company of
 a body of men united in ideal and pur- pose and 10 feel that l am privileged
 to unite my thouehts with yours in carrying forward these standards,
 which We are SO proud to hold so high and to defend,
 May I not. sir, with feeling of profound sincerity and friendship
 and sympathy. propose your health, and the health of tho queen anu ,ne t,,,,..se,rii,. f.f Crf.1t prif,fnn