The Washington herald., 1918-12-29
PRESIDENT HAPPY
70 JOIN LOVEFEST,
HE TELLS BRITONS
CONTINUED PROM PAGE ONE.

with a memorial Of 100000 workers
| which said, In part:
"You have spoken the>thoughts and
| principles of the silent masses every
where. We support your views. whic h
have fortified and clarified the vision
of organized democracies. Secret di-
4 plomacy brought the European ma
tions near ruin. BY methods Of can
4 dor and open dealing In your rela-
| tions with the allied and enemy gov
ernments you have shown the govern
ments and the peoples a more excel
| cellent, way"
In reply TO the memorial, Wilson
said:
/, MY whole heart is in this matter.
/ will do everything to attain the OBJ
| jects we all seek"
| Grey, who headed a delegation of
| the League of Nations Union. said:
Your words have touched our
hearts; the freedom Of the world is
| near"
Calling upon the moral influence OF
the world. you summoned the most
| powerful of weapons" the Arckbish-
| op said.
| The President said:
Mr.. Lord Mayor. your royal
highness, your grace. ladies and
gentlemen: You have again
made me feel sir, the very won
Z derful and generous welcome of
this great city and you have re-
minded me of what has perhaps
become one of the habits of my
life. You have said that have
broken all precedents in COM
ing across the ocean to join the
counsels of the Peace Confer
ence, but think those who
have been associated with me in
Washington will testify that
that is nothing surprising.
81 said to members of the
press in Washington one even
ing that one of THE things that
had interested me most since /
lived in Washington was that
every time / did anything per-
fectly natural il was said TO be
unprecedented. II was perfect
ly natural to break this prece-
dent. natural because the de-
mand for intimate conference
took precedence over every
other duty. And after all,
! breaking of precedents, though
this may sound strange doctrine
in England. is the most sensible
thing 30 do.
/ Harness of Precedents.
The harness Of precedent is
sometimes a very sad and harras.-
ing trammel. In this case the
breaking of a precedent is sensible
for a reason that is very prettily
illustrated in a remark attributed
n 10 arla Il
a company of his friends they
were discussing a person who was
not present and Lamb said in his
hesitating manner, I hate that
fellow Why. CharIes% one of his
friends said, L didn't know that
yOp knew him o. he said L
Ill don't. / can't hate a man
know. And perhaps that simple
and attractive remark may furnish
a secret for cordial international
relationship. When we know one
another We cannot hate one an
other.
II have been very interested, be-
fore coming here, to see what sort
of a person l was expected to be.
u So far as ! can make it out 1 was
expected to be a perfectly blood
less thinking machine, whereas 1
am perfectly aware ! have in me
! all the insurgent elements of the
: human race. / am sometimes, by
4 reason Of long Scotch traditions,
able to keep these instincts in re-
straint. The strong covenanter
: tradition that is behind me sends
many on ache down the years.
at is not only diligently to pur-
sue business. but also to seek this
sort of comradeship. that l feel it
privilege to have come across the
seas, and in the welcome you have
accorded Mrs. Wilson and me you
have made us feel that companion
ship was accessible TO US in the
most enjoyable and delightful
form. l thank you sincerely for
this welcome. sir. and am very
happy to join in a lOve-feast which
is all the more enjoyable because
there is behind il 4 background
of tragical suffering. Our spirits
are released from the darkness
. of clouds that at one time seemed
to~have settled upon the world in