Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-28
British Sovereign and American
President Felicitdte Each Other
WILSON DECLARES
BRITISH LEADERS
AGREE WITH HIM
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ICY MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wiRel
| London, Dec. Replying to the
! kings address, President Wilson said:
| II am deeply complimented H. the
! gracious words which you have ut
| 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 it, and l believe that cor
rectly interpret that welcome as en-
bodying not only your own generous
spirit toward us personally, but also
great nation over which you preside
that same feeling for my people, for
the people of the United states.
For you and 1, sir---I temporarily
-embody the spirit of two great ma
tons, and whatever strength I have,
and whatever authority | possess it
only so long and so far as | express
the spirit and purpose of the Ameri-
can people.
Every influence that the Ameri-
can people have over the affairs of
the world is measured by their SYM
pathy with the aspiration of free men
everywhere.
America does love freedom, and
| believe that she loves freedom UNI
selfishly. But e she does not she
will not and cannot help the infln-
ence to which she justly aspires,
81 have had the privilege, sir, of
conferrng with the leaders of your
own government and with the spokes-
men of the governments of France
and of ltaly. and | ana glad 10 say
that / have the same conceptions that
he,y ar hn eli
scope of the duty on which we have
met.
I'VE have used great words; all of
us have used the great words right
and Justice, and now we are to prove
whether or not we understand these
words and how they are to be applied
to the particular settlements which
must conclude this war.
Great Moral Tide Running.
"And we must not only understand
them, but we must have the courage
to act upon our UNDERSTANDING,
yet after / have uttered the word
courage 1t comes into my mind that
it would take more courage to resist
the great moral tide now running inl
the world than to yield to 1t, than tot
obey It.
"There is a great tide running in
the hearts of men. The hearts OF
men have never beaten so singularly
in unison before. Men have new
before been so conscious of their
brotherhood. Men have never before
realized how little difference there
was between right and justice in one
and in another. under one
soyereisnty and under another.
And it will be our high privilege, !
| believe, sir. not only to apply the
moral Judgment of the world to the
particular settlements which we shall |
attempt but also to organize the !
moral force of the world to preserve |
those settlements, to steady the forces
of mankind and to make the right |
and the justice to which Great ma
tons like our own have devoted them |
selves, the predominant and controll- |
ing force of the world.
There is something inspiring in
knowing that this is the errand that |
we have come on. Nothing less than |
this would have justified me in leav- |
ing the important tasks which fail
upon me upon the other side of the |
sea--nothng but the consciousness
that nothing else compares with this |
in dignity and importance.
Therefore it is the more delightful !
TO tlnQ mySelI III the collpdhy VI q
body of men united in ideal and pur-
pose and to feel that l am privileged |
10 unite my thoughts with yours in
forward these standards
which we are so proud to hold so high
and to defend.
May / not, sir, with feeling of
profound sincerity and friendship and
propose your health and |
the health of the queen and the pros
oerity of Great Britain 2"