Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-31
ROYAL TRADITIONS
GIVE WAY TO WILSON
All Forms Brushed Aside by Brit
ish Sovereign in Welcom-
ing Republics Ruler.

on Friday IN a peculiarly gracious, catholic
and fchcltous speech delivered IN III,
rovsl palace of Buckingham made
dcmocratic and human for the occasion
bcvond all its customs and traditions.
We on this sid have not known George
the Fifth brtur, lis farnal Spccch,..
nom the throne ~ thc aS>cmhlv and
nrorneat,nu 1T Parliament have been
formal and ~tcrretvpcd state papcr-
that any under secretary of state might
have prepared.
TRADITIONS SMASHED
But the occasion here WAS different
lar different The reception to- Woodrow
Wilson ~ London he'd smashed ever,
hoarv and venerable tradition of turul
N the ruyal houses al Tudor and >tiart
and Hanover Inc KING nl England
hike real American host. had gone to
har ng Cross 10 meet the President oi
lie United StstcS He had Stood on the
rlatiorm Waiting until the Wilson tram
,amC M.
He had 'r,mplcd 90 fara aud conc
farWard no. waiting t. rccrN, hl> guest
~,de 10y ,ldc President and hng Pros
dent VIE and Queen, ahd udicn m
elual state and ceremony through the
thrunglng streets al the iuctrulnl.- ~
The world cmpirc rnNtitN dcicrung md
ualvIng III demonstration tpr I'll, dvuo.
Tatlc rNccItlV,
Amd the -dRcn tip,,- rtc~ ng j palace
tllat hti known Glllabeth aud Mlry
and tie George the son ot 4 non-con-
f1rmst PRESBYTERIAN clergy man of the
states had lodged a au touurcd guest
md from the historic balcony of kings
had spoken "a The mutitldrs. whose
tarc'athcrS had followed Cromwell when
81, ,4,t M ~. bgal ,f ~ ,rl.
Never had ROYALTY and Lrmpcra,l
Celebrated such nuptials III thr histor>
81 tho English speaking rarr. Il Was thr
fr>f ~ocal tru'aCc ~ tn irmlgcddnn
m. womb rHE AUDIENCE
At the buckingham banquet 81 world
celebrities the kin1 and the President
were the speakers and The audience Was
the world
" hen Nilsson and PoIncurc exchanged
their formed arcctings IN Paris 10 days
ago there ~ the representative cloquCncc
ii the twr great republics Ut tho world
When George Y and Woodrow Wilson
spoke IN Buckingham, i MS the voice
f0r ROYALTY made democratic ot the long
time greatest Kingdom ~ the world
,.,iatiIg aqIaliy with the greatest rcpuhhc
thr illu~lrtau> mother greeting the
daughter that hal out grown The lmrcnt
~tcm
IL Is doubtful nay. it i certain
hat no hing in history over made such
speech u the speech If the English
George to the American Wilson In
Icicltv of expression il rlyalled and III
Ire fine and generous observance 81 tho
beautiful amenities of hospitality il
surpassed the response Of the American
Executive. The first gentleman Of Europe
ha In.
man of America.
II is the only time that President
Wilson has net in verbal interchange an
equal to himself For hnc feeling, for
seasoned courtesy. for sclf-cflacng hospl-
talitv, for catholic humanity, tire mon
arch cf Great Britain In, fashioned a
model which reflects we'll not only upon
the literary cult II English prinoyhng~
IL Eton or Rugby, or the unvel-'ti,.~
pf Oxford or Cambridge, hui does rr,ilt
IL the heart and the head III al English
gentleman who, hv fortune and li4-
hcrtance Is also an English king
Wilson's PLANs PROSPER
Meanwhile the Wilson GRAND l."
Europe prospcrS famou>ly Tho prc>I
dents words todav fairly pulse tho
spirit Of confidence that Iii. mission is
more than half accomplished il not
Entirely won He left France with the
assurance Of cooperation from Clcmcn-
,cau and Poincare. Today III London
fresh from the protracted matching OF
his mind with LLOYD George and Baliour
and Earl Reading, Wilson SAYS
Il an particularly happy that the
ground has been cleared and the founda-
irons laid We have already accepted the
>arne body principles. These principles
prc clearly enough and definitely stated
IA the fourteen points 10 make thcir
application q matter which should afford
no fundamental difficulty.
The peoples OF the world want peace
and want ii nov. not merely by the con
quest OF arms but b. the agreement Of
minds
"No sucl 'uhr of purpose has ever
lR.on seen i The world before as that
which uow demands concert OF power
TO preserve the world peace
la the fnc spiri OF compromise which
rs great compatriot. Henry Clay de-
lared 10 ic ~ essence, II statesma nshIp,
Mr. Wilson IA, prompt, accepted the
spirit OF the time !. htch Is against the
league of four - tte nations 10 police
snd doInlnai. ht Ngrid --WLch tins
mornings AncrIc.i. - ally and logically
condemned. aud \ wiling now 10 fall
in line With that .arg.T concert 81 nations
in which al countries shall have voice
upon such bass ot representation as
international wisdom rlav prescribe
The President speaks today no longer
Of "A League Of Nations. bat oI .Jhc
Concert Of Nations, which IS the larger
safer, saner plan Il Is no small part Of
the wisdom Of Wilson that It can ACCEPT
amendment and learn OF history and cveli-
And today the President stands upon
has highest point Of achievement II !
world matching Of minds hc has triumph
I'd in whole or 10 part
MASTER CARD rNPLAlED
And as vet la 2reat master card
sull unplayed Thc fcnch and Engl-i,
world seems with TIN
Earl Grey saws Of him
Your words have touched ar
hearts The freedom d the world
IS near.
The Archbishop Of Canterbury SAYS.
Calling upon the mOral force Of
the world. YOU have summoned the
most powerful Of weapons
The representative spokesman Of s.
600 600 English workers SAID 10 him
You have spoken the thoughts
and principles OF the silent masses
everywhere We support YOUR views
which have fortified the Will clari-
he'd the vision Of organized dcnioc-
racles.
Arthur Henderson, England's great
est labor leader said:
My whole heart is With you in