Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-29
$Ss~EA&lrs for the guests OF honor at the
s~~6ord Mayors left werc soon filled.
i, LLOYD GEORGE AND DALFOUR
AMONG EARLY ARRIVALS

/ Churchill. They we're followed by Wis
ssSsarE hs 81 f"H
jhsaa hfshs9sse hHh so,ha Of Trans"aa
faincJ and all who are known and
! favcrcd by every son OF Britain
MIR. Wilson wore a morning suit
Which WIS much i'll contrast Win the
GSboratc Rowing robes OF the Lord
Mrs. Wilson was dressed in dark
pme vclve, sui, with purple trim
rrings. and on her fur hat was pur-
pie plume.
ADDRESS PRESENTED
Then followed the solemn prcscnta-
<-&,on~of the address Of welcome and it's
gold box TO President Wilson. The
| asdtess was read by the LORD May9r
>encc as President Wilson arose to
speak. He seemed as much at ease as
IL ne were addressing class al
Princeton. He spoke clearly. Every
word was heard in every par, of the
haifr The speech was cheercd ut al
mpst every paragraph.
5 iIPremier Lloyd George. Mr.. Ealfour:
Missouri Reading and Field Marshal
IfHisig; were seen to pay the closest at
XJsntion to every word the President
- SPOKE, but 1t is apparently bad form
~ ljcrc for high diEnitaries to applaud
Nv for beyond an occasional hand pat ali
~ tbese high officials remained wholly
& uneNpressivc.
traddress the Lord Mayor dismissed the
audience. and thanked the President
Wilson's lunched with the Lord Mayor
lat the Mansion House.
- The oldest observer in the Guildhan
r. P-day declared no reception ever ac-
if spont.anei,y and volume that which
p,TFshss. pr@ ,Sa 5rgm EHgMinsnam
Is The President PRESIDE ton lett t"o @tu'fiidhall
after his address the crowd in the yard
,ook up the cheers that had been echo
!. inswithin the building. The President.
Nth Mrs; Wilson, entered their car
I lanes OF boisterous and hat ana hand
Rsrehie .!.S waving thronss' some one pI,
: were given with such Il will that the
President smile delightcdly and rose
. and bowed again and again.
TEXT OF PRESIDENTS
SPEECH At G,n.DHALL
The text OF President Wilson'S speech
! at the Guiidhall this afternoon was
as follows:
SsMr. Lord Mayor-we have come
Upon times when ceremonies like this
--,s5ttsre new significance. which most
-a r1Grsss me as ! stand here, The
most generously and graciously con
ctived: and the delightful accent OF
-, sHueseri,y in j, seems like par, Of
LsysrSwhern 10 be heard / feel that n
distinguished acnc" has ncen conferred
Upon me by this reception. and beg
70 assure you sir. and your associa,rs
arf my very l.r"iound appreciation, but
khnw thn, am only part OF what
,I mh" call a great body OF circum-
sauces.
II do not believe that it was fancy
on my part that heard in the voice
or welcome uttered in the streets o:
NAHs great city and in the streets OF
--paris something more than "A personal
welcome. 1t seemed to me that heard
the voice Of one people speaking to
ahother people, and il was voice In
which one could distinguish a singular
combination of emotions. There was
surely there the deep gratefulness that
. Sahe fighting WAS over. There was the
pride ina, The hg;h,!ng had been such
Of era titude that the nations engaged
'thad produced such men as the soldiers
States and OF France and OF Italy
men whose prcwcss and achievements
they had witnessed with rising admi-
ration as they moved from culmina ton
20 elimination.
But there was something more IN
IT, the consciousness that the business
is not yet done, the Consciousness tina,
II now rests upon others TO see that
those lives were not lost in vain
ba,, a., haze Se,d not we yet befn TO The ac,paI
many OF the men who have fought
The battles, and the other day / fal
s sne.,n pleasure rs re- Of being present al a
they admitted Marshal Jonrc to Their
, membership. That sturdy, serene sol
.ylier stood and uttered not the words
pr triumph, but the simple words of
~S9eation for his soldiers and the con
tlc,ion which he summed up in SEN
tencc. which j viii not try accurately
10 quote, but reproduce in it's spirit
l was ma, France must always re-
lRsInper that the small and weak could
iGSer l!yc free. IL the world unless
3 tkes st roht and'thc great always pn,
> service OF tight.
MUST ENSURE TRIUMPH
or HONOR AND JUSTICE
mat ~ the r-though,--thc
y tnocSht that something must be done
now only TO make the just settlements
Il that OF course, but 10 scr that IN.
4 settieInents remai-red and were OBJ
. served and that honor and justice pre-
z walls in tho world. And as nave
sonversed with the soldiers | have been
siore and more aware ;hat they fought
tor something, that not ali Of ,hcn
z r naa defined: but which all Of them
Y re o ,Sa, r IN. momen, YOU stated It
T. an Old ORDER and to establish !. new
II one ar and The center and characteristic
" tninS winch We used 10 call the bal
Is .sn ahs o. no%eT; hing in which The
4! NV was thTown ~ on the one side
" "sE ne other. balance which was de-
q 7sEs a,ehfsI,eshy q, The uns,abs Jealous
M NntIesis which, though ii was gen.
" crazy iasen'' was always deep seated.
~ 81. ne men no have fought i'm ihis
q EWar have been tho men from the fr."
u a sar, i , Sno are determined that that
~ 'soIt o! tning should end now and for
~ ever. II IS very interesting to me- to
u GobSrrve how from every quarter. rom
~ "oFsry sort OF mind, from every con
m eert OF counsel there comes the sug
~ .fSHi.oh mat there must now be not a
n Saisnce OF power, not one powerful
~ group OF nations set up agains, an
~ rother. BUT single ovcrwhc!lniug
~ powerful group OF nations who shall
~ &c tne trustees OF the peace OF the
~ III has been delightful in nv con-
~ S1erenceS with the leaders OF vour gov
"a -sernment TO find no" our minds moved
N along exactly the same line. and how
~ .qur thought was always that rho l,oy
~ 10 the peace was the guarantee Of tho
~ rFeace, not the items Of il; that inc
m items would be worthless unless there
~ $1,000 PACK OF them permanent con
~ cert OF lower for their maintenance
~ y nat Is the m Jst rcassurine thing ina,
~ has ever happened in INC world
M .EWhen this war began tho thouph,
m ~ league OF nations was iud,,irnns, +.