The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-29

The President has not heard that the police took away red flags from few women of foreign appearance in the crowds in the streets of London. The President has gone abroad in London unattended by American secret service men.
 The Presidents two speeches, that at Guildhall formal oration, having as its text that the world is eager for last ing peace of justice and right, and that at the Mansion House, of mellower tone, were not disappointing to Londoners. That is saying much, as the Presidents prestige as an orator had awakened high expectations.
 It was clear that his auditors. embrac- ing the worlds of officialdom finance and business, whatever their political mind, were single minded in their inter- est in the Presidents words. The same may be said of the greater audience throughout the country. No public utter ances in Great Britain. apart from those of English statesmen which were land marks in the progress of the war, have commanded such prominence in the news papers.
 The phrase from the Presidents speech at the state banquet at Buckingham palace-"there is a great tide running in the hearts of men'-had already gripped the headlines of the papers and pervaded their editorial columns.
 SPEAKS AT MANSION
 In his speech this afternoon at the Lord Mayors luncheon at Mansion House, President Wilson said:
 Mir Lord Mayor. your royal highnes7, your grace. ladies and gentlemen: You have made me feel again, sir, the very wonderful and generous welcome ot this great city and you have reminded me of what has perhaps become one of the habits of my life. M
 You have said that I have broken all precedents in coming across the ocean to join in the counsels of the peace conference, but think those who have been associated with me in Washing ton will tell you that that is nothing surprising. I said to the members of the press in Washington one evening that one of the things that had interested me most since I lived in Washington was that every time did anything perfectly natural it was said to be unprecedented.
 "It was perfectly natural to break this precedent. natural because the demand for intimate conference took precedence over every other duty. And, after all the breaking of precedents, though this may sound strange doctrine in England, is the most sensible thing to do. The harness of precedent is some times a very sad and harasslng trammel.
 "Ir this case the breaking Of prece- dent is sensible. for reason that IS very prettily illustrated in remark attributed to Charles Lamb. One eve ming. in a company of his friends. they were discussing a person who was not present and Lamb said, in his hesitat- ing manner. T-h-hate that fellow. why Charles one of his friends said, T did not know that you knew hlm- Oh he said. I. I, d--don't. c--cant h--hate a man ] know.
 And perhaps that simple and at tractive remark may furnish secret for cordial international relationship. When we know one another, we can not hate one another
 EXPECTED TO BE MACHINE : 1T have been very much interested before coming here to see what sort of a. person l was expected to be. So far as l can make out, l was expect, ed to be perfectly blood ess tnink- ing machine. whereas I am perfectly aware that I have in me all the insur- gent clements of the human race. am sometimes, by reason of long Scotch tradition, able to keep these i'm stincts in restraint The stern cove nanter tradition that is behind me sends many an echo down the years. It is rot only diligently to pursue busi- ness. but also to seek this sort of comradeship. that I feel it Is a privi- lege to have come across the seas and, in the welcome that you have accord ed Mrs. Wilson and me. you have made us feel that companionship was ac- cessitle to us in the most delightful and enjoyable form.
 T thank you sincerely for this well come, sir and am happy to join in a love feast which is all the more en- joyable because there is behind it back ground of tragical suffering Our spirits are released from the darkness