New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-31
President Asserts World
Peace, Not That of Eu.
rope Alone, Interests Us
City's Hospitality
Unusually Warm
Hes a Jolly Good Eel
low,'' Shouts Crowd;
Makes Him ''Freeman''

MANCHESTER, England, Dec. 80 Bv
he Associated Press).-The people OF
Manchester made President Wilson
freeman Of their city to-day. They did
more than that-they made him at
home.
1t seemed as though all the men. wom-
en- and children of the town, and MANY
from Lancashire at large, cheered the
PRESIDENT at some stage of the crowded
five hours in which he made sort Of
democratic royal progress from one
point of interest to another, which was
strenuous enough and vast enough To
exhaust even the hardest political
campaigner
The general atmosphere If all tho
proceedings was intimate and friendly:
often tne people got near enough to
shake hands. Even the ceremony Of
conferring the freedom Of the cit had
tone of homelv simplicity and
seemed more like a college commence
ment than formally staged ritual. The
assembly sang For He's jolly Good
Fellow which could hardly have oc-
CURED at state banquet or in the
Guildhall.
1t was happy inspiration ttat led
the Aldermen to throw open tie Free
Trade Hall, the largest auditoriu n in
the city, instead of following custom
by holding the ceremony in the Munic-
ipal Chamber This by no means re
duced the effect. of the Important
speech the President delivered.
Worldwide Covenant Sought
His most important pronouncement
perhaps to Englishmen, the most i'm
portant he has made in England, that
the United States would make no COW
enant with any powers except one with
all the powers, was not lost upon his
hearers.
The text of the Presidents address
to the Free Trade Hall audience fol-
lows:
"My Lord Mayor, Ladies and Cen
temen perhaps l may be permitted
to add Fellow Citizens: You have
made me feel in way that is deep
ly delightful the generous welcome
which you have accorded me, and
back of it | know there lies the same
sort of feeling for the great people
whom | have the privilege OF repre-
senting.
There is a feeling of cordality.
fraternity and friendship between
the two great nations, and as have
gone from place to place an 0cen
made everywhere to feel the ralse
Of sympathy that is now beating be-
tween us l have been led to some
very serious thoughts as to what the
basis of it all is. For | think you
viii agree with me that friendship
is not mere sentiment. Patriotism
is not q mere sentiment 1t is based
upon principle, upon the principle
that leads a man to give more than
he demands. Similarly. FRI. ..ship
IS based not merely upon affection.
but upon common service The man
IS not your friend who is not willing
TO serve you, and you are not his
friend unless you are willing to
serve him. And out of that impulse
OF common interest and desire Of
common service arises that noble
feeling which we consecrate as
friendship.
Theme of Common Interest
And so it does seem to me that
the theme that we must have in our
minds now in this great day Of set
tement IS the theme of common in
teTest and the determination of what
l. IS that is our common interest
You know that heretofore the world
has been governed, or at any rate
the attempt has been made TO govern
~. by partnerships Of interest. and
that they have broken down. Inter
est does not bind men together. In
terest separates men. For the mo-
ment there is the slightest departure
from the nice adjustment Of inter
ests, then jealousies begin to spring
up. There IS only one thing that
can bind peoples together, and that
IS common devotion to right
Ever since the history of liberty
began men have talked about their
rights, and it has taken several hun
dred wears to- make them perceive
that the principal condition of right
is duty. and that unless man per-
forms his full duty ne is entitled
to no right. It is a fine correlation