The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-10-10

as Nation has been given the God.
granted privilege OF writing the great.
est page In the worlds history In the
blood Of our matchleSs sons.
IT was the King OF England who
said to our party when we were re-.
ceived at buckingham Palace You
viii never know what your army has
4, been In morale TO the allies The rec
ord OF the American army In battle.
an army which has never lost a bat
tie. and never given an inch. Is an in
spiration which will last not only
through the war. but throughout the
life of every man who has come in
touch with those magnificent young
fighters you have sent TO our aid"
The British premier. David Lloyd
George in vited US not to a reception.
but to conference. and when he re-
ceived US at 10 Downing Street he r.
! marked that II was interesting 10
that II was interesting to note that
was In that dim old room that every
momentous matter in English modern
history. had been settled II was in
this very room, remarked Lloyd
George. that Lord North and Lord
Chatham met In their famous discus
sion as to the proper course TO take
regarding the colonies in America As
we all know II was the fact that Lloyd
North's opinion prevailed that brought
matter what we may think. looking
, on the American Revolution, and no
back upon Lord North's decision. ~
the light OF incidents Immediately sur
rounding il. | am sure in the light of
later and especially present develop
ments. there are none Of ua on either
this side or the other side OF the wa
ter who regret that Lord North did
dominate the council
Tribute From clemeneeau
II was that splendid old statesman.
Clemenceau, who said to us. II is the
most interesting thing in history. IL
seems TO me, that you Americans, hav-
ing fought to establish your own lib.
critics. should now in little more
than a century be fighting to help give
that same sort OF liberty TO all other
peoples. TO be sure. We too. in France
had our Revolution. but we had the
immediate and WONDERFUL example of
your success and your newly created
Government a Government like unto
nothing else in all the world when
your supremely inspired statesmen
conceived and formulated IL and gave
Il as a model and the inspiration and
the hope OF liberty TO all peoples ev-
erywhere.
In Italy when We were received by
/ Premier Orlando IL was the same
story in different words What we
fight for. he said. and what you so
calamity and so generously are fight
ing that all peoples everywhere may
have is summed up in your bill of
rights. Your government and its fun
damentals are the ideals which we
would achieve. but which we could not
have achieved without the aid and the
inspiration Of the wonderful young
army you have sent us"
But | think" continued Mr. Wilson,
that one of the greatest things the
war has done for us is not that our
allies have discovered as. wonderful
and gratifying as that is. but that we
have. as Nation. found ourselves.
Unto us wonderful privilege has
been given. We have proven worthy
Of that privilege We have proven 10
ourselves an dto the world that as a
people we are worthy sons OF great
fathers. that we are faithful stewards
OF a priceless heritage, and the stan
dard which we have now set for orr
selves is so high that each OF us. az
home and abroad. will be too proud
OF tina which America has done %
ever let an act of ours tarnish the shin
ing name which has been written for
ever in the history Of all the world