The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-12-19

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ready conquered by their goodness.
Thus Paris by my voice acclaiuns you.
and lays at your feet Madame. tho
homage Of Its gratitude and Its re-
spect.
Tribute to Soldiers.
Finally, speaking again to President
Wilson:
mr.. President. 1t is with deem
emotion that the capital welcomes to-
day the first president Of the United
States who has crossed the ocean. and
u hotel De Vile, creator OF French
liberty. will mark in its annals the day
on which 1t was permitted to receive
the eminent statesmen OF the union
whose voice, heard before the coming
Of victory, called to life the oppressed
among the nations.
During ear months our soldiers
have fought with stole resolutions In
defense Of the soil of their forebearers
and h land of their children. So vast
was the field OF battle, so great was
the issues at stake, so bitter and so
hard was the struggle, that only after
the passage Of time did it seem pos
sible that the grandeur of their &C
complishment could clearly show forth.
Yet your distance from the theater Of
war has allowed you to see. while yet
they lived, the greatness Of the monu-
ment they were building. From the
other side Of the world you have
spoken in advance Of the judgment of
history. What a source >of strength
was it for these fighters suddenly to
heal your voice, in its distant authority
Of assembling the voice of posterity,
what joy to welcome those new broth
ers in arms fastening with ardor to
claim at the critical hour their place
upon the field of battle, what comfor
for them to feel that they were hence
forth arrayed with the glorious army
of General Pershing, the victor of the
Argonne.
Profoundly Moved.
Thus Paris, eager to see in the flesh
the man it had known only by his
written word and by his image, today
tensity the history of Americas deci-
sion as it was unfolded in you on
science before the eyes OF the world.
Profoundly moved by the magnifi-
cant generosity with which our ON
pdlIloLS Idd set lLlSII1SSiSSS " 4CiiCNS
our sufferings, with what anxious, yet
confident expectation did we follow the
progress of your thought and OF your
feelings. Beneath the deliberately
measured tone Of your notes and mes
sages we feel little the mounting Of a
righteous anger. What was then Il
dazzled admiration when there burst
upon us the message of April 2, 1917,
which gave to che questionings OF the
American conscience their supreme
conclusion and, In Pascals words,
brought together justice and force to
decide for long centuries the fate OF
all humanity
Citizen of Paris.
I'VE are proud. Mr.. President, to Of
fer you welcome in the name of this
capital. Intellectual tradition lifts US
%eternally toward the truth of a new
day. Our country is not alone that
well loved land for who's liberation the
blood of some Of the union is mingled
with hat Of the sons of France. Our
country to us seems also right OF herI-
tage, justice, good sense and honor,
and because you come to us IN the
name of these noble things today we
dare to call you citizen of Paris.
Take then, Mr.. President, the sin
cere good wishes of u city. yesterday
under the menace of the Berthas and
the Gothas, a citadel OF the liberties Of
the world, but today open TO all noble
and generous ideas, and enthusiastic
ally acclaiming in tho great citizen
she has the honor to receive the en-
bodimen. of a new ideal which comes
to her"