Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-28

not only your own gener-
Gus spirit toward us personally. but
also as expressing for yourself and
the great nation over which you pre-
side that same feeling for my peo-
pie. for the people of the United
States.
~For YOU and /, sir-I temporarily
-embody the spirit of, two great ma
tions, and whatever strength l have
and whatever authority. | possess 1t
only so long and so far as | express
the spirit and purpose of the Amer
lean people.
! Every influence that the Ameri-
can people have over the affairs of
the world is measured by their SYM
pathy with the aspirations of free
men everywhere.
America does love freedom, and
i believe that she loves freedom un-
selflshly. But II she does not she will
not and cannot help the influence to
which she justly aspires.
Conceptions Are in Accord
( have had the privilege, sir, of
comforting with the leaders of your
own government and with the
spokesmen of the governments of
France and of Italy, and | am glad
TO say that ! have the same concep-
lions that they have of the signiti-
cance and scope of the duty on which
we have met.
We have used great words; all
OF us have used the great words.
right and Justice. and now we are
TO prove whether or not we under
stand these words, and how they are
to be applied to the particular set
Elements which must conclude this
war.
. And we must not only understand
them, but we must have the courage
10 act upon our understandings
! Yet after have uttered the word
courage 1T comes into my mind that
IL would take more courage to resist
Inc great moral tide now RUNNING
in the world than to yield to it, than
to obey it,
Conscious of Great brotherhood
There is great tide running In
the hearts of men. The hearts OF
men have never beaten so singular.
ly in unison before. Men have never
before been so conscious of theiI
brotherhood. Men have never before
realized how little difference there
was between right and justice in one
latitude and in another. under one
sovereignty and under another.
And 1t Will be our high privilege
sir. I not only to apply the mora
Judgment of the world to the partic
ular settlements which we shall at.
tempt, butalso to organize the mora
force of the world TO preserve those
settlements, to steady the forces o.
mankind and to make the right anC
the Justice to which great nation.
like our own have devoted them
selves. the predominant and con,
trolling force OF the world.
There is something inspiring In
knowing that this is the errand tha
we have come OH. Nothing less thar
this would have justified me in leav
ing the important tasks which fal
upon me upon the other side of tn,
'sea-nothing but the consciousness
that nothing else compares with thi
lin dignity and importance.
Therefore it is the more delight
ful to find myself in the compan,
iof body of men united in idea
and purpose and to feel that / an
privileged to unite my thoughts will
yours in carrying forward thes,
standards which we are so proud [,
hold so high and to defend.
May l not, sir, with a feeling o
profound sincerity and friendshi,
and sympathy propes your healtl
and sympathy propose your healtl
q prosperity of Great Britain?"