East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-28
Conference CIassed as "Very
satisfactory; President is
Informal Guest of London
Mayor.
WILSON DOES NOT
SAY YOUR MAJESTY"
Reason for Trip Abroad
Again Made Clear by
President.

(United Press STAFF Correspondent.y
LONDON, Dec. 2s.-President will
son was Officially welcomed to Lon-
don by an informal ceremony at
Guild hall. The president and Mrs.
Wilson arrived at 1890 and were re-
ceived by the lord mayor and others
After the initial ceremonies the pres-
ident was made welcome. Following
his reply Wilson went to the mansion
house as a guest of the mayor, for
luncheon. The street was crowded by
persons eager to see the president
pass on his way to Guild hall. Police
lined the way 10 keep the people In
check The president continued hts
conference with the British states
men this afternoon s-r
Yesterdays conferences are said to
have been very satisfactory" The
president gave his views on general
subjects explaining just what the
American people expect of him. The
premier and foreign secretary were
equally frfank and whole week OF
accomplishment under ordinary pros
cedure was crowded into a few hours
by waiving diplomatic formality.
Banquet by King.
LONDON, Dec. 27.-''We have used
great words. all of US. We have used
the great words of right and jus
tice' and now we are to prove wheth-
er or not we understand these words
and how they are 10 be applied to the
particular settlements which must
conclude this war"
President Wilson thus defined the
task of the worlds peace delegate I'm
the course of a speech he made last
night at a state banquet In Buck
ingham Palace in reply to an address
of welcome by King George.
America UnseIfish.
America" said the PRESIDENT s'does
love freedom and I believe that she
loves freedom unselfIshly.''
He was happy to state. Mr. Wilson
added. thatehe had found himself 'in
complete accord with the statesmen
of Great Britain. France and Italy as
to the significance and scope of the
duty under which we have met"
Again the president dwelt upon 'stha
great tide running in the hearts Of
men, of which the other day he
spoke in France as ''the great wind OF
moral force sweeping through the
world"
In his opinion. the president said.
it would take more courage to resist
this moral tide than to yield to IL
and to obey it,"
The president once more gave his
reason for breaking all precedents In
coming to Europe while in office. He
said nothing but the consciousness
that nothing else compares with this
(errand) in dignity and importance"
would have justified him ''in leaving
the important tasks which fell upon
me upon the other side Of the sea"
These were from a political point of
view the high spots" OF the speech
in response to an eloquet toast by
King George. #sh
Wilson Is Democratic.
Mr.. Wilson's address was undoubt.
edly the frankest. the most uncon~
ventionaI and far and away the sim
ccrest uterance ever made to a Esu-
ropean ruler by the head OF another
nation. And in. form as well as In
contents it was Unprecedented.
Not once did MIR. Wilson use tha
phrase your majesty" Not once did
he utter words such as royal" or
imperial" He addressed King
George just plain ''sir.''