Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-07-05
WILSON AT MT. VERNON.
President Sounds Anew the Doom Of
Tyrannty and Autocracy Before
Representatives.

President Wilson, standing at the
tomb of Washington, yesterday spoke
70 the representatives. of thirty-two
nations allied in the present war Of re-
voting against Prussianism and pro-
claimed liberty for all nations. He de-
clared that he could see no halfway
station this side of victory for the al
lies. There can be but one ISSUE" de-
aared the President. "The settle
nent must be final There can be no
compromise. No halfway decision
would be tolerable. No halfway de-
cision is conceivabie.'
a dense crowd from Alexandria,
Washington and the surrounding
county was president.
Mr.. Wilson epitomized the terms on
which, and on which only, peace may
come:
Il. The destruction of every arbi-
tratry power anywhere that can sepa-
rately, secretly and of its single
choice, disturb the peace Of the world,
or if it cannot be presently dest 4
at the least its reduction to virtu ~
potence.
SO. The settlement of every qu
whether of territory, of sovre rf
of economic arrangement, or of y.
cal relationship, upon the basis 9 .a1
free acceptance of that settleme .r
the people Immediately concerne, .~t
not upon the basis of the ms
interest or advantage of an
nation or people which may de
different settlement for the sa
its own exterior influence or ma ss-
''3. The consent of all natic
be governed in their conduct to
each other by the same principles OIL
honor and of respect for the COM
mon law Of civilized society that gov
arn the Individual citizens of all mod
ern states in their relations with one q
another; to the end that all promises
and covenants may be sacredly OBJ
served, no private plots or consplra-
cies hatched. no selfish Injuries
wrought with impunity, and a mutual
trust established upon the handsome
foundation of mutual respect for
right.
Il. The establishment Of an or
ganization of peace which shall make
it certain that the combined power
of free nations will check every IN
vasion of right and serve to make
peace and justice the more secure by
affording a definate tribunal of opin-
ion to which all must submit and
by which every international read
justment that cannot be amicably
agreed upon by the peoples directly
concerned shall be sanctioned"
President Wilson walked up the
winding pathway from the Potomac
through line of Marines standing
Stiffly in the green ferns. With him
was Mrs. WILSON. After him came
Secretary Lansing, with Lord Read
ing on one side, and count di Celiere,
the Italian Ambassador, on the other.
Behind the President came the long
line of foreign representatives, each
with a wreath on his arm.
SoIemnly. President Wilson laid a
wreath on the tomb in the vaElt. Sol
EMMY, one by one, the thirty-two rep
reSentatives of the nations also laid
wrcaths there, too.
When the last wreath had been put
in place, and the members Of the.
party had grouped themselves about
the entrance of the tomb. Felix }.
Streyckmans, Of Chicago, representing
the Belgian Americans, and chairman
of the committee Of foreign-born, adj
dressed the President in part as fol-
lows:
"To the shrine of the American
people. TO the mortal remains of the
man who, more than any others, gave
the American ideal life and form, we
have come today, bearing our humble
tribute as citizens Of the Great Re-
public You yourself. Mr.. President,
have acccded to our request that this
Independence Day be designated as a
festival of loyalty on the part of our
foreign n-born citizens and of their sons
and daughters.
"We, who make this pilgrimage,
are the offspring Of thirty-two
different nations--and Americans
all. We come not alone. Behind US
are millions of our people, united to-
day in pledging themselves to the
cause of this country and of the free