Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-14

feared that this might lead to Incl
dents which would also place Mr..
Paris Press Devotes Much
Space to President and
Americans Work in War
PARIS, December IA (by the Asso-
ciated Press).-The front pages of the
newspapers this morning are devoted
to details of the reception to be ac-
corded President Wilson by Paris to-
day. Pictures of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Long editorials recounting character
istics of the President. outlining his
policies and describing his work dur
ing the war fill the journals.
In addition considerable attention is
paid to the part that Americans have
played in the war. the battles OF
Chateau-Thierry. st. Mihiel and the
Argonne being described.
Editors Extend Welcome.
PARIS. Friday. December 10 (Ha-
vas).-Au newspapers here published
editorials welcoming President Will
son to France and assuring the Amer
lean President of the hearty reception
awaiting him in Paris.
'Since the United States has glori-
ously fought in the great struggle
which convulsed Europe" says the
Temps, I'VE wish that country to con-
tinue to interest itself in European
problems. Henceforth the French and
American people will know each other
better. Our smallest villages will al
ways remember the American SOL
diers. The Americans. for their part.
will carry home with them memories
of France. We love to think that
President Wilson when he will have
returned to the-White House will re-
Paris which will greet him tomorrow.
Our visitor expects no f1attery
from u.s." the Temps continues. He
is the chief of a free nation and likes
to be told the truth on this side of
the Atlantic as we'll as on the other
side. He will listen to convictions
more willingly than to adulation. We
can speak to him with an open heart
Like him France wishes victory to be
complete. Like him France desires a
just peace. There is no French i'm
perialism. We are thinking only OF
healing the wounds Of the past and
preparing for the future"
t'His Goal Is Ours"
The Journal des Debats says:
president Wilson's greatest desire is
to bring about a lasting peace based
Frenchmen must use their utmost
strength to bring about the realiza-
tion Of that ideal Americans rushed
to our assistance in the name of GER
tain principles which involved GER
tain conditions. The danger is past.
h1,f a nrinnin1eS and conditions e.
main.'
The Matin publishes an address of
Marshal Joffre to President Wilson.
The marshal writes:
France owes an immense debt of
gratitude to America. which gave US
victory. 1t is with sincere Joy that
we see President Wilson arriving.
recollecting all he did and thinking
of all he can do. Thousands OF French
of the United States. 1t is with all
my heart that I will Join tomorrow
in the cry of the whole Frefch peo-
pie: Long live the United States!
Long live wilson,"
London Press Cordial.
LONDON, Friday, December 10
The weekly reviews extend the warm
est welcome to President Wilson and
the most cordial wish for the success
of his mission. They discuss his pol
icy and intentions with considerable
anxiety, especially as regards the
freedom of the seas and a league of
nations.
The Spectator. which may be re-
garded as rejecting the government
views, declares that the pivot on
which the worlds future turns is the
deep and lasting friendship between
Great Britain and the United States
and that while that is kept firmly in
view there is no possibility of mis-
understandings. 1t contends that
freedom of the seas must be inter-
preted in the British sense, and that
to discuss it at all before league of
nations actually is in existence would
be cardinal mistake.
Worldwide Monroe Doctrine.
The Spectator advocates as a set-off
that the Monroe doctrine ought to be
accepted as the public law of the
world and duly formulated and con-
firnied with the sanction of all the
parties to the peace settlement.
The Nation. representing anti-gov-
ernmenta1 thought, describes the
President as the intellectual sensa-
tion of the war as Lloyd George is
its popular diversion" The news
paper continues:
IF Europe reverts to ornaments,
annexations, CONSUMPTION and secret
treaties. America, in the person of her
great President. will wash her hands
of European concerns and shake the
dust of Europe from her feet forever.
One thing is certain: If President
Wilson's counsel is rejected. nothing
can avert a universal revolution"
Plea for Lasting Friendship.
This mornings London newspapers
express their cordial greetings to
President Wilson upon his arrival in
Europe.
The Times remarks that Americans
have every reason to be proud of
the position which the President holds
on the worlds stage. From general
encomiums, the newspaper passes to
an earnest plea for a cordial and
lasting friendship between Great
Britain and the United States It re-
butts the notion which it says is
sometimes expressed in America that
Great Britain is out of sympathy with
modern ideas of progress. is selfish
and grasping in international affairs
and is approaching the peace confer
ence in that spirit.
Great Britain's aims in the east,
the Times continues, are no more
selfish than the Monroe doctrine and,
like the doctrine. are merely directed
to acting as civilized force. It adds: