Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-14

me to be brought into consultation
with the statesmen of France and
her allies In concerting the meas
ures by which we may secure per-
manence for these happy relations
of friendship and corporation. and
secure for the world at large such
safety and freedom in its life as can
be secured only by the constant
association and cooperation of
friends.
II greet you not only with deep
portonal respect, but as the repre-
sentative of the great people of
France, and beg to bring you the
greetings. of another great people
to whom the fortunes of France are
of profound and lasting interest.
i raise my glass to the health of
the President of the French Repub-
lie and to Madame Poincare and the
prosperity of France"
POinearc's Response
In his address to President Will
son, President Poincare said:
MIR. President: Paris and France
awaited you with impatience. They
were eager to acclaim in you the
illustrious democrat whose words
and deeds were inspired by exalted
thOh6htt tiC uGllBHIIfB
in the solution of universal laws from
particular eYents, the eminent states
man who had found way to ex-
press the highest political and moral
truths in formulas which bear the
stamp of Immortality.
Thanks Offered
''They had also passionate desire
to offer thanks, in your person, to
the great republic of which you are
the chief, for the invaluable assist
ance which was given spontaneously,
during this war, to the defenders of
right and liberty.
Even before America had re-
solved to intervene in the struggle
she had shown to the wounded and
the orphans of France a solicitude
and q generosity the memory of
which will always be enshrined in
our hearts. The liberality of your
Red Cross, the countless gifts of
your fellow citizens, the inspiring
| initiative of American women, antici-
pated your military and naval action.
and showed the world to which side
your sympathies inclined. And. on
! the day when you flung yourselves
into the battle, with what determi-
I'nation your great people and your
self prepared for united success!
Steady Stream of Men
Some months ago you cabled to
me that the United States would
send ever-increasing forces. until
the day should be reached on which
the Allied armies were able to sub
merge the enemy with an over
whelming flow of new divisions, and,
in effect. for more than q year n
steady stream of youth and energy
| has been poured out upon the shores
| of France.
mo sooner had they landed than
! your gallant battalions. fired by their
chief, General Pershing. flung them
selves into the combat with such a
manly contempt of danger, such a
smiling disregard of death, that our
| longer experience of this terrible
war often moved us to counsel pru-
dence. They brought with them, in
arriving here, the enthusiasm of
crusaders leaving for the Holy Land.
1T is their right to-day to look
with pride upon the work accom-
| plished and to rest assured that they
| have powerfully aided by their
/ courage and their faith.
Eager to Fight
/ Eager as, they were to meet the
enemy, they did not know when
they arrived the enormity of HIS
crimes. That they might know how
the German armies make war, it
has been necessary that they see
towns Systematically burned down.
mines flooded. factories reduced to
ashes, orchards devastated, cathed-
rails shelled and fired-all that delib-
crate savagery. aimed to destroy ma