Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-31
TEXTOFP PRESIDENTS SPEECHES
AT MANCHESTER YESTERDAY
ing ourselves together for the main
| tenance of the triumph of right"

ing ourselves together for the main
tenance of the triumph Of right"
Unity Of Command.
The text Of President Wilson'S
speech at the Midland Hotel luncheon
is as follows:
you have again made me feel the
cordiality Of your friendship. and I
want to tell you how much I appre-
cfate it. not only ON my own behalf,
but on behalf of my partner.
TT is very interesting that the lord
mayor should have referred In his
address to q very vital circumstance
in our friendship. He referred to the
fact that our men and your men have
fought side by side in the great bat
ties.
But there was more than that In it.
For the first time upon such q scale,
at any rate. they have fought under a
common commander. That is ar ad-
vance which we have made upon the
previous days. and what I have been
particularly interested in has been
the generosity of spirit with which
that unity OF command has been as
Sented to.
Il not only had the pleasure Of
meeting Marshal Foch. who confirmed
my admiration Of him by the direct
and simple manner with which he
dealt with every subject we talked
about, but 1 had the pleasure of meet
ing your own commander. and I'M
derstand how they co-operated be-
cause I saw that they were real men.
1T takes q real man to subordinate
himself and it takes q real soldier to
know that unity Of command is the
secret of success. That unity of COM
mand did swing the power of nations
into mighty force. I think we all
must have felt how the momentum
which got into all of the armies was
We felt we had overcome all the OBJ
Stacles.
Unity Of Purpose.
with our unity OF command there
arose a unity Of spirit. The minute
we consented to cooperate our hearts
were drawn closer together into CO.
operation and SO, from the military
side, we have given ourselves an ex-
ample for the years to come. Not that
in the years to come we must submit
to a unity of command, but it does
seem to me that in the years to come
we must plan a unity of purpose, and
in that unity Of purpose we shall nnd
a great reeompense, Strengthening
of our spirit in everything that we do.
There is nothing so hampering and
nothing SO demeaning as jealousy. 1t
is cancer. 1t is a cancer in the
heart, not only that. but in the count
ing room. 1t Is a cancer throughout
all the processes of civilization and
having now seen we can fight Shout
der to shoulder we will continue to
advance shoulder to shoulder, and l
think you will find that the people OF
the United States are not the least
eager for the purpose.
Il remember hearing the story OF q
warning that one Of your Australian
dierS were considered by the older
men to be a bit rash when they were
in the field. I understand that one
friendly Australian said that our men
were rather rough
ION one occasion an Australian said
to one of our men: Man, a barrage is
not a thing to lean up against They
were little bit inclined to lean up
against the barrase, and yet I must
confide to you that was bit proud
to get at the enemy, and they didn't
know why they should delay.
"Rut now that there is no common
enemy except diStruSt and marring OF
plans we can all feel the same eager
ness in the new combat and feel that
there is common enterprise before
US.
I'VE are not men because we have
skill of hand. but we are men be-
cause we have elevation Of spirit 1t
is in this spirit that we live, and
not in the task Of the day. If it is
not that, why Is it that you hang
the lads musket or 0Eord up above
the mantelpiece, but never hang the
yardstick up? There is nothing dis
credita BILE in the yardstick. 1t is alto
gether honorable, but he Is using it
for his own sake. But when he takes
the musket or the sword he is giving
everything and is getting nothing.
1t is honorable not as an instrument,
but as a symbol of self-sacrifice-
"A friend Of mine said very truly:
When peace is conducted in the spirit
of war there will be no war. When
business is done with the point OF
view of the soldier who is serving
his country. then business will be as
histrionic as war. I believe that
from generation to generation steps
of that sort are gaining more and
more and men are beginning to see.
not, perhaps. the golden age. but an
age which is conducting them from
victory to victory. and may lead US
to an elevation from which we can
see the things for which the heart OF
mankind has longed."