The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-12-30
WILSON GIVEN
NOISY WELCOME
Industrial Capital Of England
Pays Notable Tribute to
President.
S E M IS TAT E PARADE
President Declares United
States Not Interested In
European Politics.


Manchester. England. Dec. so.-The
United States Is not interested IN
European politics. declared President
Wilson In an address here today &C.
cepting the freedom Of the city.
The president was constantly m
terrupted by applause. and was
cheered for three minutes when ne
arrived at Free Trade hall.
The freedom of the city OF MAn-
chester was conferred upon Prest>
dent Wilson today while the indus-
trial capital of England gave vent "
noisy and friendly demonstratlous>s Z
From the moment President and
Mrs. Wilson appeared In public tole
morning they were the center of
tensely enthusiastic ovations. au4
amidst the vast crowds which tamm4Q
the streets were numberless men -
the rough clothing Of workers.
Nationwide interest was attacno0
10 the speech which the presideue
was to make at Free Trade hall -
noon-an address which was re-
garded as equaling, II not surpassiu9s
in importance the public decleraton1
Mr. Wilson made at Guild hall n
London on Saturday. ~
After a brief period Of clear
weather a drizzle set In during tqe
morning, but 1t failed to dampen tne
ardor OF the crowd.
The procession to Town hall, mode
In semistate, began at $3.50 o'cIocN.
President Wilson, the lord mayor e1o
the town clerk occupied the drgfra@r
riage. Mrs. Wilson and the ><dayorUs
ess occupied the second. Y ~ 4 y
The carriages were fopeS, 0tY
the populace a glimpse ~ the fau1n q
American they werq 10 &1xio3lq -
see and SO anrious - abosk ~
Through the uslucspai sAre
jammed with sfadier4 Homo Al :!
men In workSLs seiothe1 the
riages siowk made their way.
that tho people OF Manch Z Il
, OF the president, for on III Arftv
yesterday Mr. Wilson used q clq1t
| limousine on his drive to hia NvL1G,
quarters. fearing that he might ca
! u cold IL an open vehicle were ~
President Wilson's heart went e. b
| to Lancashire. so akin are the poo1 Il
to his own forebears. Az the cheet'
| echoed and re-echoed. Mr.. Wilson
stood and waved his hat. S
Mounted Police.
lEScVTLtu w IHOuuttu pOiiccA44oAG
the presidential party afterwards vig>1
| tied the famous ship canal, whe{el
| they were met by Capt. Bacon AMI
J dock officials. Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson
! spent some time inspecting the dock.
returning to Town hall at II O'clock.
There President Wilson received ut-
merous addresses, some from Ameri-l
! cans. Tssti
The procession from the ship canal,
to the town hall was made thro1Gh
lanes of cheering thousands.
At 1920 the president left &cr
Free Trade hall to speak. This hall
had been selected because Of its izn-l
mense size, seating 1000 persona
| The president was suffering nom
n slight cold, which he had caught
last night in spite of all precautiouS.
Presents Address.
! In the address presented to Presi-
| dent Wilson at Town hall, the hopas
was expressed for a maintenance of
the cordial Anglo-American rela.
tions and high tribute was paid -
! the presidents war services.
Approximately 100000 persons lined
the ship canal and about half
of the workers of the city took holi.
day to join in the celebration.
Upon arrival at the canal, Capt.
| Bacon's daughter presented Mrs.
Wilson with a bouquet of pink car
/ nations and roses. &s
Saw German U-Boat.
President and Mrs. Wilson saw the
German mine e-laying U-boat No Ill,
! which had been surrendered. II was
lying next to the mystery ship"
/ Hyderabad, which fought Germaa
submarines while camoufiaged as IL
tramp. The crew fired salute for
the president.
The, Hyderabad is a lightnins|
, change engine of war. The daclxss
are arranged to fall. with cannon
! automatically moving into positions
| The opening of side doors reveals
two torpedoes poised for shooting.
| President Wilson was especiallYS
! interested in the mechanical ir11-z
provements on the docks. These iuss
, cluded q huge piece of machiner1&
I capable of unloading 10000 bales 81
American cotton and 500 tons o<R
| other merchandise in nineteen hOuI6st
Plain Black Gown.
Mrs. Wilson wore plain black
! gown, sealskin coat trimmed with
fur at the wrists and close fitting ef5
the throat, and carried muff. Herr
I head was covered with purple toouS5
and the single decoration was q rcSl
The president did not mention thu
phrase league of nations in his six-A II
teen-minuts speech, although tl0%
idea was clearly represented. He en-
phasized the fact that the United
States Is interested in partnershlfx
of right between that country am
Europe. u
President Wilson threw furthoe
light upon his efforts for sociatT
Of powers which. If he properly p1IS-3
ticipated in, he believes, will end w1f{6a
for all time. .ss]
The extremely delicate nature Will
the task was pointed out by Mr.. WIR
son, but he made 1t plain that. IN kl12
opinion, an arrangement Is pdS1ib1*z
that will be carried out bv the sklS
four" at TIE interallied Conferences s3s
The American statesman let u
known that he understood perfSotx
that it would be impossible to reG1lj
common peace basis that wouI
satisfy every one. but he also G6<{
clared that the great task after IN r.
to provide machinery for an ad1u1<<
ment that will make for friends
the future. 3
It was a noteworthy addf1
throughout. and the audience MI