The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-16
Wilson Tells Paris Why
 US. Entered Great War
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(COnunueQ rom rage OHeJ the war, therefore, they entered it not only because they were moved by a conviction that the purposes of the Central Empires were wrong and must be resisted by men everywhere who loved liberty and the right, but also becaus the illicit ambitions which they were entertaining and attempting to realize had led to the practices which shocked our hearts as much as they offended our principles.
 "Our resolution was formed because we knew how profoundly great prin- ciples of right were affected, but our hearts moved also with our resolution. You have been exceedingly gen. lerous in what you have been gracious enough to say about me, generous faD beyond my personal deserts, but you have interpreted with real insight the motives and resolution of the people of the United States. Whatever influ' ence I exercise, whatever authority ] speak with, I derive from them. know what tSey have thought, q know what they have desired, and when I have spoken what know was in their minds it has been delightful to see how the conscience and pur- poses of free men everywhere re- sponded. We have merely established our right to the full fellowship of those peoples here and throughout the world who reverence the right of gen. uine liberty and justice.
 You have me feel very much at home here. not merely by the delight ful warmth of your welcome but also by the manner in which you have 4I,Oi in timate community of thought and ideal which characterizes your people and the great nation which I have the honor for the time to represent. Your welcome to Paris I shall always remember as one of the unique and inspiring experiences of my life, and while I feel that you are hOnoring the people of the United States in my person, I shall nevertheless carry away with me a very keen personal qualification in looking back upon these memorable days.
 Permit me to thank you from a full heart"
 In addressing President Wilson at the city hall ceremonies, Adrien Mi thouard, president of the municipal council of Paris, said:
 
 of the president of the republic, tc present to you the municipal council of Paris, whose interpreter I am ir welcoming the chief of the great na- tion whose aid, arriving so oppOr- tunely, brought us victory, and the upright man whose conscience fash. toned his policy and whose diplomacy was made of loyalty"
 ETn inc fn MY-c ard said:
 Madame: Paris is infinitely happy and is touched, that you who have ac companied the President have beer good enough to add to this occasion the charm and the grace of you presence. We have long been awar of your devotion and of the wise an beneficent activity you have shown b, the side of your illustrious husband Yet nothing touches so much tn heart of the people of Paris as to b permitted to know those who have al ready conquered by their goodness Thus Paris, by my voice, acclainns you and lays at your feet, madame, tn home of it's gratitude and it's respect.
 Finally. speaking again to Presiden Wilson, M Mithuard said:.
 ''Mr. President: It is with dee emotion that the capital welcomes to day the first President of the Unite States who has crossed the ocean, an our City Hall, the cradle of Frenc liberty, will mark in Its annals tn day on which it was permitted to re ceive the eminent statesman@ of tn union, the citizen of the World-dar 4I,. voice, heard before the coming victory, called to life the oppresse among the nations.
 During weary months our soldier have fought with stoic resolution i defense of the soil of their forbeal and the land of their children S vast was the field of battle, so gre; was the issue at stake. so bitter and hard was the struggle that only aft the passage of time did it seem poss ble that the grandeur of their a complishment could clearly sho forth. Yet your distance from Il theatre of war has allowed you to SC while yet they lived the greatness
 the monument they were building. U From the other side of the wor you have spoken in advance of t Judgment of history. What sour of strength was it for these fighte suddenly to hear your voice, in distant authority resembling the vol of posterity; what joy to welcor these new brothers in arms hastenir with ardor to claim at the critic hour their place upon the field of bs tie; what comfort for them to fe that they were henceforth array with the glorious army of Genel Pershing the victor of the Argnnnn