The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-30
America Interested
 In Peace of World

the settlement Wnlcn was aoOut lO po attempted would be altogether satis- factory.
 "One only has to apply his mind" he continued, ito any one of the questions of boundary, or altered sov- erignty, of racial aspiration to do something more than conjecture this. There is no man, no body of men, who knows just how they ought to be settled; and. yet if we are to make satisfactory settlements we must see to it that they are repder- ed more and more satisfactory by subsequent adjustment which is made possible. We must provide the na- chinery for readjustments in order that we may have the. machinery of good will and friendship"
 In his address, at the luncheon at the Midland hotel, President Wilson referred to unity or command on the battlefield in the recent hostilities. He said;
 q not only had the pleasure of meeting Marshal Foch, who confirm ed my admiration by the direct and simple manner in which he dealt with every subject we talked about, but had the pleasure of meeting your own commander and I under stand now they co-operated, because l saw they were real men,"
 It would be unnecessary in the years to come, he said, to submit to unity of command, but the powers must plan a unity of purpose. in which they would find a great recom- pense and strengthening of spirit. President Wilson left Manchester at 2:45 o'clock this afternoon for London.
 Manchester, England, Dec. 30- President Wilson, who arrived here last evening, found the atmosphere cf this city different from that of London. There as here necessarily 1 was absorbed by formalities and off, l cial functions. Here also formal events have taken place, but with g more dramatic air and on a more | democratic scale. Here he found a l hospitality which could not be warmer than that of London, put which brought him closer to the 5peo- | pie. 5
 There is strong civic pride in this metropolis which is in the great man. ufacturing Midlands. Its people feel that their city was signally honored ir being chosen from among other | English cities for the Presidents | visit The lord mayor is a self-made man. His home, where Mr. and Mrs Wilson were guests, is in section | of the city hall, where the mayors 1 live during their terms of office. It is a typical English home.
 l The rest of the Presidential party was quartered at a nearby hotel
 Mir. and Mrs. Wilson sat down to z typical family dinner Last evenint and soon afterward retired to theil apartment on the fourth floor. Tn presidents days in England have in volved great physical strain, whicl was apparent to those near him las | evening.
 ! The most important feature of to day was the presentation of the free l dom of the city to MT. Wilson, witt an address by the president It wa! at first planned to hold the ceremony in the municipal chamber, which 1;
 the customary theatre for civi 1 events, but in response to public opin ion, the old Free Trade hall, whicT accommodates nearly four, thousand persons was selected.
 Everyone wanted to hear the Presi
 dent of the United States and tn, pressure for invitations from official
 of nearby cities, as well as from thu people of Manchester, was insistent
 If Free Trade hall had been thre
 times as large it could not have shel
 tered all who were anxious to secur
 admission.
 The most notable engineerin
 works in Manchester are the shiI
 canal and docks. The first activit
 of the day was an inspection of these
 The party proceeded from the cit
 hall in eight automobiles. MT. VII
 son was received by Captain Bacon
 chairman of the directors of the shiI
 canal, and spent an hour on board small steamer which cruised anon . the docks. After his return to tn city hall, Ross B. Holaday America,
 consul, presented Americans residin
 in the city. 6 From there it was a short driv to the Free Trade hall. After tn
 ceremonies there, the official part
 drove by a circuitous Vroute to tn
 Midland hotel, where at 1 o'cIocI
 the president was entertained at lun cheon by the city officials and man of the representative citizens Before MT. Wilson's arrival at tn hotel, there was a scene at the Roya Exchange which will be treasured i the history of that institution. Tn
 president appeared in the distir
 guished strangers gallery while tn
 floor was filled with members, an made them 8 very brief informs . speech.
 The only escort for the president drives about the city was a squad C mounted police.
 MT. and Mrs. Wilson and the
 party took the train for Londo
 shortly before o'clock, closing
 day which will be regarded as on of the most important in the histor