Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-30
III. s. and Europe
Declared Partners

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ence with man that ! did not find,
when l came into conference with
him. that after all 1t was rather a
little difference, and that II we were
frank with one another and did not
too much stand upon that great
enemy of mankind which is called
pride we could come together.
@r 1t is the wish TO come together
that is more than half of the
process.
y 1t is a doctrine which ought TO be
-easy Of comprehension in a great
commercial center like this. You
cannot trade with a man who sus.
poets YOU. You cannot establish com
\ merical and industrial relations with
those who do not trust you. Good
: will is the forerunner of trade. Good
will is the foundation of trade, and
trade is the great amicable nstru-
ment Of the world on that account.
felt, before I came here. at home
IN Manchester, because Manchester
: has so many of the characteristics
of our great American cities. It
was reminded of an anecdote Of
humorous fellow countryman OF
mine who was sitting at luncheon in
his club one day when a man whom
he did not like particularly came up
and slapped him on the shoulders
and said:
~ Hello. Olley, how are you?"
lie looked at him ColdIy and said
81 don't know your face and 7
don't know your name, but your
manners are very familiar"
International Processes in Trade
! don't know your name. but your
manners are very familiar and very
delightfully."- familiar, so that felt
that in the community OF interest
and understanding which is estah-
lished in great currents Of trade we
are enabled 10 see international
processes perhaps better than they
can be seen by others.
I take It / am not far from right
In supposing that that is the reason
why Manchester has been the CEN
ter of the great forward looking
sentiments OF men who had the in.
stincts Of large planning, not merely
for the city itself. but for the king
dom and the empire and the world.
And with that outlook we can
be sure we can so shoulder to
shoulder together
I wish it were possible for us to
do something like some of my very
stern ancestors did. for amony my
ancestors are those very determined
persons who were known as the
sCovenanters. wish we could, not
for Great Britain and the United
States, but for France. for Italy and
the world, enter into a great league
and covenant declaring ourselves
first of all friends of mankind and
uniting ourselves together for the
maintenance of the triumph of
right.
Says Unity Of Command Won Victory
'Fhe text OF President Wilson's
speech at the Midland Hotel lunch.
son in Manchester is as follows:
You have again made me feel the
cordiality of your friendship. and l
want to tell you how much l appre.
ciate it,. not only on my own behalf,
but on behalf of my partner.
Z 1t Is very interesting that the
Lord Mayor should have referred in
his address to very vital cIrcum-
stance in our friendship. He re-
ferred 10 the fact that our men and
Your men have fought side by side
In the great battles.
B But there was more than that in
II. For the first time, upon such a
scale at any rate, they have fought
under a common commander. That
Is an advance which we have made
upon the previous days. and what
have been particularly interested in
has been the generosity of spirit
with which that unity of command
has been assented to.
not only had the pleasure of
tfno MorghaI
firmed my admiration Of him by the
direct and simple manner with which
he dealt with every subject we
talked about, but had the pleasure
of meeting your own commander,
and 1 understand how they cooper.
ated because I saw that they were
real men.
Unity Of Spirit Achieved Too
II takes a real man to subordinate
himself and it takes a real soldier
TO know that unity OF command is
the secret of success. That unity Of
command did swing the power OF
nations into a mighty force. think
we all must have felt how the mo.
montum which got into all the
> armies was concentrated into the
single army and we felt we had
overcome all the obstacles.
With our unity OF command there
arose unity Of spirit,
The minute we consented TO co.
operate our hearts were drawn
closer together into cooperation and
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