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guarantee that the war could not DC
repeated.
1t now rests upon others to see
that those lives were not lost In
vain" the President added.
The President concluded his ad-
dress amid a great demonstration
and then proceeded to the luncheon
at the Mansion house with the lord
mayor.
The Oldest observer in the Guild
Hall today declared no reception
ever accorded any dignitary there
approached in spontaneity and vol
urne that which greeted the Presi-
dents appearance and the address
which followed.
The procession from Buckingham
palace to the Guild Hall was through
a crowd that cheered continuously.
Presidents Day
This was Presidents day In the
city OF London. The first two chap
ters OF President Wilson's English
visit have been devoted to meetings
and functions with royal and politi-
cal personages of the government
circle. The scene shifts today to the
sombre old precincts OF the Guild
Hall and the Mansion House, set in
the midst OF the financial and COM
mercial precincts which are the
heart of Britain's strength.
In the Guild Hall an address OF
welcome was presented to the Pres
1dent on behalf of the city in the
presence OF a company of more than
q thousand representatives or the
government and of finance and of
commerce. Afterwards the Presi-
dent was entertained at luncheon
~ 3. ,-l M Il
ton of the city. function which
was attended by three hundred
guests with the business element
predominating.
OF American presidents Grant and
Roosevelt, after their respective ad-
n1inistrations have received honors,
at the Guild Hall. while the elo-
uuence of a long line of American
diplomats-such men as John Hay,
Thomas w. Bayard, Joseph h.
CIioate, Whitelaw Reid. and the late
Ambassador Page has been heard in
the Mansion house. A number OF
European rulers and statesmen have
been entertained in both places.
Todays events in the city had a
double interest through the appear
ance there of the first American
president to come during the term OF
his Office, and a general belief that
he would make a pronouncement of
political and international import
ance.
while tho President this morning
was receiving addresses from deputa-
tons representing a number of soct-
eties and churches at the American
embassy khaki clad troops were
marching toward the city and dis
tTibuting themselves along the route
while the gilded coaches of city func-
tionaries were bringing the alder
men and the sheriffs in their robes
OF office to the Guild Hall.
~ The Procession
The procession had the same fea-
lures as that on the occasion of the
Presidents entrance into London.
There was the same escort of house
held cavalry outriders in scarlet liv-
cry but there were only three state
landaus instead of five as before.
The guard of honor from the ia
mons ancient artillery company was
drawn up before the Guild Hall
where the Duke of Connaught was
thu first important guest to arrive.
The Presidential party was received
at the entrance by the lord mayor,
Sir Horace Marshall, the lady may
Dress, and the sheriff and members
of the reception committee.
The Guild Hall yard was trans
formed into a gorgeous bower of
pennants and flags of the associated
government, among which the Stars
and Stripes predominated. From the
spire flowed the great ylhitn and red
flag Of the city OF London. a. = Il %
gPh daughter of. the 3lord mayor
presented Mrs. Wilson with a bou-
Quotas she arrived, and the Presi-
Gent inspected the guard of honor.
The procession then formed and
passed into the Guild Hall. First
came the city marshals and the un-
dersheriffs and the members of the
commons on the reception commit
tee, Sir Harry Hepburn, chairman Of
the. committee; the town clerk. the
sheriffs, the aldermen, the recorder
and the Presidents suite. 1t passed
through the south court vestibule
and the President wa ushered into
the. ancient banquet hall already
crowded with gtGests. \
The spacious lofty room, whose
oaken walls were darkened by time,
afforded a rich background for the
glowing gilt of the decorations en-
blazoned on the Gothic arches of the
ceiling. High up on the walls hung
the cherished battle banners Of the
famous London regiments and below
them at intervals there were draped
for the occasion the flags of the
United States and of England.
Guests at Luncheon.
Guests at the luncheon given to
PRESIDENT Wilson by the lord mayor
follows: Duke of Connaught, Prin-
cess Patricia of Connaught, Premier
and Mrs. David Lloyd George, the
Earl and Countess of Reading, Ad-
miral and Mrs. David Beatty, Lord
and Lady Curzon, Former Premier
and Mrs. Asquith, David r. Francis,
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Davis. Lord
Herschell, Field Marshal and Mrs.
Haig, Sir Charles Gust, Sir Robert
Borden, premier Of Canada; Premier
and Mrs. VIM. M. Hughes of Aus
tralia, Louis Botha, premier of the
Union Of South Africa; Archbishop
of Canterbury, Bishop of London;
Viscount Miner; Lord Chancellor
Finally, Andrew Bonar Law, J. Aus
tin Chamberlain, George NicolI
Barnes, A. J. Balfour, Lord Wier
Lieut.. General Jan Christian Smuts,
Viscount Varquhar, Sir Frederick z.
Smith, Winston Spencer Churchill,
Yiscount Sandhurst, Admiral Sir
John Rosslyn Weymss, Admiral Sir
John Jellicoe, Viscount James Bryce,
Sir Albert FL. Stanley, Viscount Cave,
Viscount Astor, Sir George and Lady
RiddelL Lord Burnham, General Sir
Henry Wilson, General Sir VIM, r.
Robertson, General John Cowan, Sir
Charles Fielding. Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin
3. Laughlin, Vice Admiral Sims,
Major Lionel Rothschild, Sir Thomas
Upton, Marquis OF Salisbury, Mar
quis of CreWe, Dr. Norman Moore,
Sir George Perley, Andrew Fisher,
former premier of Australia, Lord
Rothermere, Adrian Pollock, Sir J.
Bell, Roland Prothero, Earl of Craw-
ford, Sir Joseph P. MacLay, Herbert
A. Z. Fisher. Sir J. White Todd. Sir
w. a. NJ. Goode. Sir Jeremiah Cole