The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-27
President Wilson's Paris Reception
{ Associated Press. )

Greeting of President Mithouard of the Municipal Council:
 'I have the honor, in the presence of the Presi- dent of the Republic to present to the Municipal Council of Paris. whose interpreter am in wei coming the Chief of the great nation, whose aid ar irving opportunely, brought victory and the upright man whose conscience fashioned his policy and whose diplomacy made of loyalty"
 Turning to Mrs. Wilson, M. Mithouard said
 Madame: Paris is infinitely happy and is touched that you, who have accompanied the President, have been good enough to add to this occasion the charm and the grace of your presence We have long been aware of your devotion and of the wise and beneficial activity you have shown by the side of your husband. Yet, nothing touches much the heart of the people of Paris to be permitted to know those who have already conquered by their goodness. Thus Paris by voice, acclaims you and lays at your feet, Madame the home Of It's grati- tude and its respect.
 Finally, speaking again to President Wilson, M Mthouard said:
 "Mr. President, it is with deep emotion that the capital welcomes today the first President who has crossed the ocean, and City Hall the cradle of of French liberty, will mark in it's annals the day on which it permitted to receive the eminent of the Union, the citizen of the worlddare we say the great European? ?-whose voice, heard before the coming of victory, called to life the pressed among the nations.
 with stoc resolution in defense of the soil of their forebears and the land of their children. So vast the field of battle great the issue at stake so bitter that only after the message of time did it seem possible that the grandeur of their accom- plishment could clearly show forth Yet your dis tance from the theatre of has allowed you to see while yet they lived, the greatness of the ument they were building.
 "From the other side of the world you have spo- ken in advance of the judgment of history. What source of strength it for these fighters suddenly to hear voice in its distant authority resembling new brothers in arms hastening with ardor to claim the critical hour their place the field of bat tie; what comfort for them to feel that they were henceforth arrayed with the glorious army of Gen. Pershing the victor of the Argonne
 Thus Paris, eager to in the flesh the it had known only by his written word and by his ntenS- ity the history of Americas decision, it folded in your conscience before the eyes of the world.
 Profoundly moved by the magnificent generosity with which compatriots had set themselves to re- lieve suferings. with what anxious, yet con- fdent epectation did follow the progress of your thought and of your feelings.
 Beneath the desperately measured tone of your notes and messages felt little the mountain of righteous anger What was then dazzled admir- ation when there burst upon the message April g. 1917 which gave to the questionings of the Amer ican conscience their supreme conclusion and in Pascals words brought together justice and force to decide for long centuries the fate of all humanity.
 we proud, MT. President, to offer you well come in the of this capital.
 "Our country is not alone that well-loved land for whose liberation the blood of of the Union is mingled with that of the of France country to means also and by right of heritage, justice, good and honor, and because come to in the of these noble things today dare to call you a citizen of Paris.
 Take, then, Mir. President, the sincere good wishes of city, yesterday under the of
  ties of the world but today to all noble and generous ideas and enthusiastically acclaiming in the great citizen she has the honor receive the bodment of new ideal which comes to her."
 PRESIDENT WILSON'S RESPONSE.
 Your greeting has raised many emotions within me- It is with no ordinary sympathy that the people of the United States, for whom have the privilege speaking have viewed the sufferngs of the people of France Many of our own people have been them selves witnesses of those sunerings, We were the more deeply moved by the wrongs of the because we knew the manner in which they perpetrated
 'I beg that you will not suppose that because a wide ocean separates space not in ef- feet eyewtnesses of the shameful ruin brought you These suferings have filled hearts with in- dgnation. We know what they were, not only but we know what they signify. and hearts were touched to the quick by them, imagnations filled with the whole picture of what France and Belgium in particular had experienced.
 "When the United States entered the war; there fore, they entered it not only because they were moved by conviction that the purposes of the Central Empires were wrong and must be resisted by but also because the illicit ambitions which they were entertaining and attempting to realize had led the practices which shocked hearts much as they offended principles.
 Our resolution was formed because knew how profoundly great principles of right affected but our hearts moved also with resolution
 You have been exceedingly generous in what you have been gracious enough to say about me: generous far beyond my personal deserts but you have interpreted with real insight the motives and resolution of the people of the United States What ever authority speak with. derive from them. know what they nave thought Know what they have desired and when have spoken what I know in their minds 1t has been delighted to see how the conscences and purposes of free every where responded. We have merely estabshd our right to the full fellowship of those peoples here and throughout the world who the right of genuine liberty and justice
 You have made me feA very much at home here | not merely by the delightful warmth of your well come. but also in the manner in which you have made realize to the utmost the intimate com 1 munty of thought and ideal which characterizes your people and the great nation which have the honor for the present to represent.
 Your welcome to Paris l shall always remember l