Arizona republican., 1918-12-31

ated Press)- President Wilson
plans to spend New Years day in
Paris and leave for Italy New
Years nioht. He will return from
Italy about Januar-. 10, when the
inter allied conference will as
sembIe.
1t is generally understood that
the president will remain in Europe
for about a month after his return
from Italy, and that he will take
passage for America about Feb
ruary 10.
MANCHESTER, Dec. 80 -(By The
Associated Press)-The people of Man
chester made President Wilson a free
man of their city today. They did more
than that; they made him at home.
It seemed as though all the men.
women and children of the town, and
many from Lancashire at large, cheered
the president at some stage of the
crowded five hours in which he made a
sort of democratic royal progress from
one point of interest to another, which
was strenuous enough and vast enough
to exhaust even the hardest political
campaigners.
The general atmosphere of all the
proceedings was intimate and friendly;
often the people got near enough to
shake hands. Even the ceremony of
comforting the freedom of the city had
a tone of homely simplicity, and seemed
more like a college commencement
than formally staged ritual. The as
sembly sang For He's Jolly Good
Fellow which could hardly have oc-
Cured at state banquet in the Guild
Hall.
1t was a nappy inspiration that led
the aldermen to throw open the larG-
est hall in the city, instead of following
custom by holding the ceremony in the
municipal chamber. This by no means
reduced the effect of the important
speech the president delivered.
No Covenant With One Power
His most important pronouncement
perhaps, to Englishmen, which he has
made in England. that the United
States would make no covenant with
| any powers except one with all the
| powers, was not lost upon his hearers.
| No other audience during his European
| appearances has absorbed the presi-
dents utterances SO eagerly. so under
| standingly, and has SO 'iickIy re-
/ sponded to everv point. No other aud-
| ience has resembled so noticeably the
character and types of people to whom
| the president has been accustomed to
| speak at home.
| Perhaps this was because Lancashire
| has contributed SO many citizens to the
| United States, and has such close in
dustrial connections, and follows Amer
lean affairs with keener interest than
most English counties.
The first item in the days pro-
| gram was drive to the famous docks
which have made Manchester an in
| ternational port. Here the shipping
J extended a beflagged and vociferous
| greeting to the president, while the
Workmen from all the big warehouses
| and factories aroung hung from the
| windows and stood on the roofs. Part
of the drive was through the poorer
districts, where a few of the children
| were too poor even to have bought
American flags to wave
Later the president made a brief
appearance in the balcony of the Royal
exchange where he spoke. Finally he
took lunch with 200 prominent mer
in the Midland hotel, where he made
an acknowledgement of Manchester
hospitality.
Only Weather Unfrendly
Only the weather was unfriendly
today. 1t was gray and thick, with
intervals of rain. but this is typical o1
the season in the midlands, and il
kept nobody indoors. Merchants, work
men, farmers, soldiers, with countless
thousands of women and children
stood in the streets and rushed from
point to point for a glimpse of the pres
ident from another angle.
Shaking hands with the lord mayo
and the chief constable on parting. tn,
president said:
Gentlemen, ] congratulate you both
In all my travels l have not known ar
rangements to go on so smoothly. YoI
have given me a happy time. My onl,
regret is that it was not longer"
The last Manchester saw of tn
president, he stood on the platform O
the royal train. hat in hand, with hi
: military aide holding the dark blu
, presidential flag which had been pre-
sented by the people of France. TIL
/ band played 'The Star Spangled Ban
, ner." The red-robed lord mayor an
the blue and silver bedecked chic
constable were in the foreground wit
| an American guard of honor in tn
background, and there came a fina
> tribute of cheers, stirring the flag
which hung from the arches of tn
r station.
/ The president was the recipient @
ovations along the railway from Man
chester. The people had gathere
f along the line near the city and nea
the suburbs and at various local cite
on the route and cheered vigorousl
! as the train passed.
In a telegram regretting his inabil
] ity to visit Southampton and receiv
r the freedom of the city, the presiden
| expressed his cordial thanks for tn
5 honor and said:
at would have been q great pleasur
but it is absolutely necessary for m
f to return to France on Tuesday"
Farewell to King George
: LONDON, Dec. 30.-(By the As
t sociated Press)-The farewell Dime
given in the state dining room a
: Buckingham Palace tonight by Kin
! George and Queen Mary, in honor c
! President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson, wa
! a private function. There was n
i procession into the dining room, whic
:, was decorated with yellow, and ther
a were no speeches or toasts. Th
grenadier guards band played durin
the dinner, but no national anthem
were rendered.
Those who sat down to dinner wer
= the king and queen, President an
t Mrs. Wilson, Princess Mary, Primo
: Henry, Prince George, the duke {
e Connaught, John w. Davis, the Amer