Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-07-16
PRESIDENT BRINGS
MESSAGE TO i. S.
Speaks at Carnegie Hall; AlIudes
to Political Foes
GETS A GREAT RECEPTION
Declares Peace Treaty Is Just, but
Says 1t Sets a New Task for the
United States-WiIl Save
World BIoodshed.

New York, July 9-President Will
son returned to the United States and,
in his first speech delivered on Ameri
can soil since the peace treaty was
signed, declared that the peace con-
Guided at Paris was "a just peace
which, if it can be preserved will safe
guard the world from unnecessary
bloodshed"
The only reference the president
made to his political opponents was
when, in referring to the negotiations
at Paris. he said:
81 am afraid some people, some per-
sons, do not understand that vision.
They do not see it. They have looked
too much upon the ground They have
thought too much of the interests that
were near them, and they have not
listened to the voices of their neigh
bors. 1 have never had a moments
doubt as to where the heart and pur-
pose of this people lay"
Great Welcome for Wilson.
The army transport George Wash
ington, on which he sailed from Brest,
was escorted up the bay by the battle
ship Pennsylvania, and more than
score of destroyers and smaller naval
craft.
On the New Jersey shore, the state
which first honored Mr.. Wilson with
a political office, were massed 10000
schoolchildren, who welcomed the
of hn
strains of the national anthem.
Through the lines of the children, all
dressed in white, the president passed
to the ferry, which carried him to the
Manhattan side of the river, where he
was greeted by the official reception
committee headed by Governor Smith
and Mayor Hylan.
From the ferry terminal to Carnegie
hall, distance of about three miles,
the presidential party passed through
streets lined with cheering thousands
of men, women and children, who
thronged the sidewalks and filed every
available space.
The president finished his speech
shortly after six O'clock and immedi-
ately departed for Washington. A train
had been held in waiting for him at
the Pennsylvania station.
The president was enthusiastically
greeted at the hall and his speech was
continuously interrupted with ap-
plause.
Wilson's Speech.
The text of President Wilson'S
speech at Carnegie hall, in part, fol-
lows:
"Fellow cOuntrymen,: l am not go
ing to try this afternoon to make you
q real speech. I am a bit alarmed to
find how many speeches have in my
system undelivered, but they are all
speeches that come from the mind and
I want to say to you this afternoon
only few words from the heart.
you have made me deeply happy
by the generous welcome you have ex-
tended TO me, but do not believe that
the welcome you extended to me is
half as great as that which extend to
you. Why, Jerseyman though I am,
this is the first time l ever thought
that HOboken was beautiful.
Admits He Was Homesick
ST have really, though l have tried
on the other side of the water to con-
ceal it, been the most homesick man in
the American expeditionary force, and
it is with feelings that it would be
vain for me to try to express that /
find myself in this beloved country
again. 1 do not say that because l
lack admiration of other countries.
'tThere have been many things that
softened my inconsistencies. One of the
chief things that softened it was the
very generous welcome that they ex-
tended to me as your representative on
the other side of the water
"And it was still more softened by
the pride that had in discovering that
America had at last convinced the
world of her true character.
Found U. S. UnseIfish.
81 was welcome because they had
seen with their own eyes what Amer
lea had done for the world. They had
deemed her selfish. They had deemed
her devoted to material interests. And
they had seen her boys come across
the water with a vision even more
beautiful than which they conceived
when they had entertained dreams of
liberty and peace.
sit is a privilege. therefore, beyond
all computation for man, whether in
great capacity or small, to take
part in the counsels and in the resolu-
tons of people like this. l am afraid
some people, some persons, do not IN
derstand that vision. They do not see
it. They have looked too much upon
tho ground They have thnuohf too