The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-07-18
WILSON is HOME
TO MEET NATIONS
JOYOUS WELCOME
His First Word a Pledge of Amer
lean Aid to Libery Seekers
of All World.
GUNS ROAR, CROWDS CHEER.
Reused by the Throngs, Gives Solemn
Pledge to Vast Carnegie Hall Au-
dience That Duty Lies in
Fight for Treaty.

New York. - President Wilson re-
turned to the United States after de-
voting seven months to the task OF
making peace for the world. All OF
this time. except for the interval of a
hurried trip to Washington in Feb
ruary, was spent in Europe.
He brought with him what he mad
stayed abroad so long to make sure of
the treaty of peace with the cove
nant of the League of Nations in
Guided.
From the moment the George Wash
ington, bearing the President and Mrs
Wilson from Brest was sighted at sea
before noon by the superdreadnought
PENNSYLVANIA, carrying members of the
cabinet and of Congress, up to the
time the President set foot on the
platform of Carnegie Hall at the end
of the afternoon, he was busy acknowl-
edging the greetings of his fellow c'ti-
zens.
The President passed between lines
of cheering school children at Hobo
ken and was taken upon a special
ferryboat to West Twenty-third street,
He was driven slowly across the city
to Fifth avenue and to Carnegie Hall
through streets lined with hundreds
of thousands of people, who gave him
noisy greeting Practically all the way
the President stood in his automobile
doffing his silk hat in acknowledge
ment of the cheers.
The President arrived at Carnegie
Hall at 5:23 p. m, and appeared on
the stage at > 80. AS if to remind him
of the promise he made at the Metro
politan Opera House four months ago,
not to return until its over over
there" the police band played cover
There" as Mr.. Wilson stepped upon
the stage, and a whirlwind of applause
swept the auditorium.
The President smiled and bowed I'M
til the uproar ceased as the band
swung into The Star Spangled Ban
ner." At the conclusion of the anthem
Major G.. H. Scott and General NJ. E.
Maitland of the RIA were introduced
to the President. The audience cheer
ed again as Mr. Wilson shook hands
warmly with them and extended his
congratulations.
The spirit of vigor and self conf
dence appeared in what he said in re-
Spouse to the welcoming speeches of
Governor Smith and Mayor Hylan at
Carnegie Hall. Informal though it was
and devoted to expressions of salts
faction in being home and apprecia
ton of the welcome, it contained, new
ertheesS, an unmistakable challenge
to those who would undo what he has
accomplished at Paris. This was con-
tanned in the following from his speech
at the hall:
Il believe that If you study the peace
You will see that it is a just peace, a
peace which, if it can be preserved,
will save the world from unnecessary
bloodshed. And now the great task is
to preserve it.
Il have come back with my heart
full of enthusiasm for throwing every
thing that l can, by way of influence
or action, in with you to see that the
pcdCt - pItScINeu-lIl NHPIl lne
long reckoning comes men may look
back upon this generation of Ameri-
cans and say They We're true to the
vision which they saw at their birth. "
Coupled with these paragraphs was
the following, also deemed significant.
When in speaking of the future atti-
tude of America toward the free ma
tons of the world he said:
Il 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 lis
tened to the voices of their neighbors.
l have never had a moments doubt as
to where the heart and purpose of
this people lay"