Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-04
ORC AN L Fr|EN. SHIP
WILSON TELLS |TAL|A"'.S
President Believes it the Only
Force That Can Hold
Nations Together.

Rome. Ian An his speech IN the
Chamber of Deputies Yesterday, President
Wilson said
Your Majesty and MIR President OF
the Chamber. Iou are hc~toWlng upon
ne an unprecedented honor. which
accent because believe that il IS extended
~ me ~ the representative 81 the great
peoplc for whom ! speak And ! am go
lne - take this first opportunity 20 SAY
how entIrely the hear oi the American
people has heen with the great people OF
ltaiS
W have seemed. no doubt indifferent
at times % look from a great distance.
Sut our hearts have never been tar away.
All sorts ,f 'lC- have long bound the poo
pie Of our Amcnca 10 the people oi Italy.
and whcn the people 81 the nIted states,
knowing this people, have witnessed ITS
sufieringS rs sacrifices It's heroic actions
Ipon the battlefield and its heroic en-
durancc AZ honc-its stcadtast endurance
81 homo touching Us more nearly 70 the
quick even than rs herhc sctlon on the
battlefield we have been bound by
ne>r tie of profound admiration
Then. back of II all and through II
all running like the golden thread that
vove IL together Wa~ nur kno~leSige that
the p,-pplc of Italy had gone irto this war
fer TIN same exalted prnclple OF right
and lustico that moved our own people.
And So ] welcome this opportunity OF
conveying 10 YOU the heartfelt greetings OF
the people 0i The nlted States
"Put we cannct stand III the shadow
n tins war without knowing there are
thlnc~ which are IN some senses more
dlfhcult than those We have undertaken,
becauSe. while II Is easy ~ speak Of right
and Justice Il = sometimes difficult 10
work them out IN practice, and there viii
~ required 4 purity ~ MOTIVES and dis
Intereetelne>s of object which the world
has never witnessed bc' ore IN the councils
O! nations
1T l. ior ,hA, reason that Il seems 10
me YOU vii! forgive me Il lay some Of the
elements oi the neT sltuatloE heIorc you
for moment ] he Distinguishing fact Of
this war IS that great empires have gone
Ia pi.c,~ And the characteristics Of
thosc empires are that they held different
penpics reluctantly together under the
coercion ci force and the guidance OF
intrigue.
The great difficulty among such States
rs those cf the Balkan, has been that
they we're always accessible 70 secret
influence. that they were aiwass beng
flt+ttFfEUttrl ~ 4lfF ~ MIN fHti NJ
another that north oi them lay disturbed
ponulations whicl Acrc held together not
bv sympathy and irIerdship hat hy the
coercivc iorcc q military Dower
Nov the intrigue j. checked, and the
bonds arr broaen. and what we are gong
10 provide i 4 new cement 70 hold the
people together. The; have not pce ac-
cll,tomei - Deing independent They
mus now be independent.
~ am sure that YOU recognize the
principle az ! do-that il is not our priv
lege 10 ssy what sort Of q government
they should SET up Put we arc friends
of those people and II Is our duty as their
friends 10 see 10 Il that some klnd OF
protection i thrown around them some
thing supplied which will hold them to-
get hev
Their Is only one thing that holds
nations together. Ii YOU exclude force,
ard that Is friendship And goodwill
The only thing that binds men together
l. friendship. and by the sane token the
only thing bat binds nations together Il
friendship Therefore our task at Paris Is
~ orgaulzc the friendship Of the world
to see 10 II hat al the moral forces that
make for right and justice and liberty
~. united and arc given vital orga Mia
ton 20 which the peoples Of the world
Will readily and gladly respond
In other words, our task Is no less
colossal than tins 10 set up q new in
ternational psychology 10 have d new
re-. atmosphere | am happy 10 say
thai, IN my dealings with the distinguish
cd gentlemen who lead your nation, and
1hos, who lead France and England /
feel that atmosphere gathering, that de
sir, to do justice. 1hat desire to establish
fiicudlYi.e. that itsIrc to make peace
r,--f llrJa righ' and With tins -oInnon
Duipt~e 10 obstacles need Dc formidable
II he only Ise Ot an obstacle Is 10 b.
overcome All that an obstacle dots With
brave men Is lot 70 frighten them, but to
cha lenge them. 20 that It ought To be
our pIide to overcome everything that
stands in the way
We know that there cannot be anot her
halance of power That has been tried end
found wanting for the lest Of All cas0ns
that II does not stay hRIanced inside IL
sc end . waste twelChtY which does
MOI old together cannot constitute
makewrlght ii t e Affairs 81 n On.
The eto.e there must be something
substituted for tie balaBce Of Towcr, and
! am Apply to find everywhere in the air
Of these greet nations the conception har
that 'Llne mist be thoroughly united
League Of Nations
What men once considered theoretical
and IdealiStlc turns out TO be practical
and necessary. w stand ~ the opening
~ 3 ~" agc u when 4 new -tat.smAnship
VII an ,onhden' lit mankind 10 new
levels a endcaVor and achievement