Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-01-15
WILSON SAYS j. S.
WILL NOT JOIN A
POWER ALLIANCE
Must Be League for All, a World
Partnership.
NOT INTERESTED IN POLITICS
President Returns to France From
England and Prepares for Trip to
ItaIy-TeIls U. S. ENJOYS
of British Aims.


is interested in partnership of right
between America and Europe, declared
President Wilson in receiving the free
IdOm of the city of Manchester at the
Free Trade hall here.
} America is not interested merely in
the peace of Europe, but in the peace
of the world, he added.
"If the future had nothing for us but
a new attempt to keep the world at the
right pOlse by balance of power" the
president added, "the United States
would take no interest in it, because
she will join no combination of powers
which is not a combination of us all.
There was a feeling of cordial fra
ternity and friendship between Amer
lea and Great Britain, declared the
president, which was based on the prin-
ciple of friendship and patriotism that
led men to give more than was de-
manded.
Living Symbol of Friendship.
In presenting the freedom of the city
to President Wilson the lord mayor
said 1t afforded the city of Manchester
the chief citizen of the American re-
public, foremost of all Americans who
have ever visited England" and one
whose clear utterances and earnest
acts had been a proof of the real union
of sentiment. This man, said the lord
mayor, now stood before the audience
as a living type and symbol of the
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races
The bonds between England and
America, the lord mayor added, had
been riveted with great strength and
made indestructible.
when the complete history of the
war is written he declared, ''the
world will comprehend more fully than
1t can today the stupendous character
OF the effort which the United States
made to insure right decision. The
president has come among us equally
resolved that the world shall hence
forth be better and happier for a we'll
ordered peace"
The president, the lord mayor went
on, was not a vain dreamer, as his
fact which needed no further argument
to support il, he declared, when it was
remembered how President Wilson's
fourteen points had become within
twelve months the real basis for a
peace settlement. and had been accept
ed by the enemies of the allies as the
preliminary for the permanent peace.
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added, ''as president of the United
States. as a helper in the battles and
as worker in the business of peace"
The lord mayor is self-made man.
His nome, where Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson
were guests, is in a section of the city
hall, where the mayors live during
their terms of Office. 1t is a typical
English home.
Free Trade Hall Speech.
The text of the presidents address
to the Free Trade hall audience is as
follows:
Mr.. Lord Mayor, Ladies and Gen.
tIemen:
Perhaps 1 may be permitted to add,
my fellow citizens.
"You have made me feel in way
that is deeply delightful the generous
welcome which you have accorded me,
and back of ii l know there lies the
same sort of feeling for the great peo-
pie whom l have the privilege of rep
reSenting.
''There is feeling of eordiality, fra
ternity and friendship between the two
great nations, and as / have gone
from place TO place an6 made every
where TO feel the pulse of sympathy
that is now beating between US. have
been led to some very serious thoughts
as to what the basis of it all is.
Friendship Not Mere Sentiment.
For think you will agree with me
that friendship is not a mere senti-
ment. Patriotism is not a mere senti-
ment. 1t is based upon a principle,
upon the principle that leads a man
TO give more than he demands. Sim
ilarly, friendship is based not merely
upon affection, but upon common serv-
ice. The man is not your friend who
is not willing to serve you, and you
are not his friend unless you are will
ing TO serve him. And out of that inn
pulse of common interest and desire
of common service arises that noble
feeling which we consecrate as friend
ship.
And so it does seem to me that the
theme that we must have in our minds
now in this great day of settlement is
the theme of common interest and the
determination of what it is that is our
common interest. You know that here
tofore the world has been governed, or
at any rate the attempt has been
made to govern it, by partnerships of
interest. and that they have broken
down.
Interest does not bind men togeth-
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