New-York tribune., 1919-01-07

'~i hiiO"u Sucn gTeeLlnS as
the people of Milan have given me
on the streets. 1t has brought tears
to my eyes, because I know it comes
from their hearts.
Il can see in their faces the same
things | feel toward them, and I
know that it is an impulse of their
friendship toward the nation l repre-
sent as we'll as gracious welcome
to myself. want to reecho the hope
that we may all work together for
great peace as distinguished from
mean peace. May I suggest that
this is great deal in my thoughts.
Nations Must Be Fair
"Ihe world is not going to conslsc
now of great empires. 1t is going
to consist for the most part of small
nations apparently, and the only
thing that can bind small nations to-
gether is the knowledge that each
wants to treat the others fairly.
That is the only thing. The world
has already shown that its progress
is industrial. You cannot trade with
people whom you do not trust and
who do not trust you.
''Confdonce is the basis of every
thing that we must do, and it is a
delightful feeling that these ideals
are sustained by the people of italy
and by wonderful body Of people
such as you have in the great city
Of Milan. Ii is with sense of added
encouragement and strength that I
return to Paris to take part in the
council that will determine the items
of the peace. l thank you with all
my heart"
Speaks To Widows League
President Wilson spoke to the League
of Mothers and Widows, saying:
II am very much touched by this
evidence of your confidence, and
would like to express to you, if I
could. the very deep sympathy have
for those who have suffered rrep-
arabic losses in Italy.
"Our hearts have been touched.
And you have used the right word
Your men have come with the spirit
of the Crusaders against that which
was wrong and in order to see to it,
if it was possible, that such terrible
things never would happen again. I
am very grateful to you for your
Kindness"
President Wilson spoke to the com
mttee on entertainment. as follows:
"Mr. Chairman Again you have
been very gracious and again you
have filled my heart with gratitude
because of your reference to my
country, which is so dear to me- 7
have been very much interested to
be told, sir, that you are the chair
man Of the committee of entertain
ment, which includes all parties
without distinction, and | am glad
to interpret that to mean that there
is no division recognized in the
friendship which you have for Amer
ica, and l am sure, sir, that can as
sure you that in America there
would be similar union of all par
ties to express friendship and SYM
pathy with Italy, because, after all,
parties are founded upon differences
Of programme and not often upon
differences of national sympathy.
All Parties Love Country
"The thing that makes parties
workable and tolerable is that all
parties love their own country and,
therefore, participate in the general
sentiments Of that country, and so
it is with us, sir. We have many
parties, but we have single senti-
ment in this war and a single senti-
ment in the peace, and in that senti-
ment lies our feeling toward those
with whom we have been associated
in the great struggle At first the
struggle seemed to be natural re
sistancc to an aggressive force, but
as the consciousness Of the nation
grew it became more and more ap-
parent that in the aggression of the
Central Empires was the spirit Of
militarism, tho spirit Of autocracy,
the spirit of force, and against that
spirit there arose, as always in the
past, the spirit Of liberty and justice
"Forcc can always be conquered,
but the spirit Of liberty can never be;
and the beautiful circumstance about
the history of liberty Is that it's
champions have always shown the
power Of sell sacrifice. They have
always been willing to subordinate
their personal interests to the COM
mon good and have not wished to
dominate their fellow mon, but have
wished to serve them
Hearts of Nations United
"This is what gives imperishablc
victory, and with that victory has
come about things that are exempli-
fed in scenes like this--the coming
together Of the hearts of nations and
the sympathy of great bodies of peo-
pie who 20 not speak the same vo-
cabulary but speak the same ideas.
| am hcartened by this delightful ex-
perience and hope that you viii ac-