The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-01-02
WILSON'S ADDRESS
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HALL IN LONDON. ~
'rsssds~t peeIarss, Amidst Applause,
That Aitles Ars United to Step
War; and Malntain psaes.

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London.-T text Of President VIII
soa's speech At Tie Guild hall Satur-
day afternoon. Dec. 2s. u ~ follows:
mt. Lord Mayor: We have come
upon times when ccremonies like this
have . new sisnificance which most
impreeaes me ~ atand here. feel
that ! distinsuished honor has been
coofeersd upoa ne BY this reception.
and ! beg "a assurs you. ar, and your
associates'pf ny very profound appre-
ciAt1sa; 'but lknow that am only
part Of what l may call . great body
Of etrcumntances. ,r
r 20 not believe that 1t was fancy
on my part that I heard in the voice
Of welcome uttered in the streets Of
this great city and In the streets Of
Paris. something more than personal
welcome 1t seemed to mo that l
heard the voice Of one people speak.
ing to another people and It was .
voice in which one could distinguish
= singular combination of emotions.
There was surely there the deep
gratefulness that the fighting was
over. There was the pride that the
fighting had had such 4 elimination.
There was that sort of gratitude that
such men As the soldiers Of Great
Britain and of the United States and
of France and Of Italy-men whose
prowess and achievements they had
witnessed with rising admiration a.
they moved from elimination to cul-
mination.
u, Matters Vet Unslnished. -il
But there was something more In
II, the -consciousness that the business
10 not yet done. the cqnsciousness that
II now rests upon others to see that
those lives were not lost In vain.
II have not yet been to the actual
battlefield, but have been with many
Of the men who have fought the bat
ties. and the other day had the
pleasure Of being present at = session
Of the French Academy whom they ad-
mitted Marshal Joffre to their mem
bership. That sturdy. serene soldier
stood and uttered. not the words of
triumph, but the simple words of af-
fection for his soldiers and Of convic-
ton with which he summoned up In n
sentence. which l will not try to
accurately quote, but reproduce In its
spirit. 1t was that France must al
ways remember that the small and the
weak could never live free in the
world unless the strone and the great
always put their power and their
strength in the service Of right.
Must see That Right Endurss.
THAT II the afterthought-the
thought that something must be done
now, not only to make the just settle
the settlements remained and were
observed and that honor and justice
prevail in the world And as have
conversed with the soldiers l have
been more and more aware that they
fought for something that not all OF
them had defined, but which all OF
them recognized the moment you
stated 1t to them.
"They fought to do away with an
and the center and characteristic Of
the old order was that unstable thing
which We used to call the balance Of
power a thing in which the balance
was determined by the sword which
was thrown in on the one side or the
other, q balance which was determined
by the unstable equilibrium of COM
petitive interests, a balance which was
maintained by Jealous watchfulness
-A <.ye ev>ta g. x.,h tnh
though 1t was generally latent. was
always deep seated.
League to Preserve Peace.
THE men who have fought in this
war have been the men from the free
nations who are determined that that
sort of thing should end now and for
ever. 1t Is very interesting to me to
every sort OF mind, from every con-
cert OF counsel there comes the sug.
gestion that there must now be not 4
balance Of power. not one powerful
group OF nations set up against an
other. but a single overwhelming. pow
erful group OF nations who shall be
the trustees of the peace of the world.
1T has been delightful in my CON
ferences with the leaders Of your gov.
ernment to find how our minds moved
along exactly the same line and how
our thought was always that the key
to the peace was the guarantee OF
peace, not the items Of It; that the
items would be worthless unless there
stood back of them a permanent con
cert of power for their maintenance
That is the most reassuring thing
that has ever happened In the world.
League Only Theory at First.
when this war began the thought
of league of nations was indulgently
considered as the thought Of closeted