Arizona republican., 1919-07-09
So Declares President in First Address After Re turning From France - Great Crowds Gather at Carnegie Hall to Hear Speech
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 NEW YORK. July S.-President Wilson returned to the United States today and in his first speech delivered on American soil since the peace treaty was signed declared that the peace concluded at Paris was "a just peace. which if it can be preserved will safe guard the world from unnecessarily bloodshed.'
 The only reference the president made to his political opponents was when, in referring to the negotiations at Paris he said:
 "i 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 inter- ests that were near them and they have not listened to the voices of their neighbors. I have never had a mo- ment's doubt as to where the heart and purpose of this people lay
 The president arrived at the Ho- boken army pier shortly before 3 o'clock. The army transport George Washington. on which he sailed from Brest, was escorted up the bay by the Battleship Pennsylvania and more than a score of destroyers and smaller naval craft. On the New Jersey shore ! the state which first honored Mir. Will son with a political office. were massed | 10000 school children who welcomed 1 the chief executive of the nation to the strains of the national anthem.
 Greeted by Reception Committee
 Through the lines of the children al dressed in white, the president passed to the ferry which carried him to the I Manhattan side of the river He ar rived in New York at 1: 15 p. m. where he was greeted by the official reception committee, headed by Governor Smitf and Mayor Hylan. From the ferry terminal to Carnegie hall, distance of about three miles, the presidential party passed through. streets lined witt cheering thousands of men, womer and children who thronged the side walks and filled every available win dow and roof top.
 From the upper windows of tn, business skyscrapers great showers o confetti rained upon the president ant Mrs. Wilson, literally millions of scrap of paper floating through the air. car rying this motto: ''Everybody's busi ness. To stand by our government. IT help the soldier get a job. To hel crush boshevism"
 War Vets Head Procession
 The head of the procession wa formed by several companies of sold iers and marines, followed by som hundreds of sailors. Impediately pre ceding the presidential car was a automobile filled with secret servic men and the car itself was guarded b the presidents personal bodyguard c four picked men.
 In the car with President Wilson were Mrs. Wilson, Governor Smith an Mayor Hylan.
 The president remained standing raising his hat constantly in respons to the wave of cheering which rolle along the route of march. At on point on Twenty street, opposit . a large factory building, the window of which were filled with girl worker the president seized an American fla = and waved it vigorously in acknow
 edgement of the girls cheering.
 A couple of hundred automobile
 carrying cabinet members. a congres
 sional delegation and representative 5 of the state and ciN1 government be ] sides diplomats representatives of u , allied nations, completed the proce: = sion. Crowds Pack Carnegie Hall
 Several hours before the president e arrival at Carnegie hall every seat y the building was occupied and the pt = lice had difficulty in keeping back u . thousands who tried to force a wa
 into the hall
 e As the president stepped from h automobile a massed naval and mil q tary band played The Star Spanglt
 Banner. while the military escort pr s sented arms. Mir. Wilson was preced, 3 to the stage by vice President al 'l Mrs. Marshall. former Speaker of u u House Champ Clark and Samu U Gompers, president of the America
 Federation of Labor. all of whim we ' recognized and cheered by the crowd. l. Great Ovation for Wilson II , The presidents appearance on | J. platform was the signal for an ovati