Bisbee daily review., 1919-01-04
Declares Against Combination of Strong Powers, but Re aihirms Determination to
 Have League of All Nations
Senate and Chamber of Dep uties Receive American in Joint Session; Rome Enter tains Washington Party
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ROME, Jan. 3.-In the parliament house a joint reception was given President Wilson by members of the senate ard the chamber of deputies The function was an impressive one. The large and distinguished gathering gave the president an ovation.
 During his speech the president con stantly was interrupted by Outbursts of applause, and when he ended he was accorded an ovation which lasted until he passed through the exit of the building. Outside the thrOngs in the street took up the demonstration. which continued until the doors Of the quirinal closed behind MT. Wilson.
 The weather was warmer and more balmy than the presidential party had experienced in France and England and there was a-feeling of relief among the party. The president met with really the first touch Of sus- tained sunshine he had seen since coming to Europe. and he made the remark during the day that the weather reminded him of that at home.
 Meets General Diaz.
 During the day King Victor Em- manuel presented General Diaz to President Wilson. who cOmplimented the Italian cOmmander-in-chief on the magnificent achievements of his army.
 The president expressed regret that he would be unable to visit the Italia battlefront owing to lack of time and the necessity of returning to Paris as soon as possible for the work of the peace conference. The president spoke as follows:
 You are bestOwing upon me an unprecedented honor which l accept because | believe that it is extended to me as the representative of the great people for whom l speak. And am going to take this first oppOr- tunity to say how seriously the heart of the American people has been with the great people Of Italy.
 We have seemed no doubt indif- ferent at times. but our hearts have never been far away. All sorts Of ties have long bound the people of our America Co the people of Italy. and when the people of the United States have witnessed it's sacrifices. its heroic actions upon the battle field. and it's heroic endurance at home - its steadfast endurance at home touching us more nearly tO the quick even than it's heroic action on the battiefield-we have been bound by a new tie of profound admiration
 Then. back of it all, and through it all running like the golden thread that wOve it together. was our knOwl- edge that the people of Italy had gone into this war for the same exalted principle of right and justice that moved our own people.
 But we cannot stand in the shadow of this war without knowing there are things which are in some senses more deep than those We have under taken. because while it is easy Co speak of right and justice, it is some times difficult tO work them out in practice and there will be required a purity of motives and disintsrested- ness of object which the world has never witnessed before in the cOun- cils Of nations
  to me you will forgive me if ! lay some of the elements of the new sit uatiOn before you for a moment. The distinguishing fact of this war is that great empires have gone to pieces. And the characteristics of those empires are that they held diff feTent peoples reluctantly together under the coercion of force and the guidance of intrigue.
 The great difficulty among such as those of the Balkans has been that they were always accessible to secret influence; and they were always be- ing penetrated by intrigue of some sort or another; that north of them lay disturbed populations which were held together not by history and