Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-07-09
WILSON TAKES RAP
AT FOES OF TREATY
IN ADDRESS AT N. Y.
FIRST ACT ON ARRIVAL AT NEW
YORK is TO ARRAiGN ENEMIES
OF LEAGUE OF NATtONS-lS
WARMLY RECEIVED BY VAST
CROWD.

ton of peace creates a new task said
President Wilson in Carnegie Hall lac
Tuesday afternoon. This is a Ju
ueace," he added, which if it can b.
preserved will save the world from un
necessary bloodshed, The great task
will be to preserve it. | have conc
.acK with my heart full Of enthusiasm
to throw my influence in with You "a
see that the peace is observed.
President Is CareWorn.
The President seemed a trlhe care
worn, though his eyes were bright, his
checks tanned by the sun and wind OF
the Atlantic and his voice strong and
clear. As he walked upon the stage
his step was firm and vigorous. He
smiled with pleasure at the tumultuou+
and prolonged applause which greeted
his entrance. Cleveland H. Dodge
acting as a volunteer cheer leader
started the cheering over again Whdr-
ever it seemed to be tagging.
The Presidents arrival was an
naunced by the crashing strains OF
over There" the tune which he made
the keynote Of his speech in the Metro
rolitan Opera House On the eve Of his
departure for Europe last March,
Text of Wilson Speech.
The text of President Wilson's
speech follows:
Fellow Countrymen:
q am not going TO try this after
noon to make you real speech |
am a bit alarmed to find how many
speeches l have in my system undeliv-
cred, but they are all speeches that
come from the mind, and | want to
say to You this afternoon only few
words from the heart,
You have made me deeply happy
Nv the generous welcome You have
extended to me, but ! do not beliiy,
that the welcome you extend to me is
half as great as that which extend
to you Why, Jerseyman though | am.
ihis is the first time | ever thought
that Hoboken was beautiful
Il have really, though ! have tried
en- the other side OF the water to con.
ceal it, been the most homesck man
in the American eXpeditionary force.
and it is with feelings that it would
be vain for me to try to express that
7 find myself in this beloved country
again | do not say that because |
Hack admiration of other countries.
There have been many things that
softened my inconsistencies. One o.
the chief things that softened it was
The very generous welcome that they
extended to me as your Representative
on the other side of the water And
it was still more softened by the pride
that had In discovering that America
had at last convinced the world of her
true character
Old World Saw Vision.
II was welcome because they had
seen with their own eyes what Amer
iea had done for the world. They hal
deemed her selfish They had deemed
her devoted to material interestp,
And they had seen her boys come
gross the water with a vision even
more beautiful than which they con-.
ceiyed when they had entertained
dreams of liberty and peace.
"'And then had the added pride of
finding out by personal observation
he kind Of men we had sent over. r
had crossed the seas with the kind Of
men who had taken them over, with
out whom they could not have gone
10 Europe, and then when | got there
Issaw that army OF men, that army of
clean men, that army of men devoted
70 the high interests Of humanity. that
army that one was glad to point out
and say, These are my fellow coun
tlAmen.'
1T sOftens the inconsistencies a good
deal to have so much Of home along
With you, and these boys were con
stantly reminding me of home,
Walked as Free Man.
They did not walk the streets like
anybody else. do not mean that they
walked the streets self-assertively. |
They did not. They walked the
streets as If they knew that they he
lcnccd wherever free men lived, thai
they were welcome to the great re.
public OF France and were comradesI
wish the other armies that had helped |
toNyin the great battle and to show |
the great sacrifice.
Because ii is a wonderful thing for
this nation, hitherto isolated from the |
large affairs of the world, TO win not
only the universal confidence OF the
people of the world, but their universal
affections.
'And that, and nothing less than
that, Is what has happened, Wherever
II was suggested that troops should be
sent and it was desired that troops o. |
occupation should excite no prejudice,
no uneasness on the part Of those to
whom they were sent, the men who
represented the other nations came to
me and asked me to send American
soldiers.
They not only implied, but they
said, that the presence of American