El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-07

Paris, France. Jan President
Wilson, accompanied by Mrs Wilson
and Miss Margaret Wilson. arrived
here at 10 o'clock this morning from
their visit 20 Italy.
Accepts Turin Freedom
Turin, Italy. Jan I'm accepting
the freedom Of the city Of Turin at a
meeting in the municipal building.
Monday, president Wilson said:
Mr.. Mayor. 10th on the streets OF
this interesting city and here. you
have made me feel at home.
4 felt almost as II It were the
greeting Of a people Of whom was,
indeed. a fellow citizen I am very
much honored that this great city.
playing so important a role in the life
and in the Industrial endeavOr of Italy.
should have conferred this high dis
tinction upon me and take the lib
erty OF interpreting your action. sir.
not merely as personal compliment
TO myself. TO whom you ascribe vir-
tues ana powers which I feel do not
possess. but as a tribute TO the people
whom I represent.
Z. S. Reluctant to Fight.
The people Of the United States
were reluctant TO take part in the war.
not because they doubted the justice
Of the cause. but because Il was the
tradition Of the American republic to
play no part in the policies OF other
continents, but as the struggle grew
from stage TO stage, they were more
and more moved by the conviction
that II was not an European struggle:
that it was a struggle for the freedom
OF the world and the liberation OF hu-
manity and with that conviction it
was impossible that they should with
hold their hands.
Hearts With Allies.
Their hearts have been with you
from the start, and when the time Of
their conviction came they threw ev-
cry resource OF men and women and
enthusiasm into the struggle. Il has
been happy circumstance that Amer
lea should thus be associated with
Italy Our ties had bAn many and
intimate before the war. and now
they constitute a pledge OF friendship
and Of a permanent association OF
purpose which must delight both
peoples"
Respond to Turin Mayor.
In responding to an address by the
mayor Of Turin at a luncheon in his
honor president Wilson said in part-
AS I passed through your streets
had this sensation a sensation which
I have often had in my own dear
country at home, a sensation Of
friendship and OF close sympathetic
contact could have believed myself
in an American city felt more than
that- I felt what I have also felt at
home that the real blood OF the re-
public flowed in the streets in the
veins Of these plain people. who, more
than some Of the rest OF Us, have
borne the stress and burden OF war.
Tribute TO Plain People.
7 think OF the price at which you
and I have purchased the victory,
which we have won. Think OF the
price Of blood and treasure not ouly,
but the price Of tears and the price
OF hunger on the part Of little chill
dren, Of the hopes delayed or the dis
mayed prospects that bore heavy upon
the homes Those Of Us VINO plan bat
ties, and those OF Us who conceive
political movements do not bear the
burden OF It. We direct and the 9TH
ers execute We plan and the others
perform and the conquest Of spirit is
greater than the conquest Of arms.
These are the people that never let
go. They say nothing. They live
merely from day TO day, determined !
that the glory Of italy, or that the I