Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-08
PEOPLE THE REAL
MAKERS OF PEACE
ASSERTS wilson
Men Who Do Business OIL
World Shape Its Destiny,
Says U. S. President in
Address at Turin.

Address at Turin.
Turin, Jan. I'm responding TO
an address by the mayor OF Turin
at luncheon in his honor here yes
tcrday President Wilson said:
"Your Excellency and Fellow Git
liens: You show your welcome in
many delightful ways, and in no
more delightful way than in which
you have shown it today. The
words which the mayor has uttered
have touched me much and | have
been both touched and stimulated
by the words which the signor has
so kindly uttered in behalf of the
government OF this great kingdom.
Burden Borne by Plain People.
1T is very delightful to feel my
association with that government
and with this city, and ! know how
much and with what vitality Italian
effort comes out of this great center
of industry and thought. As |
passed through your streets | had
this sensation, a sensation which |
have often lad in my own dear
country at home, sensation OF
friendship and OF close sympathetic
contact ! could have believed my
self in all American city. | felt
more than that | felt what have
also felt at home, that the real blood
OF the republic 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 bur
den of war.
Think of the price at which you
and at which | have Purchased the
victory which we have won! Think
of the price of blood and treasure
no. only, but the price of tears and
the price of hunger on the part OF
little children, of the hopes delayed
or the dismayed prospects that bore
heavy upon the homes! Those of
us who plan battles and those Of us
who conceive political movements
do not bear the burden of it. We
direct and the others execute. We
plan and the others perform, and
the conquest of spirit is greater than
the conquest of arms.
These are the people who never
let go, They say nothing. They
live merely from day to day, deter
mined that the glory of italy or
that the glory of the United States
shall not depart from her.
Pays Tribute to Cavour.
II have been thinking as | passed
through your streets and stood here
that this was the place of the labors
of the great Cavouf and | thought
how impossible would have been
many of the things which have
happened in Italy since his day. and
how impossible the great achieve
ments of Italy in the last three
years would have been without the
work of Cavour
Ever since | was a boy one of
my favorite portraits has been a
portrait of Cavour. because ! have
read of him and of the day In
Which his mind took in the nations,
and of the national scope of his
strong, determined and patriotic ell
deavor that never allowed obstacles
to dismay, and always stood at the
side of the king and planned the
great things which the king was tn
ahted ~ arconplisn
People Makers of War and Peace.
"And | had another thought. This
is a great industrial city. Perhaps
you gentlemen think of the men,
bers of your government and the
members OF other governments VINO
are going to confer i'll the city OF
Paris as the real makers OF war anG
peace, but we are not. You are the
makers of war and of peace. The
pulse of the modern world BEATS Oh
the farms and in the mines and in
the factories. The plans of the
modern world are made in the
counting house. The men who do
the business of the world now
shape the destinies of the world and
peace or war is now in a large
measure in the hands Of those who
conduct the commerce of the world.
That is one reason why unless we
! establish friendships, unless we es-
tablish sympathies. we clog all the
processes of modern life. ! have
several times said that vo,, canno,
trade with man who does no,
trust you, and you will not trade
with a man whom you do nor trust.
Trust is the very Vital life and
breath of business and suspicion,
and unjust national rivalries stand
in the way of trade and stand in
the way OF industry"
U. S. Reluctant to Enter War.
In accepting the freedom of the
city, President Wilson said:
"Mr Mayor: Both on the streets
OF this interesting city. and here you
have made me feel at home. | feel
almost as if it were the greeting Of
a people of whom | was indeed a
fellow citizen. | am very much
honored that this great city, playing
so important a role in the life and
industrial endeavor OF Italy, should
have conferred this high distinction
Upon me. and take the liberty of
interpreting your action. sir. not