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new WORLD IS
| COMING INTO LIFE
Mr.. Wilson Assures France Of
Safety in Nation League
GUEST OF FRENCH SENATE
Her Peril Will Be That Of All tho
Sons OF FIRES ~, Ne Says at Ban-
quet-Receives Warm Tribute.

Paris. Jan. 2l---Presdent Wilson,
guest of the French senate al Il lunch-
con, delivered an address in reply to
the greeting extended him in the name
OF the senate by Anton.n Duh;>t, its
president.
The luncheon was held in the Lux
embourg palace. in which The senate
holds il sessions.
In addition TO President nnincare
were all the Frrl.h cabinet members,
the members of the senate, Paul De
chanel, the president of the chamber
of deputies, and Marshal FUch were
guests
President Wilson as he arrived at
| the palace was received with great
ceremony The Republican Guard, in
uress uniform, was drawn up in the
court of honor. \ sanfare Of drums
and trumpelS marked his appearance.
This was followed by the playing OF
the American national anthem
AT the entrance Mr. Wilson was
met by NJ. Dubost, and escorted 10 the
Salon DIES Conferences. where The COW
ers were laid
This chamber was formerly the
Throne room of rhe Bourbon kings. 1t
is one OF The most magnificent III Eu
cope, with famous paintings and Gohe-
Yin tapestry cepicting French history.
NJ. nubost sat at the head Of the
table, with President Wilson al his
right and President Poincale at his
left
Next to President Wilson sd, the
prerliers of Italy, Roumania and
Czechn- SlOvakia. while next TO PreSi-
dent Poincare were the prcmi@rs Of
Greece, Serbia and China. Opposite
sat NJ. Clamcnceau and the foreign
ministers of nations from all parts Of
the world.
The American guests included Sec
rotary of STATE Lansing, Henry White,
General Tasker H. Bliss Rear Admiral
Grayson, Brigadier General William
W. Harris, Robert Woods Bliss. Amer
ican charge d'affairvs. and President
Wilson's TWO StenO%rapherS.
in his speech President Wilson said:
Mir. President of the Senate, Mr.
President of the Republic:
You have made NE feel your wei
come in words us generous as they
are del; ghtful and feel that you have
gracioESly called me your friend. May
/ not in turn call this company Il COM
pany OF my friends. for everything
That you have so finely said, sir, has
been corroborated in every instance
of our visit to this country.
Everywhere We have been welcOm-
ed not only, but welcomed in the spirit
and with the same thought until it
has seemed as if the spirits of the two
countries came together in an I'M
usual and beautiful accord
We know the long period of peril
through which France has gone.
France thought us remote in compre
heEsion and sympathy, and l dare say
there We're times when we did not
comprehend as you cun1fr cisefe 4, he
danger in the presence of which the
world stood.
There was no time We did not know
how near it was, ard I fully under
stand. sir, that throughout these try
ing years, when mankind has waited
for the catastrophe. the anxiety of
France must have been the deepest
and most constant of all for she did
stand ut the frontier Of freedom.
She had carved out her own for
tunes through long period of eager
struggle. She had done great things
in building up great new France
And just across the border, separated
from her only by a few Notifications
and a little country whose neutrality
it has turned out, the enemy did not
respect, lay in the shadow cast by
the cloud which envelOped Germany.
no, n. af irwin al Of Il .,,I-
purpose. the cloud Of sinister design.
This shadow lay at the very borders
of France.
And yet it is fine to remember here
that for France this was not only a
peril. but challenge. France did not
tremble. France quietly and in her
own way prepared her sons for the
struggle that was coming. She never
took the initiative or did single
thing that was aggressive.
She had prepared herself for de-
Tense. not in order to impose her will
upon other people. She had prepared
herself that no other people might i'm
pose its will upon her
AS l stand with you and as | mix
with the delightful people of the
| country see this is their thoughts,
"A,nerca always was our friend. Now
She understands. Now she compre-
hendS. and now She has come to
bring us this message: and that, I'M
| derStanding she will always be ready
to help"
And while, as you say, sir, this dan,
ger may prove to be continuing
danger. while it. is true that France
will always be nearest this threat if
we cannot turn it from a threat into
| promise, there many elements that
ought TO reaSSure France.
There is Il new awakened world. Il
Is pot ahead of us bur around us. 1t
knows that its dearest interests are
| involved i'll its standing together for
common purpose. 1t knows thai
the peril of France. if it continues, will
be fhe peril of the world. 1t knows
that not only France must organize
| against this peril, bat that the world
must organize against it.
So | see in this welcome not onl''
hoSnitality, not only Kindness. no
ONLY hope. but purpose. Il definite
clea''lrhefined purpose. that men. TN.
derS.Hntling one another. mus now
support one another and that ell the
sons of freedom are under Il common
oath to see that freedom never Suf
ferS this danger again.
That, to my mind. is the impressive
element cf rhis welcome. ] know how
/ mr. Il Of it. sir. and I knHw how !,rl,
ne :. .,,,-N-.r,N"'.''> =. ~. -
know that have the very dis
tinguished honor To represent d ma
ton whose heart is in this business,
and am proud To speak for the peo-
pie whom | represent. But ! know
that you honor me in a representa-
tive capacity ! delight in this wei
come. therefore. as if l had brought
the people of the United States with
me and they could see in your faces
what see in the tokens of welcome
and affection.
The sum of the whole matter is that
France has earned and has won the
brotherhood of the world. She has
stood ut the chief post Of danger, and
the thoughts of mankind and her
brothers everywhere, her brothers in
freedom, turn to her and center upon
her
If this be true, as I believe 1t to
be, France is fortunate to have suf-
fered. She is fortunate to have prov
ed her mettle as one Of the cham
pions of liberty. and she has tied TO
herself, once and for all, all those
who love freedom and truly believe
in the progress and rights Of man.