Arizona republican., 1919-07-09
PEACE IS JUST AND WILL
 SAFEGUARD WORLD FROM
 UNNECESSARY BLOODSHED

which lasted some minutes, ending when the band broke into the strains of Over There" There was a sudden pause when an officer in British uni form unexpectedly appeared on the platform. Mr. Wilson jumped to his feet and crossed the stage to meet him and the cheering broke out in re- doubled volume as the word flashed through the hall that the stranger was Major G. H. Scott. commander of the British trans Atlantic dirigible R-S4. Brief welcoming speeches were made i by Rodman Wanamaker. Mayor Hylan and Governor Smith. The latter in l troduced the president as the bearer of a peace treaty worthy of honor, dignity and majesty of this great coun- try"
 When Mir. Wilson stepped to the i front of the stage the band again be- ] gan playing the national anthem, but was drowned in the cheers of the sev-
 eral thousand men and women in the
 audience.
 Under Emotional Strain
 MT. Wilson was obviously under the
 strain of deep emotion when he began
 to speak and his voice was notoriously hoarse. He said:
 Fellow eountrymen:
 'I am not. going to try this after noon to make you a real speech. I am 1 a bit alarmed to find how many
 speeches I have in my system unde-
 livered, but they are all speeches that
 come from the mind and I want to
 say to you this afternoon only few
 words from the heart
 You have made me deeply happy by
 the generous welcome you have ex-
 tended 10 me but I do not believe that
 the welcome you extend to me is halt
 as great as that which | extend to
 you. Why, Jerseyman though l am
 this is the first time l ever thought
 Hoboken was beautiful.
 T have really. though I have tried
 on the other side of the water to con- l ceal it, been the most homesick man in the American expeditfonarv force. , and it is with profound feelings thar
 il would be vain Of me to try to ex- press that find myself in this beloved country again. l do not say that be- cause I lack in admiration of other
 countries
 Homesckness Was Softened 1 There have been many things that , softened my homesickness. One of the , chief things that softened it was the
 very generous welcome that they ex- : tended to me as your representative
 on the other side of the water. And g it was still more softened by the pride f that I had in discovering that America l had at least convinced the world of s her true character.
 : q was welcome because they hac : seen with their own eyes that America 0 had done for the world. They had D deemed her selfish. They had deemed
 her devoted to material interests. Ant
 the water with a vision even more S the water with a visi2n eve nmors : beautiful than that which they con e ceived when they had entertained - dreams of liberty and peace. n And then I had the added pride ot e finding out by personal observation tn, y kind of men we had sent over 1 haC f crossed the seas with the kind of mei
 who had taken them over. without l, whom they could not have got |, d Europe. and then when I got there
 saw that army of men. that army 0 3, clean men, that army that one wa e glad to point out and say these ar d my fellow countrymen.
 le Boys to Be Proud Of 70 u SOllenS the nOmeSlckneSS a 2OOt IS deal to have so much of home alon; s, with you and these boys were con g stantly reminding me of home The l. did not walk the streets like anybod
 else. l do not mean that they wake s. the streets self assertively. They di > not They walked the streets as 7s they knew that they belonged wher s- ever free men lived, that they wer le welcome in the great republic c 5 France and were comrades with tn
 other armies that had helped to wi
 the grea- battle and Q show the greg $ sacrifice. Because it is wonderft Ill thing for this nation, hitherto isolate 0- from the large affairs of the world [ le win not only the universal confidene y of the people of the world, but the
 niversal affections.
 is And that. and nothing less tha , that, is what has happened. Whereye 7u it was suggested that troops should sent and it was desired that troops ( gu occupation should excite no prejudici io no uneasiness on the part of those ne whom they were sent, the men wh el represented the other nations came { m me and asked me to send America re soldiers. They not only implied. bt
 they said that the presence of Amer
 ican soldiers would be known not he mean anything except friendly prote< on tion and assistance. Do you wonds