Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-04

/ Wilson was the guest of honor at
an unofficial dinner given at the
Quirinal tonight. There were only
two addresses. by Victor Emman-
uel and by Mr.. Wilson.
In his reply to the kings speech
President Wilson spoke as fol-
lows:
Your Majesty: | have been very
much touched by the generous
terms of the address you have just
read. / feel it would be difficult
for me 20 make worthy reply anu
yet if could speak simply the
things that are in my heart l am
sure they could constitute an ade-
quate reply.
Il hat occasion at the parliament
this afternoon to speak of the
strong sympathy that had sprung
up between the United States and
/ Italy during the terrible years OF
the wal. but perhaps here / can
speak more intimately and say how
sincerely the people of the United
States had admired your own
course and your own constant as
soc.ation with the armies of Italy,
and ;ae gracious and generous and
serving association of her majesty,
the GAeeRszss, -7sse.----
Yields Nations Together.
1t has been a matter of pride
with Us that so many Italians, SO
many men of Italian origin. were
~ our own armies and also asso-
ciateI with their brethren in Italy
in tho great enterprise of freedom
these are no small matters, and
they complete that process of the
welding together of the sympathies
OF nations which has been going on
so long between our peoples.
'"fhe Italians in the United States
hlvs excited a particular degree
of admiration. They. l believe, are
the only people of a given nation
alijy %ho have been careful to or
ganize themselves to see that their
compatriots coming to America.
we're from month TO month, and
year to year, guided TO places in
Industries most suitable to their
previous habits. No other nation
ality has taken such pains as that
and in serving their fellow country
men they have served the United
States, because these people have
found places where they would be
mediately earn their own living and
add to the prosperity of the coun-
try itself"
The Kings Speech.
The king said:
You, yourself, Mr. President.
have become our welcome and
pleasing guest only for today. but
in the conscience of our people
your personality already for a long
time has inscribed itself in an in
effacable way. 1t is that which in
itself gathers all the powers which
go to stimulate Il will bent on lib
erty and justice, gives inspiration
toward the universal conception of
the destinies of humanity
The enthusiastic salutations
which have accompanied your pas
sage through the streets of Rome
today are attestations of the senti-
ments OF admiration and recogni-
ton that your own name AMI labor
and the name and labor of the Unit
ed States stirs in the Italian peo-
pie. The principles, in which you
in magnificent synthesis have sum-
med up the ideal reasons of the war
for liberty find resonance in Ital-
ian hearts.
Italy and L. s. Aims Same.
THE best traditions Of Italian
culture, the liveliest currents of our
thoughts, have constantly
aimed at the same ideal goal, to-
ward the establishment of the in
ternational peace for which you
have with tenacious faith stood. AL
ready, before the vicissitudes Of
war and the fraternity of armies
had established today's admirable
of intentions and pur
poses between our two countries,
legions of our workers had emigrat-
ed TO your great republic. They
had knitted America and Italy to-
gether with strong cords of rela-
and these became reinforc-
ed by the spiritual affinity between
both peoples who had a common
faith. in the virtue of free political
When Italy entered the war, a
breath of the American soul pene-
trated into the rank and file of our
army through the means OF our
workers who returned to the faith
erland from America and brought
into Italy an echo of their second
patr:a. So. correspondingly. the
Italian soul vibrated in the hearts
Of our emigrants enrolled under
your banners when the American