Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-01-03
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LEAGUE.
H..-~i0cI.; vii, o.. speaking or Ms
hir, niIy. December ISL. at LiS,nri,
GH'li Hal. london. after he hal L"v:.
3 :nrmtny Welcomed 10 the city ID. the
'-oru Mayor or London. sail:
NJ. Lord MayOr-we have come
upon tines when ceremonies like his
2 lave Il new Significance which mos
:mpreSses me a. | stand here. The
address which l have just heard is
InoS. generously ard sraciously con-
coiveG. and the delightful acoen, O,
sincerity in IL seems like part of
that voice OF counsel which IS HOW
everywhere t. be head. feel that
q distinguished honor has Jeen con
terred upon me by this reception. ana
! bcG to assure YOU. sir. ana your
associates of my very profound ap-
, probation. Blu, | know that | am
! only pant Of what | may call a gr.a,
, .'ody 0! circumstances ] do not be
. H"rc that il was fancy on my part
shat | heard in ,h- voice OF welcome
uttered in the streets oil this grea,
city md IL The streets OF Paris some
tllnc moro han n personal welcome
II seemed TO me that | heard the
voice OF one people speaking 20 An
other peol L.. ard II Was voice in
which one could Distinguish, a sinyu-
:; = com animation OF eli otioas Their.
VAS sur"l! there the deep grateful
r"S& That the iightil" MAS Ger There.
was he pride that TIE fgi ting haJ
Lad such 4 elimination. There WIS a
sort { gratitude that tho nations en-
EaC"i Id produced such men as the
soldiers OF Great Britain and the Uni
ted States and of France and Italy
- men whose prO"rcsS and 4 hirvc-
mcEiS they had Witnessed with ris-
ing admiration as they moved from
elimination TO elimination.
Blu; there WAS something more il
Il. the consciousness that the bust
ness Is no. yet done. the conscious
less that ii now rests upon others
TO see tina; those lives We're not lost
IN vain.
l have not vet been TO the actual
Hattie fields. but | have been with
many OF the men who have fought
The battles and the other day had
tho pleasure OF heing present at a SEES
sion OF the French Academy when
iH"N admitted Marshal! Jonrc to their
membership. That sturdy. serene
soldier stood anu uttered. not The
words @: triumph. bul tie sirn,c
words o. affection which he summed
tip - = sentence which | viii no; lrv
accurately TO quote. but rcprCduce in
rs Sn!ii. Was That France must ~
ways r'.!I2 np"r that III, small "a
III" W-aN could nc"nr live. free l., ;Hc
world unless the stronC and III. %raa,
H!""%S pat their power ana the:
strength in the service OF ri"i;.
TNai is the 2c,er-thousht -- the
though; That something uu5; be done
ncw. not only TO MAKE Tie just SET
:!rm,ni&--ihat. OF cDurse--but to
80" that the settlements remained
and were observed and that honor
and justice prevailed in the world
And as have convcrscd with the SOL
"lt"s | have been more and more
aW:.re tina. they fought for something
NOT al! g! them had defined. bu, which
ali OF them recognized the moment
you stated it to them They fought
10 do away with an old order and To
establish Il new ore. and the ccutc.
was that Unstable thing which we
used TO call the ''balunc9 OF power"
:; thing in which the balance vas de-
icfn'inc! by the sword which VI.
thrown on the one side or the other
"a balance which was determined
by the unstable equilibrium OF COM
p".l'.v" i.1crnSts--a balance which
Was maintained by jealous walchfuI-
NoaS and m "ntagoninm OF interests
which, though il was generally latent
was always dccpscatcd.
the neil who have fought in this
war. lavc been the men from free ma
tons who are determined that tina,
sort Of ;hing Should end now and for
ever. 1t Is very interesting to ne IL
observe how from every quarter. from
every sort Of mind. from every con-
cert OF counsel. there comes the sug-
Gcstlon that there must now be not
: balance of power. not one powerful
group of nations set off against an
other. but a single overwhelming
power OF the group Of nations which
snail be trustee Of the peace OF tie
world.
Ii has been delightful in my con
IeTcn"cS with the leaders OF your gov
eminent to find how our minds moved
'lonG exactly the same lire. ard how
our thought was always that the kew
50 The pC"c" was tn" guarantees Of
tn" peace. not the items OF it; that
the items would be Worthless unless
'hcr" stood back of them pcrma-
rent concert OF power for their main