New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-01-04
ITALY ANXIOUS TO
KEEP WORLD PEACE
King Promises Cooperation to
Supreme League Of Nations
PRESIDENT PRAISES ITALIANS
Declares That America Would Not
Fart With its Italian popula tom
Which is An Asset 10 Countrywide
IatiOnS Most Cordial
latiOnS Most Cordial

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Iations Most Cordial.
Rome, Jan. 3.-Prcsdent Wilson
was the guest of honor at an official
dinner given at the Quirnal tonight
| There were only two addresses, by
King Victor Emmanuel and by Mr.
Wilson. The king said:
You, yourself, Mr.. President are
| become our welcome anS pleasing
guest only today, but in the con-
science of our people your personality
already for long time has inscribed
itself in an ineffaceable way
THE enthusiastic salutations which
have accompanied your passage
thrOughthe streets Of Rome today are
atteStatiOnS of the sentiments Of ad-
I miration and recognition that your
own name and labor and the name
and labor of the United States stir in
the Italian people.
Tells OF Friendly Relations.
The best traditions of Italian cuI-
ture, the liyeliest currents Of our ma
tionaI thoughts, have constantly
aimed at the same ideal goal, to-
ward the establishment Of the inter-
national peace for which you have
, with tenacious faith stood. Already
before the VicisSitUdeS of war and the
fraternity Of armies had established
tOdays admirable communion of in
tentions and purposes between our
two cOuntris, leglCns of our workers
had emigrated to your great repub-
lie. They had knitted America and
Italy together with strong cords of
relationships, and these became rein
forced by the spiritual affinity be-
| tween both peoples who had a COM
| mon faith in the virtue of political
government.
| Joined Against Mutual Enemy
when Italy entered into the war,
Z breath, a precursor Of the Ameri-
can soul, penetrated into the rank
| and tile OF our army through the
means of our workers who returned
| to the fatherland from America, and
| brought into Italy an echo of their
| second patria. SO. COrrespOndinSly.
| the italian soul Nibrated in the hearts
| of our eInierants enrolled under your
! banners when the American nation
| under your guidance threw itself into
| the fight against the common enemy.
J Promises Future Corporation.
ITALY, having now gathered to her
| sorrowinG under foreign oppression,
| and having reConQuered the confines
| which alone can give her security and
true independence, is preparing her
| self to cooperate with you in the
most cordial manner to reach the
| most practical means for drawing in
| to a single circle the civilized nations,
| for the purpose of creating in the Su-
| preme form of a league of nations the
| conditions most fitted to safeguard
| and protect each ones rights. Italy
| and America entered together into
! the war through a rare act of will:
| they were moved by the purpose to
| concur with all their energies in an
| effort to prevent the domination of
| the cult of force in the world; they
| were moved by the purpose to reaf-
| firm i'll the scale of human values the
| principles of liberty and justice. They
| entered into war to conquer the pow
| ers of war Their accomplishment is
| still unfinished, and the common work
| must still be developed With firm
faith and with tenacious constancN
! curity of peace.
Toast to President.
| II lift up my glass, Mr.. President,
| in your honor and in the honor Of
| Mrs. Wilson, whose gentle presence
| adds charm to your visit: | drink to
| the prosperity and to the . continued
| and increasing prestige of the great
| American nation.
In reply, President Wilson said:
| Your Majesty: | have been very
| much touched by the generous terms
| of the address you have just read. [
| make Il worthy reply, and vet # [
| could speak simply the things that are
| in my heart / am sure they could con-
| stitute an adequate reply.
| Z. S. Admires ItaIy's Stand.
II had occasion at the parlia m ent
this afternoon to speak OF the strong
| sympathy that had sprung up between
| the United States and Italy dun in e
the terrible years of the war; but per
| haps here I can speak more intimate tely
| and say how sincerely the people of
the United States had admired your
own course, and your constant asso-
| citation with the armies of Italy, and
| the gracious and generous association
| OF Her Majesty, the Queen.
Praises Italian -Amcricans.
| 1t has been a matter of pride with
| us that so many men of Italian origin
! were in our own armies and aSsoci-
| ated with their brethren in Italy itself
IN the great enterprise of freedom
These are no small matters, and they
| complete that process of the welding
together of the sym pathies of nations
| which has been going on so long be-
tween our peoples.
The Italians in the United States
| nave excited q particular degree Of
| admiration. They. [ believe, are the
| only people of Il given nationality who
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