Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-01-10
t:ts>p WILL AND FRIENDSHIP
MUST REPLACE ''BALANCE
O.. POWER"
OF: POWER

OF POWER"
Addressing the Italian Chamber
Of DEPUTIES 4, Ronme. On the 3rd
instant. President Wilson said:
Your Majesty and Mr.. President
OF the Chamber:
You are beStowing upon me az
unprcCedentcd honor. which l accept
because | believe that it is extended
to me rs the representative OF Inc
great people for whom speak. AND
am going TO take this first oppor-
lunity 10 say how entirely the heart
| OF the American people has been
with the great people OF Italy.
; We have samcd. no doubt. indii-
lcrent at times. to look from Il great
distance. but our hearts have never
/ bee MAR away. All sorts OF ties
! lave long bound the people OF our
! America to the people OF Italy. ana
! when the people Of the United States.
/ knowing this people, nave witnessed
| its suiTeriugs, its sacrifices, its heroic
tc;icns upon the battlefield and It's
! heroic endurance at homc--its stead
fI;i endurance at home touching
rs more nearly to the quick even
! :nan its heroic action OH the battle
t iield-we have been bound by new
,ie OF profound admiration.
! Then hack Of it all and through
| !. all. running like the golden thread
! that wore It together, was our know
! ledg" tiat the people Of Italy mad
! gone into this war for the same en-
| aitcI principle Of right ana justice
! lnat moved cur own people. And so
! l welcome this opportunity OF con-
veying 10 YOU the heartfelt greetings
! Of the people OF the United States.
Bat We cannot staad in the shld-
CIV oil this wa. without knowing there
are Things which ale i'll some senses
! more difficult than those we have
| undertaken. because, while it is easy
| TO speak of right and justice, it is
..ometimes difficult to work them out
! in practice. and there will be required
| i putty OF In0tivCa and disintercst-
| clncss Of object which the world
! has never witnessed before in the
! coun ills OF nations.
! 1T is for that reason that IL seems
| 10 me you will forgive me if l lay
some Of the elements OF the new sit
nation teft re you for moment. The
! distinguishing fact OF this war is
that great empires have gone I"
! pieces And the characteristics /cf
! hos. empires are that they held diff
! ferert peoples reluctantly together
, undo. the coercion OF force and the
guidance OF intrigue.
The great difficulty among such
states Us those Of the Balkans mas
been that they We're always acces-
sible TO secret influence, and they
were always being penetrated by in
! trigue or some sort or another; that
north Of them lay disturbed poul-
latiors which were held together not
by the corercive force OF military
tary power.
Now the intrigue is checked and
the bands are broken, ana what. We
are going to provide is new cement
to hold the people together. They
| have not been accustomed to being
! Independent. They must now bbe
| independent.
| l am sure that you recognize the
| principle as l d0---that it is not our
| privilege to say what sort Of gov
! eminent they should set up. But
! we are friends Of those people. and
! it is our duty as their friends to see
| TO 1t that some kind Of protection
| is thrown around them-somathing
! supplied which will hold them to-
! gether.
| There Is only one think that holds
! nations together. if you exclude force
and that is friendship and good will.
! The only thing that binds men to-
! gether is friendship, and by the same
! token the only thing that binds NJ.
! tons together is friendship. There
! fore our task at Paris is to organize
| the friendship of the world--to see
! to it that all the moral forces that
| make for right and justice and liber-
! " are united and are given q vital
! organization to which the peoples Of
the world will readily and gladly
respond.
In other words, our task is no less
! colossal than this, To set up new
| international psychology; to have a
! new real atmosphere. | am happy
| 20 say that in my dealings with the
distinguished gentlemen who Lead
! your nation. and those who lead
France and England. 1 feel that at
! mospherc gathering, that desire to
! do justice. that desire to establish
| friendlinesS. that desire to make
| peace rest upon right: and with this
! common purpose no obstacles need
| be formidable.
THE only use Of an obstacle is to
be overcome. All that an obstacle
| does with brave men is not to frigh-
| ten them but to challenge them.
So that it ought to, be Our pride to
| overcome everything that stands in
the way.
I'VE know that there cannot be
| another balance Of power. That has