Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-16
PRESIDENT AT
CARNEGIE HALL
Wilson enthusiastically Greeted
and His Speech Continuously
Applauded.
CALLS PEACE TREATY JUST
New Task for the United Ststes-De-
clares Pact Will Save World
Observation-Disclosures to Po-
Iitical Foes.

New York, July 10.-President VIII
son returned TO the United States on
Tuesday and in his first speech deliV-
cred on American soil since the peace
treaty was signed, declared that the
peace concluded at Paris was "a JUST
peace which, If 1t can be preserved,
viii safeguard the world from nnneces-
sary bloodshed.'
The only reference the president
made 10 his political opponents was
when. in referring TO the negotiations
at Paris, he said:
Il am afraid some people, some per-
sons, do not understand that vision
They do not see II. They have looked
too much upon the ground"
The army transport George Wash
ington, on which he sailed from Brest'
was escorted up the bay by the battle
ship Pennsylvania. and more than
score Of destroyers and smaller naval
craft
On the New Jersey shore, the state
which first honored Mr.. Wilson with
n political office, we're massed 10000
schoolchildren, who welcomed the
chief executive of the nation with the
strains of the national anthem.
Through the lines of the children, all
dressed in white. the president passed
to the ferry. which carried him to the
Manhattan side of the river, where he
was greeted by the official reception
committee, headed by Governor Smith
and Mayor Hylan.
From the ferry terminal 10 Carnegie
hall d distance of about three miles,
the presidential party passed through
streets lined with cheering thousands
Of men. women and children, who
thronged the sidewalks and filled every
available space.
The president finished his speech
shortly after six O'Clock and immedi-
ately departed for Washington. A train
had been held in waiting for him at
the Pennsylvania station.
The president was enthusiastically
greeted at the hall and his speech was
continuously interrupted with APP
pluuse.
President Wilson'S speech ut Carne-
gle hall in part follows:
Fellow countrymen: am not GO
ing to try this afternoon to make you
a real speech. am bit alarmed to
lind how many speeches / have In my
system undelivered, but they are all
speeches that come from the mind and
! want 70 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 TO me, but | do not believe that,
the welcome you extended TO me isl
half as great as that which | extend to
you. Why, Jerseyman though | am,
this is the first time | ever thought
that Hoboken was beautiful.
IL have really. though ] have tried
on the other side of the water to con-
ceal it. been the most homesick man in
the American expeditionary force and
IL is with feelings that II would be
vain for me to try 10 express that
find myself in this beloved country
again, do not say that because l
lack admiration Of other countries.
There have been many things that
softened my Inconsistencies one Of the
chief things that Softened it was the
very generous welcome TINT they ex-
tended 10 me as your representative on
She other side of the water
And IL was still more softened by
the pride that had in discovering that
America had ut last convinced the
world Of her true character.
Il was welcome because they had
seen with their own eyes what Amer
ion had done for the world They had
deemed her selfish They had deemed
her devoted to material interests. And
they had seen her boys come across
the water with vision even more
beautiful than which they conceived
when they bad entertained dreams of
liberty and peace.
at Is privilege, therefore, heyon
all computation for man, whether in
st great capacity or a small. to take
part in the c0uuselS and in the reSolu.
tionS of a people like this am afraid
some people some persons do not I'M
derstuud that vision. They do not see
It. They have looked too much upon
the ground They have thought too
much of the interests that We're near
them and they have not listened to the
voices of their neighhors. l have never
had moments doubt as to where the
heart and purpose Of this people lay
r.. nj. 3. c..iL. pt.