The sun., 1919-07-09
ALL FACES TURN
TOU. s., HESAYS
America Under Bond to Do
Great and Right Thing,
Wilson Declares.
LAUDS YANKEE TROOPS
"MOSt HOmesick Man in A. E.
F." He Exclaims in De-
light at Return.
LAUDS YANKEE TROOPS

President Wilson's first speech on
American soil since the signing OF the
peace treaty, delivered at Carnegie
Hall within an hour Of his landing
here yesterday. was very brief. 1t re-
auired only about twelve minutes for
the President to complete the address.
The speech in full follows:
Fellow Countrymen:
Il am not going to try this afternoon
TO make you a real speech. am a
bit alarmed to find how many speeches
I have In my system undelivered, but
they all are speeches that come from the
mind, and l want to say to you this
afternoon only a few words from the
heart
You have made me deeply happy by
the generous welcome you have extended
TO me, but l do not believe that the well
come you extend to me is half as great
as that which l extend to you. Why,
Jerseyman though l am, this In the
first time l ever thought that Hoboken
was beautiful. have really. though
have tried on the other side of the water
to conceal It. been the most homesick
man in the American Expeditionary
Force, and It Is with feelings that II
would be vain for me TO try to express
that fnd myself in this beloved country
again,
II do not say that because I lack in
admiration OF other countries. There
have been many things that softsned
my inconsistencies. One OF the chief
things that softened It WAS the very gem
erous welcome that they extended to me
as your representative on the other side
OF tho water. And 1t was stil more soft
ened by the pride that had in discov-
ering that America had at last con-
WINGED the world of her true character.
II was welcome because they had seen
with their own eyes what America had
done for the world. They had deemed
her selfish. They had deemed her de-
voted to material interests. and they
had seen her boys come across the water
, with q vision even more beautiful than
that which they conceived when they
had entertained dreams OF liberty and Of
peace,
And then I had the added pride
Of finding out by personal observation
the kind OF men we had sent over. I
had crossed the seas with the kind Of
men who had taken them over. without
whom they could not have got TO Flu
rope; and then when l got there l saw
that army OF men. that army OF clean
men, that army OF men devoted to the
high interests OF humanity. that army
that one wRs glad 10 point out and say,
These are my fellow contrymen
Tells of American Troops.
ut sottens the homesickness a good
deal TO have 40 much OF homo along
with you, and these boys were con-
stantly reminding me OF home. They
did not walk the streets like anybody
else. do not mean that they walked
the street self-assertively. They did
not. They walked the streets as II they
knew that they belonged wherever free
men lived. that they were welcome in
the great republic OF France and were
comrades with the other armies that
had helped 10 win the great battle and
to show the great sacrifice
Because II Is a wonderful thing for
| this nation, hitherto isolated from the
large Affairs OF the world. to win not
only the universal confidence OF tho peo-
/ pie OF the world but their universal
affection. And that. and nothing less
than that, is what happened.
Wherever II was suggested that
troops should be sent. and Il was de-
sired that troops OF occupation should
excite no prejudice. no uneasiness on the
part OF those to whom they were sent
the men who represented the other ma
tions came TO me and asked me to sand
American soldiers. They not only i'm
piled, but they said, that the prssaAos
OF American soldiers would be known
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