The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-09

NEW YORK. July president Will
son in his first speech delivered on
American soil since the peace treaty
was signed. declared that the peace con-
cluded at Paris was "a Just peace.
which. II it can be preserved will safe
b~loodshed."
The only reference the president made
to his political opponents was when in
referring to the negotiations at Paris,
he said:
II am afraid some people, some per-
sons, do not understand that vision.
They do not see it. They have looked
too much upon the ground. They have
thought too much of the interests that
were near them and they have not lis
tened to the voices of their neighbors.
l have never had a moments doubt to
where the heart and purpose of this
people lay"
The president arrived at the Hoboken
army pier formerly the dock OF the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. line, shortly before
3 O'Clock yesterday afternoon. The
transport George Washington, on which
the bay by the battleship Pennsylvania
and more than a score of d~eStroyers
and smaller naval craft. on the New
Jersey shore were massed 10000. school
children who welcomed the chief x
ecutive with the strains of the national
anthem.
Through the lines of the children the
president passed to the ferry which car
ried him to the Manhattan side of the
river. He arrived in New York at 4:l5
p. M, where he was greeted by the Of
fetal reception committe, headed by
the ferry terminal to Carnegie hall, a
distance of about three miles, the pres
idential party passed through streets
lined with cheering thousands Of men,
women and children.
Several hours before the presidents
arrival at Carnegie hall, every seat In
the building was occupied, and the po-
lice had considerable difficulty in keep
ing back thousands who tried to force
a way into the hall.
The presidents appearance on the
platform was the signal for an ovation
which lasted some minutes, ending
when the, band broke into the strains
of lover There" There was a sudden
pause when an officer in British uni
form Unexpectedly appeared on the
platform. Mr.. Wilson jumped to his
feet and crossed the stage to meet
him, and the cheering broke out in re-
doubled volume as the word flashed
through the hall that the stranger was
Mai. G.. H. Scott, commander OF the
British transatlantic dirigible R-34.
Brief welcoming speeches were made
by Rodman Wanamaker. Mayor Hylan
and Governor. Smith. The New York
governor introduced the president as
the bearer of a peace treaty worthy. OF
the honor, dignity and majesty OF this
great country"
Mr.. Wilson was obviously under the
strain of deep emotion when he began
to speak, and his voice WAS n~oticeably
hoarse. He said in part:
II am not going to try to make you
a real speech. l am a bit alarmed to
find how many speeches l have IN my
system undelivered, but they are all
speeches that come from the mind and
want to say to you only a few words
from the heart,
You have made me deeply happy by
the generous welcome you have extend
ed to me but | do not believe that the
welcome is half as great as that which
extend to you. Why, Jerseyman though
/ am, his is the first time ever
thought that Hoboken was beautiful.
~ have really, though | have tried
to conceal it, been the most homesick
man in the American expeditionary
force, and It is with feelings that u
would be vain for me to try TO express
that find myself in this beloved coun-
| try again. | do not say that because
| [ lack in admiration Of other countries,
There have been many things that
| softened my inconsistencies. One of the
| chief things was the very generous well
| come that they extended to me as
your representative. And 1t was still
| more softened by the price l paid In
discovering that America had at last
convinced the world of her true char
II was welcome because they had
seen with their own eyes what Ameri
ca had lone for the world, They had
deemed her selfish. They had deemed
her devoted to material interests. And
they saw her boys come across tn
water with a vision ever more beautt,
full h what they conceived than
when they entertained dreams of peace,
Then | had added pride of finding
out by personal observation the kind
of men we had sent over. | had crossed
the seas with the kind OF men who
had taken them over, without whom
they could not have got to Europe and
then when | got there l saw that army
of men.
at is a privilege, therefore, beyond
all computation, for a man to take
part in the counsels and In the resolu'