Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-04
pose of effecting the security of
peace.
Toast to American Prosperity

pose of effecting the security of
peace.
Toast to American Prosperity
i lit up my ass, 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 theaddress you have Just read. l
feel 1t would be d fficult for me to
make n. worthy reply, and yet If l
could speak simply the things that
are in my heart. am sure they
could constitute an adequate reply.
Il had occasion at the parliament
this afternoon to speak of the strong
sympathy that had sprung up be-
tween the United States and Italy
during the terrible years of the war,
but perhaps here l can speak more
intimately and say how sincerely the
peop of the United States had ad-
mired your own course and your own
constant association with the armies
OF Italy and the gracious and gen.
erous association of Her Majesty,
the queen.
Freedom Great Enterprise
1T has ben Il matter of pride with
us that so many men of Italian origin
were in our armies and associated
with ttheir brethern in Italy itself
in the great enterprise of freedom.
These areno small matters. and they
complete that process of the weld
ing together of the sympathies of
nations which has been going on SO
long between our peoples.
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The Italians in tn United States
| have excited Il particular degree of
admiration. They, l believe. are the
only people of given nationality
who have been careful to organize
themselves to see that their COM
| patriots coming TO America were
from month to month and year to
year guided to places in industries
most suitable to their previous
habits. No other nationality has
taken such pains as that, and in
serving their fellow countrymcn
they have served the United States,
because these people have found
jlaces where they would be most
useful and would most Immediately
earn their own living and add to
the prosperity of the country itself
Values Italian Aid
I'm every way we have been
/ happy in onr association at home
and abroad with the people of this
great state. was saying playfullly
to Premier Orlando and Baron
Sonnino this afternoon that, in try
ing to put the people of the world
under their proper sovereignties,
we woul not be willing to part with
] fnlf lf,,t H.. T,tt Stptn
because We too much value the SON.
only to the industry of the United
States, but to its thought and to
many elements of its life.
This is. therefore, a very well
come occasion upon which to eX-
press feeling that goes very deep
l was touched the other day to have
an Italian, n very plain man, say to
me that we had helped to feed Italy
during the war, and it went to my
heart, because we had been able TO
do so little. 1t was necessary for us
to use our tonnage soeXclusively for
the handling of troops and of the
supplies that had to follow them
from the United States, that we
could not do half as much as it was
our desire to do, to supply grain to
| TINS country, OF coal, OF any Ol lHe
supplies which it so much needed
during the progress of the war.
Heart Goes Out to Poor
And knowing as we did in this
indirect way the needs of the coun-
try, you will not wonder that we
were moved by its steadfastness.
Mye heart goes out to the little poor
families all over this great kingdom
who stood the brunt and the strain
of the war and gave their mmen
gladly to make other men free and
other women and other children
| free. These are the people and
many like them to whom, after all,
we owe the glory of this great
achievement, and want to join
with you, for l am sure of joining
with you, in expressing my pro-
/ found Sympathy not only, but my
very profound admiration as well.
| 'It is my privilege and honor to
propose the health of His Majesty,
the king and Her Majesty, the
queen. and long prosperity to Italy"