Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-01-05
BLU|VDER
To RULE BY FORCE
WILSON Tells ROME
Accepting Citizenship,
breaches Gospel Of
Friendship.
IMPOSING CEREMONY
IN HISTORIC CAPITOL
King, Queen, Cabinet
and Diplomats Take
Part III Honor.

Rome, Jan. 3.-president Wilson be-
came citizen of Rome tonight. The
ceremony took place in the historic cap
itol designed by Michael Angelo and red
olent with suggestions Of ancient and
medieval Rome. ASSISTING in the services
were King Victor Emmanuel and Queen
Helena, members OF the italian cabinet,
iug Ambassador and Mrs. Thomas Nell
son Page. and municipal and military au
thorities.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson, accompanied by
the king and queen, drove to the capitol
after the dinner at the Quirinal. At the
conclusion of the ceremony in. which he
became citizen of Rome, Mr.. Wilson
said, in part:
''This imperial people now gladly rep
resents the freedom Of nations. This
people which once upon a time seemed
bent on governing the world takes part
in liberal enterprise of offering the
world its own government Can there be
a finer. or more impressive illustration
of the indestructible human spirit and Of
the uncomfortable spirit Of liberty.
II have been refiecting in these re-
cent days about colossal blunder which
has been made--the blunder Of force by
the central empires. If Germany had
waited Il single generation she would
have had a commercial empire Of the
world She was not willing to conquer
By skill, by enterprise, by commercial
success. She needs must attempt to
conquer the world by arms. and the
world will always acclaim the fact that
it is impossible to conquer by arms: that
the only thing that conquers it is the
sort of service which can be rendered in
| trade, in intercourse, in friendship and
| that there is no conquerlrg power which
can suppress the freedom of the human
| spirit.
Partnership of Liberty Best.
| II have reioiced personally in the
partnership of the Italian ard American
| people because it is new partnership
| in m old enterprise, an enterprise pre-
destined to succeed wherever it is un-
| dertaken--the enterprise which has al
ways borne that handsome name which
we call Liberty
| Il would not have felt at liberty to
/ come away from America If I had not
| felt that the time had arrived when, for
getting local interests and local ties and
/ local purposes. men should unite in this
great enterprise that will ever tie free
men together as a body of brethren and
body Of free spirits"
Made Academy Member. Too.
4 PRESIDENT wilson was Hdte lHsHpei
of the "Reale Academia de Scienzi." or
Royal Academy Of Science, this morning
The president and Mrs. Wilson were
seated between the king and queen while
among others present were the American
ambassador. Thomas Nelson Page, ant
other members Of the diplomatic corps
and many distinguished Italian officials
and scientists.
4 Senator d'Onidio, who is president o.
the academy, hailed the president as thu
worthy representative of the culture O
the new world which now revivifies tht
ancient culture of the old world
President Wilson, in replying, deploret
the fact that science should In a natio1
which had made science its boast, hav'
been put to such dishonorable uses IL
the present war"
Every just mind must condemn thos'
who so debased the studies of men o
science as to use them against humanit,
and, therefore, 1t is part Of your tasl
and of ours to reclaim science from thi
disgrace, to show that she is devoted t
the advancement and interest Of human
ity and not to it's embarrassment an
destruction"