Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-07
PRESIDENTS VISIT TO ITALY
ENDS WITH OVATION AT TURIN

am taking some part In accof-
plishing the realization of the ide.Hs
to which his life and thought were
devoted. 1t is with spirit Of venera-
ton, sir. and with a spirit, / hope,
OF emulation, that l stand in the pres
ence of this monument and bring my
greetings and the greetings of Amer
lea with our homage to the great
In accepting the gift of Mazxini's
works from the municipality. the
President said:
of a very deep sort. perhaps too deep
for adequate expression. that find
myself in Genoa, which is a natural
shrine for Americans. The connec-
tions of America with Genoa are so
many and so stgnihcant that in some
sense it may be said that we drew
our life and beginnings from this
city.
You can realize, therefore, sir. with
what emotion I receive the honor
which you have so generously con-
ferred upon me in the citizenship OF
this great city. In a way 1t seems
natural for an American to be
citizen Of Genoa and I shall always
count 1t among the most delightful
should have conferred this honor
upon me and. in taking away this
beautiful edition of the works of
Mazzini. I hope that l shall derive
inspiration from this volume as 1
have already derived guidance from
the principles which Mazzlni so eio-
quently expressed.
TT is delightful to feel how the
voice of one people speaks to another
through the mouths of men who. by
: some gift of God, have been lifted
! above the common level. and. there
fore, these words OF your prophet
and leader will, / hope. be deeply
planted in the hearts of my fellow
countrymen. There is already plant
ed in those hearts, Sir, a very dep
and genuine affection for the great
Italian people, and the thoughts of
my own nation turn constantly. as we
! read our history. to this delightful
and distinguished city.
Says Columbus Served Mankind.
Speaking at the monument OF Co.
lumbus, the President said:
standing in front of this monu-
ment. sir, fully recognize the signifi-
canoe of what you have said. Column
bus did do a service to mankind in
discovering America, and IT Is Ameri-
cas- pleasure and Americas pride that
she has been able to show that it was
a service to mankind to open that
great continent to settlement, the set
Element of a free people, OF people
who, because they are free, desire 10
see other peoples free and to share
their liberty with the people OF the
would.
ut is for this reason, no doubts be-
sides his fine spirit of adventure. that
Columbus always will be remembered
and honored, not only here, in the land
of his birth, but throughout the
world. as the man who led the way 10
those fields of freedom which. planted
with a great seed. have now sprung
up to the qualification of the world"
Speaks at Royal Palace.
In speaking to a large delegation
which welcomed him to Milan at the
royal palace today President wilson
said:
II cannot tell you how much com
plimented / am by your coming IN
person to give me this greeting. !
have never known such greeting as
the people of Milan have given me
on the streets. 1t has brought tears
| to my eyes, because ] know that IL
comes from their hearts.
| II can see in their faces the same
things that l feel toward them. ana
/ know that it is an impulse OF their
friendship toward the nation 1 repre-
sent as well as gracious welcome
! to myself. want to re-echo the nope
that we may all work together 10, q
mean peace. May suggest that this
| is a great deal in my thoughts.
| The world is not going to consist
now of great empires. 1t Is going TO
consist for the most part Of small
| nations. apparently. and the only
thing that can bind small nations to-
gether is the knowledge that each
| wants to treat the others fairly. That
ready shown that its progress is in
dustriaI. You cannot trade with peo-
pie whom you do not trust and who
do not trust you.
coincidence is the basis of every
thing that we must do. and It is de-
| lightful feeling that these ideals are
| sustained by the people of Italy ana
| by a wonderful body of people such as
you have in the great city OF Milan.
1t is with sense OF added encour-
agement and strength that return
| to Paris to take part in the council
| that will determine the items of the
peace. I thank you with all my
heart"
Address to Committee.
President Wilson spoke to the COM
| mittee on entertainment as follows:
'Mr. Chairman: Again you have
been very gracious and again you
have filled my heart with gratitude
because of your reference to my coun-
| try which is so dear to me- I have
| been very much interested to be told
sir that you are the chairman of the
committee Of entertainment which In
cludes all parties without distinction
and I am glad to interpret that to
mean that there is no division rec
ognized in the friendship which you
have for America, and am sure. sir.
that I can assure you that in Amer
lea there would be a similar union OF
all parties to express friendship ana
sympathy with Italy. because. after
all, parties are founded upon diner
ences of program and not often upon
differences of national sympathy.
.aThe thing that makes parties work
able and tolerable is that all parties love
their own country and therefore partici-
pate in the general sentiments OF that
country, and so ii Ii with US, sir. We
have many parties. but We have a sin
gle sentiment in this war and a single
sentiment in the peace. and IN that sen
timent lies our feeling toward those with
whom we have been associated in the
great struggle. At first the struggle
seemed to be a natural resistance to an
aggressive force, but as the conscious
ness of the nation grew 1t became more
and more apparent that in the aggres-
sion of the central empires was the
spirit Of miIitarism. the spirit OF autoc-
racy, the spirit Of force, and against
that spirit there arose. as always in the
past, the spirit of liberty and justice.
Force can always be conquered. but
the spirit OF liberty can. never be. and
the beautiful circumstance about the
history of liberty is that its champions
have always shown the power Of self
ing to subordinate their personal inter-
ests to the common good and have not
wished to dominate their fellow men.
but have wished to serve them That Is