Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-01-03
VIII son SAYS
WORLD union
MEANS PEACE
Reaffirms His Principle That
There Must Be No Bal
ance of Power.
GUILDHALL FETE SPLENDID
Pomp and Ceremony Old Time Uni
forms Await Him7-President and
Party Received at Entrance
by Lord Mayor Horace
Marshall.

Marshall.
London, Dec. 3O.-Speaking in the
historic Guildhall at the ceremoniOus
gathering of Great Britain's most dis
tinguished statesmen, President Will
son reaffirmed his principle that there
must no longer be a balance Of power
which might unsettle the peace of the
world, but that the future must pro-
duce concert of power which would
preserve it.
In the Guildhall an address of well
come was presented to the president
on behalf Of the city in the pres
ence of a company of more than a
thousand. representatives OF the gov
eminent and of finance and of COM
merce. Afterward the president was
entertained at luncheon by the lord
mayor and the corporation. of the city
Ia function which was attended by
800 guests, with the business element
predominating.
The procession had the same fea-
lures as that on the occasion of the
presidents entrance into London.
There was the same escort of house
hold cavalry, outriders in scarlet liv-
cry. but there were only three semi
state landaus instead of five as be-
fore.
The presidential party was received
at the entrance by the lord mayor, Sir
Horace Marshall, the lady mayoress,
and the sheriff and members Of the
reception committee.
The Guildhall yard was transformed
into a gorgeous bower of pennants
and flags of the associated govern
ments, among which the Stars and
Stripes predominated. From the spire
fioated the great white and red flag
Of the city of London.
Every royal formality which had at
tended occasions at the palace for two
or three hundred years was carried
out before and during the banquet.
FormaIties Carried Out.
London, Dec. 30.-The text of Pres
ident Wilson's speech at the Guildhall
is as follows:
"Mr. Lord Mayor: We have come up
on times when ceremonies like this
have new significance which most
profoundly impresses me as I stand
here. The address which / have just
heard is most generously and gracious
ly conceived and the delightful accent
of sincerity in it seems like a part of
that voice Of counsel which is now
everywhere to be heard.
81 feel that a distinguished honor
has been conferred upon me by this
reception, and / beg to assure you, sir,
and your associates, of my very pro-
found appreciation, but l know that
! am only part of what may call a
great body of circumstances.
One People to Another.
II do not believe that it was fancy
on my part that heard in the voice
of welcome uttered in the streets of
this great city and in the streets of
Paris something more than personal
welcome. 1t seemed to me that heard
the voice of one people speaking to
another people, and it was voice in
which one could distinguish singu-
lar combination of emotions.
'Tbere was surely there the deep
gratefulness that the fighting was
over. There was the pride that the
fighting had had such elimination.
There was that sort of gratitude that
the nation engaged had produced such
men as the soldiers of Great Britain
and of the United States and of
France and of Italy-men whose Prov
ess and achievements they had wit
messed with rising admiration as they
moved from elimination to culInina-
ton.
But there was something more in 1t
the consciousness that the business
is not yet done, the consciousness that
it now rests upon others to see that
those lives were not lost in vain.
Il have not yet been to the actual
battlefield, but have been with many
of the men who have fought the bat
ties, and the other day had the pleas
ure of being present at a session of
the French Academy when they admit
ted Marshal Joffre to their member
ship. That sturdy, serene soldier stood
and uttered, not the words of triumph,
but summed up in a sentence which |
will not try accurately to quote, but
reproduce in spirit.
ut was that France must always re
member that the small and the weak
could never live free in the world I'M
less the strong and the great always
put their power and their strength in
the service of right.
Establish New Order.
"That is the afterthought-the
thought that something must be done
now; not only to make the just settle
ments-that of course but to see that
the settlements remained and were OBJ
served and that honor and justice pre-
walls in the world
"And as have conversed with the
soldiers / have been more and more
awal'e that they fought for something
Meehan Has Nemesis.