New-York tribune., 1919-01-08

II. We can start the peace, but it is
Your duty to continue it. We can
only make the large conclusions.
You constantly transact the detail
which constitutes the processes or
the life Of a nation.
And 80 it is very delightful to
me to stand in this company and
feel that we are not foreigners to
each other.
1--WE think the same thoughts, we
entertain the same purposes, we
have the same ideals and this war
has done this inestimable service
it has brought the nations into close
and vital contact, so that they feel
the pulses that are in each other
and so that they know the purposes
by which each is animated.
Proud of Italians in Z. S.
"We know in America a great
deal about Italy because we have so
many Italians. Fellow citizens, when
Baron Sonnino, your Foreign Minis
ter, was arguing the other day for
the extension of the sovereignty of
- Italy over the Italian populations |
said to him that | was sorry we
could not let you hav New York
which, | understand, is the greatest
Italian city in the world. am told
h1t Tto1i
York City than in any city in Italy,
and am proud to be President of a
nation which contains so large an
element of the Italian race, because,
as student of literature. know
the genius that has originated in
this great nation, the genius of
thought and of poetry and philoso-
ply and of music. | am happy to be
a part of the nation which is en-
richcd and made better by the intro
duction of such elements of genius
and Of inspiration.
Makes Short Response
May | not again thank the repre-
sentatives Of this great city and the
representatives. Of the government
for the welcome they have given me
and say again, for ] cannot say it
too often, Viva Italian'
FROM the balcony of the Ph,ihnr-
n'onic Hail. President Wilson spoke
ns fo1lo1Os:
"1t is very delightful to feel your
friendship given SO cordially and SO
graciously and ! hope with all my
heart that i'll the peace that is now
about to be concluded Italy may
find her happiness and her prosperity.
| am sure that | am only speaking
the sentiments that come from the
heart Of the American people when
say, Viva Italia!'"
AT the UMucrs'ty Of Turin ths
President said:
Mr.. Rector Gentlemen of the Fac
uties of the University, Ladies and
Gentlemen: 1t is with a feeling of
being In very familiar scenes that
| come here to- day AS soon as
entered the quadrangle and heard the
voices of the students it seemed to
me as if the greater part of my life
had come back to me, and am mar
ticularly honored that this distin-
gulshed university should have re-
celved me among its sons. 1t will
always be matter of pride with me
to remember this association and the
very generous words in which these
honors have been conferred upon
me.
when | think seriously of the
significance of ceremony like this
some very interesting reflections
come to my mind, because, after all.
the comradeship of letters, the inter
communications of thought, are
among the permanent things of the
world
One international Community
There was time when scholars,
speaking in the beautiful language
IN which the last address was made.
were the only international charac
ters in the world; the time was when
there was only one international
community, the community Of schol-
ars. AS ability to read and write has
extended, international inter-com-
munlcation has extended. But one
permanent common possession has
remained, and that is the validitv of
sound thinking. When men have
thought along the lines of phioso
ply, have had revealed to them the
visions Of poetry, have worked out
IN their studies the permanent lines
OF law, have realized the great i'm
pulses of humanity, they then begin
to advance the human web which no