El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-04
ROME
H0NORS WILSON
President and King Victor
Emmanuel Exchange
Fluctuations.

summit now seems to shine uI-
most Mt our feet and ~ we lose "a.
ia will only be because we have
lost faith. A breath Of hope and
OF confidence hns come into the
hearts and minds OF men.
Il would not have felt at liberty to
I come away from America II l had not
felt that the time had arrived when,
! forgetting local interests and local
ties and local purposes, men should
Z unite in this great enterprise that
4 viii ever tie free men together as a
body OF brethren and a body OF free
spirits
7 am honored. Sir. to be taken into
this ancient comradeship Of the citi-
zenship OF Rome"
President Wilson was the guest OF
honor at an official dinner given at
I the Quirinal last night There were
Z only two addresses. by king Victor
Emmanuel and by Mr.. Wilson
/ The king said:
You, yourself. Mr.. President, are
! become our welcome and pleasing
( guest only today. but in the con-
/ science Of our people your personality
| already for a long time has inscribed
I itself IN an ineffacable way. II is
I that which IN Itself gathers all the
I powers, which go 10 stimulate a Will
I bent on liberty and justice. and gives
I inspiration toward the highest con-
{ ceptiou Of the destinies Of humanity
Reception shows Admiration.
The enthusiastic SITUATIONS. which
I have accompanied your passage
/ through the streets OF Rome today,
{ are attestations Of the sentiments OF
] admiration and recognition that your
/ own name and labor and the name
and labor OF the United States stir in
I the Italian people The principles in
which you with magnificent synthesis
have summed up the ideal reasons OF
the war for liberty find resonance in
Italian hearts
THE hest traditions OF italian cui-
ture, the hVehest development Of our
nstional thoughts have constantly
aimed az the same ideal goal toward
. the establishment OF the international
peace, for which you have. with tena-
cious faith. stood
"AIready- before the horrors Of
war and the fraternity OF our
armies had established t0day'E
admirable illustration OF in1en-
lions and purposes between our
two countries, IeEions OF our
workers had emfErnfed 10 your
crest Erent republic. They had
knitted America and Italy to-
Eether with strong cords OF re-
iationship and these became re-
inforced by the spiritual affinity
between both peoples who had
common faith in the virtue OF free
political government.
Italy, having now gathered 10 her
own bosom those brothers so long sOr-
rowing under foreign oppression, and
having recOnQuered the confines
which alone can give her security and
true independence is preparing her
self TO cooperate with you IN the most
cordial manner with you TO reach
the most practical means for drawing
into single circle the civilized ma
tons. for the purpose Of creating in
g. -
lions the conditions most fitted 20
safeguard and protect each ones
rights
Moved BY same Purpose.
ITALY and America entered together
into the war through a rare act OF
VIII: they were moved by the purpose
to concur with all their energies in
an effort to prevent the domination or
the cult OF force in the world; they
were moved by the purpose TO reaf-
firm in the scale OF human values the
principles of liberty and justice. They
entered into war TO conquer the
powers Of war. Their accomplishment
is still unfinished and the common
work must still be developed with
firm faith and with tenacious con-
stancy for the purpose OF effecting
the security Of peace.
TOasts Mr.. Wilson.
4 lift up my glass. Mr.. President,
in your honor and in the honor OF Mrs /
Wilson, whose gentle presence adds
charm to your visit: I drink 20 the
prosperity and to the continued and
increasing prestige OF the great
American nation"
In reply president Wilson spoke as
follows:
Your majesty
4 have been very much touched by
the generous terms Of the address you {
have just read 1 feel Il would be
difficult for me to make a worthy re-
ply, and yet II I could speak simply I
the things that are in my heart, am I
sure they would constitute an EG- /
equate reply.
America Admires Italy.
had occasion at the parliament /
this afternoon 10 speak Of the strong 4
sympathy that had sprung up between |
the United States and Italy during the ]
terrible years Of the war. but perhaps I
here can speak more Intimately and j
say how sincerely the people Of the I
United States had admired your own 4
course and your own constant asso- 4
citation with the armies of Italy, and 4
the gracious and generous and serv- 4
ing association Of her majesty, the /
queen
at has been a matter Of pride with /
Us that so many Italians. so many
men Of italian origin were in our own
armies and associated with their
brethren IN Italy itself in the great
enter Prise OF LIEGQOul- L16se are no d
small matters, and they complete that
process Of the welding together OF the
sympathies OF nations, which has been
going on so long between our peoples.
Serve Countrymen In Z. :.
The Italians in the United States
have excited a particular degree OF
admiration. They. I believe, are the
only people Of a given nationality who
have been careful to organize them
selves to see that their compatriOts
TO month and year to year, guided to
places in Industries most suitable TO
their previous habits. No other ma
has taken such pains IN that,
and in serving their fellow country
men they have served the United
States, because these people have
found paces where they would be
most useful and would most immed-
lately earn their own living and add
TO the prosperity OF the country It
SELF
Value Their Contribution.
IN every way we have been happy
In our association at home and abroad
with the people Of this great state. 1
was saying playfully to premier Or
lando and baron Sonnino this after
noon that in trying TO put the people ,
OF the world under their proper SOW
ereignties. we would not be willing to ,
part with the Italians in the United
States because we too much value the ,
contribution they have made, not only
In the industry Of the United States,
but TO its thought and to many ele- !
ments OF its life.
This, therefore. f. \ welcome
occasion upon which to express