Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-04
BY .iS5ociafei Press

The ceremony took place in the his
i toric capital. designed by Michael
Angelo. Assisting in the services
were King Victor Emmanuel and
! Queen Helena. members of the ltal-
, ian cabinet, members of the d1plo-
matte corps, including Ambassador
and Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page. and
municipal and military authorities
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson, accompanied
by the king and queen, drove to the
capital after the dinner at the Quir-
inal. Following the ceremony Mr.
! Wilson said:
Act Honors America
( You have done me a very great
! honor Perhaps you can imagine
what feeling 1t is for citizen oi
q, one of the newest of the great ma
'tions to be made n citizen of this an
cient city. 1t is distinction which
am sure you are comforting upon me
as representative of the great peo-
/ pie for whom l speak. One who has
been student of history cannot Rc-
cept an honor of the sort without
having his memory run back to the
extraordinary series of events which
have centered in this place.
But as l thought to-day. l have
been impressed by the contrast be-
tween the temporary and permanent
things. Many political changes have
! centered about Rome, from the time
when from little city she grew
TO be mistress of a great empire
| Change after change has swept away
many things, altering the very form
of her affairs, but the thing that has
remained permanent has been the
spirit of Rome and the Italian peo-
| pie. That spirit seems to have
caught with each age the character
istic purpose of the age.
Spirit OF Liberty Uppcrmost
This imperial people now glad
! ly represents the freedom of nations
This people which at one time seem
! ed to conceive the purpose of gov
erning the world now takes part in
the liberal enterprise of Offering the
world it's own government. Can
there be a finer or more impressive
! illustration of the indestructible hu-
man spirit and of the unconquerable
spirit of liberty?
Il have been rejecting in these
| recent days about colossal blum
der which has been made-the blum
| der 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 must needs attempt tc
| 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 con-
| quers it is the sort of service which
can be rendered in trade, in inter-
| course, in friendship and that there
| is no conquering power which can
suppress the freedom of the human
! spirit.
| New Partners on Old job
Il have rejoiced personally in the
partnership OF the italian and Amer
| fcan people, because it is q new
partnership in an old enterprise. an
! enterprise predestined to succeed
! wherever il is undertaken-the en-
terprise which has always been thai
| handsome name which we call Lib
erty.' Men have persued it some.
| times like mirage that seemed &c
! elude them, that seemed to run be-
! fore them as they advanced, but
1 never have they tagged in their pur-
! pose to achieve it, and l believe / am
not deceived in supposing that in
| this age of ours they are nearer &c
it than they ever were before. The
| light that shone upon the summit
now seems to shine almost at oul
feet, and If we lose it, it will be only
! because we have lost faith. A breath
of hope and of confidence has come
/ into the hearts and minds of men.
! II would not have felt at liberty
! to come away from America If hat
! not felt that the time had arrived
| han fnf
/ local ties and local purposes, m er
should unite in this great enterprise
! that will ever tie free men together
| as a body of brethren and body ot
| free spirits.
| Il am honored. sir, TO be taker
into this ancient comradeship of the
! citizenship of Rome"
! After Il visit to the municipal pal.
I ace, where he was made q citizen ol
| Rome, the President went to par,
/ Lament, where he delivered the fol.
! lowing address:
Mr. President of the Chamber
| You are bestowing upon me an un.
! precedented honor. which l accept
I because l believe that II is extended
to me as a representative of the grear
! people for whom l speak, and / an
| going to take this first opportunity
I American people has been with the
! great people of Italy.
| I'VE have seemed, no doubt, in.
! different at times to look from {
! great distance, but our hearts have
/ never been far away.
''All sorts of ties have long bounC
! the people of America to the peopl,
! of Italy, and when the people of tn,
| United States. knowing this people
| have witnessed it's suffering, it's sac
| rifices. its heroic action upon tn,
| battlefield and It's steadfast endur
ance at home, touching us more
nearly to the quick even than it
heroic action upon the battlefield, w
| have been bound by a new tie o
| profound admiration.
! Then, back of il all and through
it all, running like the golden threaC
that wove 1t together. was our know
! ing that the people of Italy hav,
gone into this war for the same ex
alted principles of right and justic,
that moved our own people.
And so 1 welcome the opportu
nifty CT conveying to you the heartfelt
| greetings of the people of the United
States.
Motives Must BE Pure
But we cannot stand in th'
| shb dow OF this war without knowing
thee are things awaiting us which
are in some senses more dift:ul
than tfose we have undertaken, m'
cause. while 1t is easy - speak +"
right and justice, 1t is "on.ctimeS diff
;icult 10 work h, out in prac
ticc. and they WILL require Il purit.
OF nctive and disintcrcstedncss C.
object which the worl1 has re- &
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