Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-06
WILSON SPEAKS
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and the route had been plastcred with
| posters and pictures of President wilson
! together with quotations from his speeches
which could be particularly applied to
ltaly's position.
GIVEN FREEDOM or CITY.
The President called mt the city hall.
where the freedom ofthc city was bestowed
upon him lie then proceeded TO the
Royal Palacc, where he received dciega-
tions. going thence To LaScala, where ne
dincd. and where It was hoped he would
F., attend the opera. While he was at the
palace the great square before the ca
| thcdral was 90 jammed that the cathedral
had Ia bc closed The American secret
service men declared they had never
taken anv President through such demon
straiivc scenes or such great crowds.
While the throngs were orderly, they
seemed simply Wild with enthusiasm and
determined TO crowd near Ia the President.
| The tour of the city by the Presidential
PARTY was To the accompaniment OF virtu-
| ally one continuous roar OF ''vivas.
II was evident that the President was
much fatigucd by the STRAIN, despite his
! endowment Of the spectacle.
SOLDIERS Ask LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
| OF the MANY incidents of the visit
] pcrhaps The most touching was the pres
/ cn,ation by wounded soldiers OF me-
mortal favoring a league OF nations.
The principal speech delivered by the
| President was at the Muncipal receipt on,
where he reiterated that the peace must
! le made in no special interest The
J President concluded nv saying that he had
4 heard the story OF ltaly's privations and
/ >acrliiccs IN the war. and added:
LOVES PEOPLE OF ITALY.
81 take of my hat Ia the great people
! of ltalv and tell them that my admiration
+ Is M, rgcd into friendship and affection.
In rcplving 10 the welcome OF the
/ Nayor Of Milan on behalf of the munici-
! pality the President said
"Mav | not say 10 YOU rs the repre-
sentative of this great city that IT is inn
poSsIhlc for me 10 put INTO words the
IMPRESSIONS have received to-day. The
overwhelming welcome. the spontaneous
welcome, 80 evidently coming from the
heart has hccn profoundly moving To
me-. sur. and have not failed to see the
significance az that welcome. You have
voursct referred TO t.
srE.Ke or WORRYING CLASSES.
am as kecnlv aware, | believe, sir,
+, ANYBODY can bc that the social struc-
,lrc rests upon the great working classes
+ "a the world and that those work ng
elaSses IN several countries OF the world
Z have, nv their Consciousness of community
1 IT interest. Nv their consciousness oi
community of spirit done perhaps morr
/ than any other influence has 20 establish
! , world oninnn which is not OF n nation,
( which is not ot 4 continent, but is the
opinion. ono cht say, OF mankind
and am awarc. sir. that those Of us
NOW charged with the very great and
serious responsibility of concluding peace
must think. act and confer IN the presence
Dl this opinion that We are not masters
III fhc fortunes ~ anv nation hut are the
servants ~ mankind. that Il Is not our
privilcc, 10 follow special interests,
III, II : our manifest duty 10 study only
the general ,ntercst
Tins i = solemn thing, sir, and here
n Milan. where know so much Of the
pulse az international sympathy heats
! an glad "a stand up and say that |
lchcv,. that that pulse heats also in
m, own y,Ins and that am not think
ING ID particular settlement
TOUCHED VS. MEMORIAL.
am verv much touched today, sir,
tn rccciv, Al the hands al wounded
soldiers 4 memorial in favor of league
oi nations and IL Ia told Nv them what
II va> thar thcv had fought for not
mcr,h 'o win the war, hu' ~ secure
something hcyond some guarantee OF
uIs N, some equilibrium for the world
s> whole which would make II certain
Thar thcv would never have 20 fight a
rav Dis" This again.
I~ an added obligation uron
fulh, peace We cannot merely
r ,tra', 81 peace and 80 home with
et.- .uH .rncc w must do some
-lIa. mor. N, must add So far IS We
ri, security which suffering men
( .ycl,p a,r, demand
r7&lYs .IoEInv~ SACRIFICES.
laa when ,ucaL - suffering men
fttH. .8.o - -ufvcrnC women know
-..eu.ti s hsve br,.u the achieves
u.e,,t. 3 wow Arnace and tremendous
= nav, lr~, he sacrifices which they
'.,ve mad, and great the glory which
'ho, hav, acn!cved tho real hard pressure
II III, burden caTe upon the women ~
hom, Whose men had gone 70 the front
nd who were willing n have them stay
untl the battle was fought out And ]
have heard from vour minister Of food
tho stor, hcv for days together there
would =, ~, nread And W hen they knew
tns' there W., no bread tn spirit of
the people did r., flag
''uAT 0Ft To orr AT PEOPLE.
taA, ~ u. ha' 20 The great people
81 Italt and ~. rh,m that my admira-
.9r merged into friendship and AfTcr-
tar il I-gn Nh, >p.rlt thai receive your
otrr- -cst -ir nd thank you from tho
a,'r,n 81 m, hcsr t,r thi unprccc-
drrte p. el;ior which ] hav received
- 't hsud - Your e'ncrou, peoplc