Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-07-09
CARNEGIE HALL ADDRESS

New York. July S.-The text of
President Wilson's speech al Car
neg1e hall follows:
Fellow countrvmen:
'I am not going to try this after
noon to make you a real speech. /
am a bit alarmed to ind how many
speeches thai l have IN my system
undelivered. but they are all speeches
thHt come from the mind and ! want
TO say to you this afternoon only a
few words from the heart
You have made me deeply happy
by the generous welcome you have,
extended to me. out ! 40 not believe
that the welcome you extend to me-
Is half as great as that which ! ex-
tend TO you. Why, Jersevinan thougl.
! am. this Is the first time ! ever
thought that EObokeu was beautiful.
y have really, though ! nave tined
On the other slne of the water To
conceal IL been the most hnmesick
man in the American Expeditiunary
Forces and II is with feelings that it
would be vain for me to try TO sx-
press thai l find myself in this be-
loved country again. ! do not say
that because l lack n admiration of
other countries.
There have hesn many things that
softened my humeslckness. One Of
the chief things that snfteneo II was
the very generous welcome that they
extended 10 me as YOUR representa-
tive on the other side Of the water.
And II WAS still more softened by
the PRIDE that ! had N discovering
that America mad a. last convinced
the world of her true character.
'T was welcome because they had
seer with their own eyes what Am
esr1ca had done tor the world. They
had deemed her selfish. They had
deemed her devoted to material in
terests. And they had seen her boys
come across the water with a vision
even more beautiful than tnat which
they conceived when they had en-
tertained dreams of Liberty and of
peace.
And then I had the added pride
Of finding nut by personal observa-
! ton the kind of men we have sent
over ! had crossed the seas with
the kind nf men vino had taken them
over. without whom they could not
nave gone to Europe, and then when
l got there I saw that army oi men.
thai army Of clean men. that army
Of men devoted 10 the nigh interests
of humanity, that army that one was
glad 70 point out and say: These
are my fellow coun1rymen'
III snftens the homesickness a good
deal 10 have 50 much of home along
with you. and these boys were con-
slantly reminding me of home They
did not walk the streets like any,
body else. ! do not mean that they
walked the streets self-assertivelv
They did not. They walked the
streets as if they knew that they be-
longed wherever free men led they
were welcome IN the great republic o.
France and wee comrades with the
other armies that had helped TO win
the great battle and TO show the
great sacrifice. Because il is won
derful thing for this nation. hitherto
lsolated from the large affairs Of the
world, ~ win not only tfe universal
confidence Of the people Of the world
but their universal affection.
And that and nothing less than
that. is what mas happened. Wher-
ever il was suggested that troops
should be sent and II was des red that
troops uf occupation should excite no
prejudice or uneasiness on the part
of those "a whom they were sent
the men who represented the other
nations came to me ard asked me 70
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