The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-02-25

lads thought their homecoming was
complete
I They're members of the Old Fifteenth
infantry (colored), Il famous New York
fighting force. The chicken dinner was
a part-of the 'city's welcome home, and
there was Il parade. and other evil
,lences Of appreciation. all under the
auspices Of the mayors committee of
welcome. IL.
States. Was there ever such won
derful thing before: VIZ.
81 would have YOU understand that
the men who represent the other ma
tons there arc disintercsted. Quite
the contrary
| The European statesmen, he said.
when unable to agree were prone to
resort to the nation known as The
Friend Of Mankind"
TO Illustrate his point the presi-
dent related that American soldiers
were welcomed in all the European
countries. .s.. .ts g
IF l were to regard the pride l feel
a personal pride would be the most
| stuck up man in the world.
| II have been searching for the fun
damcntal fact that has brought Europe
| to believe in MS. She seemed for the
first three years to believe we felt we
could make more by staying out than
going in.
Then suddenly. the whole verdict
was reversed. 1t was when they saw
that America not only held ideas, but
| tnl 1,p
iirmcd partiSanS of America and be
camc converted to those ideas.
'"Now," said the president, 'this con-
ference we have established calls fcr
something The Europe l left was
full of hope. The Europe of the third
year was sinking to a. stubborn t4cs-
paration. They thought the end of
the war would eventually be1a resump-
tion OF the, old Order The never
dreamed it would be Il Europe Of s:t-
tied peace. ..v .r-5 ~,
Now all the peoples of Europe ere
buoyed up in the hope that i'll the
nations Of the world shall unite their
moral and physical forces thar right
shall prevail. What wOuld happen if
America should fail the world III its
hope? All nations will be set up as
hostile camps again and the neil 1T
the peace conference will go home with
their heads upon their breasts becaIisc
they will have failed We\wou.u leave
on the peace table nothing but !, mod
crn scrap of paper" = grS.-
Men who. he declared. woiilh have
America fail the world in its hopes,
saw only beyond the nearest horizon.
They did not know the, sentiment
of America: Speaking Of hopes Of Il
lasting peace. the president said he
had no more doubt of ''thc verdict of
America in this matter than l have
doubt of the blood that is in men,"
The nations of the world have set
| their heads now to do Il great thing
and they are not going to stop short
of their purpose. I do not speak of
the governments. but of the peoples
who will see that if their present gov
crnments do not their will, some 9th
ers will. And the secret is out and
! the present governments know it. !.
~ have come back for an attempt
to transact business for a little while
in America but i say in all soberness
; that I have been trying to speak your
thoughts. Probing deep in my heart
ana trying to see the things that are
right rather than the things that arc
eXpedient,- I am finding the heart Of
| America.
Il find that in loving America, I
have joined tbs majority of my fel-
low men throughout the world"
PRESIDENT WILSON SAID:
! Governor Coolidge, Mr.. Mayor. fell
low citizens, | wonder if you are half
as glad to see me as am to see
| you. 1t warns, my heart to see a
again, because in some respects dur
ing the recent months | haze been
very lonely indeed without your com,
radeship and counsel, and | tried at
every step of the work which fell
to me to recall what l was sure
would be your counsel with regard to
the great matters which were under
consideration.
Il do not want you to think that
| have not been appreciative of the OK
traordinary generous reception which
was given to me on the other side,
in saying that it makes me very
happy to get home again. | do not
mean to say that l was not very
deeply touched by the cries that came
from the great crowds on the other
side. But l want to say to you in
all honesty that felt them to be a
call of greeting to you rather than
to me.
Il. did not feel that the greeting
was personal. i hau IN my heart the
overcoming pride Of being your rep
resentatives and Of receiving the
plaudits, of men everywhere who felt
that your hearts beat with theirs in
the cause of liberty. There was no
mistaking the tone in the voices Of
those great. crowds. It was not
tone of mere greeting, it was not a
tone of mere generous welcome: it
was the calling of comrade- to COM
rade, the cries that comes from the
men who say, We have waited for
this day, when the friends Of liberty
should come across the sea and shake
hands with us, to see. that new
basis and foundation of justice and
right
America Is Trusted
Il can't tell you the inspiration tlat
came from the sentiments that come
out of those simple voices of the
crowd And tho r,rOudest thing I have