Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-04
BALANCE OF POWER
must GIVE WAY TO
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
President Wilson, in Speech
at Rome, Declares for In
dependence of Balkans.
FRIENDSHIP ONLY FORCE
TO BIND WORl-D D TOGETHER
Task Of Paris Conference Will
Be to Organize Nations
Good Will.
DAY OF INTRIGUE Is GONE
Speaker Says Statesmen Of France,
Italy and Britain Agree
With Him.,
DAY OF INTRIGUE IS CON
Speaker Says Statesmen Of France,
Italy and Britain. Agree
With Him.,

with Him..
ROME, January 3.-President VIII.
son, speaking in the Italian Parliament
to-day in the presence OF King Victor
Emmanuel. the entire Italian Cabinet
and all members, again vowed the re-
moSal forever Of the old system of al
iiances. secret influence. intrigue and
military force.
I'VE know that there cannot be
another balance of power" he said add
ing that there mus, be substituted for
1t "a thoroughly united league of ma
tions"
*. Eidriendship r. and good will alone, he
permanent cement Of peace. for on that
basis alone can peace be durable
TASK AT PARIS TO
ORGANIZE FRIENDSHIP
Therefore" continued the President,
our task at Paris is to organize the
friendship of the world 10 see 10 il
THAT all the moral forces that make
tor right and justice and liberty arc
united and are given Il vital organiza-
Etion 10 which the peoples OF the world
"i,i readily and gladly respond
again the president averrcd that the
league Of nations Is not chimericai
an academic proposition or an unre-
What men once considered theoretf-
cal and idealistic turns out TO he urac.
ticai and necessary" he said.
states such as those Of the Balkans.
nitherto held together by brute force
must now be independent. Mr. Wilson
declared.
The scene in the Parliamen, was i'm
pressiSe. When Queen Helena Mrs
Wilson and Miss Margaret Wilson en-.
Tered the royal box the whole assem-
ply rose and cheered vociferousiy. 4
few minutes later King Victor and
PRESIDENT Wilson entered the chamber
and again there rose a tumult of shouts
Went has NOT resounded with since the
news was announced that DiaZr had
to!d inc Hafnerading Austrians: 200
PRlsIDENT SPEARS IN
ENGLIsh FoR TWENTY MINUTES
There were short speeches by the
tutsra prtesraents Of the Senate and Chamber
sdaressp ~dMagreepom n resident ire, Wilson made his
ie In English. The President Wis
i,eGiY maze hs q hi,, splendid impression. Re
10 let the cheering die down 80 hn
could be heard. He
The President and the King occu-
dais =" Inc presidential
as the President and his party lef,
7 inc armament ,,ia building they were
sal crowd
CITY COUNCIL MAKES
MIX. WILSON CITIZEN OF ROME
To- might the. Municipal Council of
dtninS ~ ssenteu the president with a
olpioma making him citizen OF this
ANCIENT capital. an honor in which Mr..
wilson said he felt great pride and
and his party will leave for Turin
aMnlian, Genoa and other cities. AS in
~ hs Man Iana. where he made u special trip
PRESIDENT is particularly anxious 10
STInG ..S,f IN .o contact with the masses. the
viii iiiiiTSS,o9o S,Sd or nation. and these he
centers which he will visit
PRESIDENT GREATLY PLEASED
WITH RECEPTION IN ITALY
PRESIDENT Wilson tonight expressed
i,ly IN Italy and at the result OF his con-
mier nier Orlando and, and Baron sonnino, the
inc President declared that in a very
-r.eW minutes several questions were
satisfactorily settled and that the work
facilitated
The President said nothing during
his tour in Europe had struck him
Gent city OF Rome. All the past gran
deur of Roman history occupied his
mind, m, a. ne s. SAID; when King Victor point
the ooelisks, fountains and aqueducts
ana other relics of early Rome. the
ossaghty s,hy of Of the sky and the brilliance
OF tne sun enhancing the superb scene
,.rresident Wilson's speech before the
Italian Parliament was as follows:
>. four Majesty and Mr.. President of
You are, bestowing upon me IN un-
precedsnted honor. which accept be-
cause ] believe that 1t Is extended to
peoplc for whom j speak. And i am
going to take this first opportunity
10 a,saic,n say now ocT entirely the heart OF the
great people of Italy.
MANY TIES bind
AMERICA AND ITALY
We have seemed no doubt indiffer-
tance, but our hearts have never been
far away. All sorts OF ties have long
bound tSs ,ao5s the people Of our America to
SIC OF the United States, knowing this
people, have witnessed Its sufferings,
its sacrifices. its heroic actions upon
ance at home---its steadfast endurance
at home touching US more nearly 10
the quick even than It's heroic action
by > new tie Of profound admiration.
Then back Of it all, and through
i all. running like the golden thread
edge that the people Of Italy had gone
into this war for the same exalted
principle Of right and justice that
come this opportunity of conveying 70
You the heartfelt greetings of the rro.
pie Of the United States.
ss I, rSut We cannot Stand 1n'thc shadow
Of this war without knowing there are
things which are in some senses more
difficult than those we have undertaken,
because. while 1t is easy to speak Of
right and Justice. 1T is. sometimes diff
fcult to work them out in. practice. and
there will be required n purity OF mo /.
tive and dlsinterestedness OF objec.
which the world has never witnessed
before In the councils OF nations
EMPIRES BUILT ON FORCE
{. f.fs HAVE MELTED AWAY
~ ''It Is for that reason that Il seems
!, TO me you will forgive me III I lay some
Of the clements Of the new situatlon