The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-12-15
AWARDED
NOBEL PRIZE
Great Work Yet to Be Done
Says President

Christiana, Dec. 10.-The distribu-
ton of the Nobel prizes was made
here this afternoon. The principal
awards-the peace prizes for 1919
and 1S20--were given respectively to
Leon Bourgeois Of France and Wood
| row Wilson, president of the United
States.
The peace prizes were presented
| in the storthing during the after
| noon at a ceremony which was shorn
Of all ostentatiOn. The literature and
other prizes were delivered this even
ing in the Academy Of the MUSES. in
presence OF the royal family.
The document presenting the peace
| prize to President Wilson and also the
Nobel medal were received by Albert
q. Schmedemann. the American min
ister to Norway who read a message
of thanks from President Wilson.
President Wilson IN his letter ac-
cepting the Nobel peace prize, said
that if this were the last peace prize
to be offered he could not accept "for
mankind has not yet been rid Of the
unspeakable horrors of war" IN the
y u.
there will be abundant opportunity
for others to distinguish themselves in
the crusade against hate and fear and
war" tt;
I'm accepting the honor Of your
award" said the presidents letter. "I
am moved not only by a 1rofcunG
gratitude for the reco"1ition &c my
earnest efforts in the cause of peace.
out also by a very poignant humility
before the vastneSs of the work still
allied for by this cause
MAY not take this occasion to ex-
press my respect for the farsighted
wisdom of the founder in arranging
for continuing system of awards? If
there were but one prize or if this
were to be the last l could not, OF
course. accept it. for mankind has not
vet been rid of the unspeakable horror
If war. l am convinced that our gen.
grafton has despite it's wounds made
notable progress. But it is the bet
ter part of wisdom to consider our
work as only begun. IT will be con-
tinui1g labor In the indefinite course
IF years before us there will be abund-
mt opportunity for others to distin-A
guish themselves in the crusade against
hate and fear and war
There is, indeed, a peculiar fitness
N the grouping of these Nobel
awards The cause of peace and the
cause of truth are Of one family
Even as those who love science and
devote their lives to physics or chem
istry, even as those who would Gre
ate new and higher ideals for man.
kind in literature, even so with thcse
who love peace, there is no limit set.
Whatever has been accomplished in
he past is petty compared to the
Glory and promise Of the future"
Minister Schmedemann said in his
address:
1.-THE honor bestowed on President
Wilson is of significance and Of the
utmost satisfaction to me. To have
he privilege of accepting on behalf
IF the president the evidence OF his
appreciation of his effort to replace
liscord with harmony by appealing u
the highest moral forces Of each ma
ion is an event to be cherished
He, perhaps as much as any, public
hi'tii 10 ''iiSS'ouo VI tiiS- aylaCI tiidl
he time is past when each nation
IAN live only unto itself. His labors
have been inspired with the idea and
he hope of making peace universal
1T is impossible to make proper es-
mate of President Wilson and of his
reat work for international peace un-
III time has revealed much of that
which for the present must be a seal
ID book. No more fitting word of
.ppreciation could be voiced than that
contained in the presidents message
which acknowledges the great honor
onferred upon him"