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n WEATHER fair Satarasy tad Sanaaj, UttU caaat U Umperatar- Beit Aivertisirx 'Helium in North Carolina rver VOLCVIII. NO. 181. RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28, 1918. PRICE: FIVE CENTS 1 he T Y x x 1 1 1 PRINCE ALBERT QUOTES THE KAIS Shows How His Ferocious Views Took Form in Bring ing On The War HATE REVEALED IN WORDS RELATING TO BRITISH Wilhelm Said He Held The Bus. ian Czar in. His - Hands; What Crown Prince Said CBt Tti AaaoctaUd Pn.l -Paris, Dec. ' 7. Recalling in message to Hie ci-Emiieror of Germany their ebnversafuns,Trinee ATI) ft iH 'part, said : "Although you said to me one day that it was not your right to take a eertain action which, would have eon- . served world pence, yet you told me on the yacht Meteor on June 2S, 1514. ia lea mini; of .the assassir-atiim of Arch duke Ferdinand, 'now I must do every thing over again.' A Deliberate War. VJIistory will reeogniio in these man ifestations of your conscience the truth of your responsibility for a deliberate war. In an interview I had with you on the same yarht on the morning of the same day 1 noted eertain points disclosing your Teal purposes. '' When I Ki.id to you that I lielieved the majority of the French sapportnl the idea of a rappronchment with Germany, you answered me with unusual emphasis: .'Yes, but we must hurry of else it will he tou la'e and other arrangement will be neeessary to establish the position of the nations of Europe. Here are the Anglo-Saxons understanding their true interefts mid trying to group themselves in 'joint prot ction against the yellow raees. Even this year President Wil son and England have used diplomatie language. They understand also that there is nothing to do with Germany than to accept here as she is." Saautioaal Conversation. After thus quoting the Emperor's lan- luaee. Prince Albert adds: "Yoa afterward talked at length to fonvinee mc you had no had sentiment toward Franee or any one, and you re marked to me that you might have tail en upon Russia when she was rniaed by her war with Japan, and npoa France when .W0.000 Kreneh aoldiers were In hospitals. When I answered vnu that Franee'a paeifle intention were shown bv the tendency to reduee her military force, you had nothing aiore trt mi v. - The Prince then relates a sensational -vion venation in which- the hmperor, joilHing to a Britiah squadron visiting "Cel. foresaw the. coining of war. "The transformation of your mental ity beeame evident-tome in Jane, J!'l4, when upon the deck 9fahe Hoheniid Im at Kiel vou said to riieJ th irri tation as von saw the English squadron rome to salute you: 'If they oblige i to make war the world will see what it has never known before.' "Your mind seemed JouYhed with a last glenm of foresight as these fero cious views took form. Perhaps you still wished to resist the monstrous oh session of those demanding war, for yon i addtd: 'Upon those ships where British officer arc about to laugh and dance with our' young women they seen very far from dreaming of making war. Talk With Crown Prince. The Prince gives a conversation, with the Oermnn Crown-Prince as showing his attifiido toward The Hague tribunal. 'Talking with the Crown Prince at hi Krenth residence in Bavaria, 1 compli mented you on offering to settle the Casabhineo affair before Tne Hague in bunal. The heir to the imperial throne answered me that the Chancellor had made a mistake in accepting that ar rangement 'berausc, said the trown affair, but a powerful state should have Prince, the French are right in tnat avoided war even when it is in the wrong, under penalty of losing its pres tige." " ' : Attitude Toward Ciar. In another talk with Emperor. Wil liam the Prince nays, the Emperor re marked that he held the Russian Czar in his hands.. In this connection Prince Albert writes: "In the series of crimes for which Germany must bear reaponsi hilitr, there is one which will revolt humanity for all times. Nicholas II was Incapable of lying or betraying his ar liesv-- He wished to perform h.i duticst" not agreeing with your wishes, although you told me you- held him in your hands. isichouva eluded your sugges tions but was assassinated by yonr Bol therik accomplices without your inter cning to save him." - British Captara Bolshevik! Ships. ' I Hr '1 h A.i--W Vmm : London, Dec. 27,-rThe British warship Calypso ha captured two Bolshevik de stroyer in the eastern Baltic, according to an official report from the Admiralty today. One of, the destroyer waa en gaged in bombarding lighthouses in the Ticinity of Beval. The officers and men , on board the destroyers were made pris oner. No casualties occurred on the Calypso, according to the report reach ing the Admiralty. TheCalypso was commanded by Captain Bertram &, Thesiger. . : Lafoie Quits Baseball. . Cleveland, 0., Dec. 27. Napoleon Lajoie, for twenty years conceded to Imj one of the world greatest infielders. today announced his retirement from professional hasrball. - For many year he ra eeosidered the leading second' baseman. - . withdraws From laveatigatie. ' Ran Francisco, Pee. 27. Announce ment that the Department of Labor had withdrawn from any grand jury in vestigation of charges made by one of- it agents, John B. Dcnsmore, of malfeasance, fjraet iced in the prosecu tion of Thomas J. llooney and related . case, was made by Assistant State At torney General Power her today. NEGRO IS Immigrants From Dixie Being Absorbed By Peace Industries SECRETARY BAKER TO DISCUSS DENT BILL Editor of Commerce and fi nance Writes About Wal ter Page Nasra and Observer Bareav. 40 Datrirt National Bank BaiMin-. Br 8. B. WlMTaU. I Br Special Lea. Win.) Washington, TV. 27. The Southern cotton fields are getting back little of the negro labor attracted North by the high wages of war plants, i ahown by report to "the Department of Labor. Their exodus cause serious labor short age in many localities. j In several districts, such as Ohio, Pennsylvania and the Virginia tide water, negro immigrants from Dixie are already being absorbed by peace indus tries. Although the labor department has not decided whether to try to in duce numbers of these- laborer to re turn South, the employment service ii already trying to get better working conditions for the- negroes in the Mouth, and is making plan to absorb the dis charged soldiers. The high cost of transportation has been a factor hindering the return of this labor, department officials believe. Higher wages for labor In the South are distined to rome, some members of the department believe, in order to ad just the shortage caused by the exodus to war plants. Secretary of War Newton Baker will appear before tne rules committee or the House of Representatives -at 10:30 o'clock tomorrow morning to diaens the bill of Chairman Dent of the House military affairs committee providing re lief to government contracts where land had been purchased, material acquired or other expense entailed by the In dividuals in government contracts. It is contended that many individuals and corporations will suffer by the orders of the War-Department to cut off con tracts entered into as war time meas ures. Representative E. W. Pou of North Carolina is chairman of the rales committee. . About Walter Page. "One of the old festurV-s of hi bust ness life is that Sis first nrimting wa failure," writes Richard Spillane, editor of Commerce and I inanee, in the issue of today, reviewing the irccr of the - late Ambassador Walter Hines Page. He conducted a newspaper in Raleigh, his home town, and not making t go -of it sold out to another young man of ambition and Courage. The new comer made a go of the paper -and is now-known the worid over, not 4y rea- n of his newspaper but because he is Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navv. "Not only tRe8outh, the best spirit of which he typifiedbut the whole na tion has reason to moufn-Che death of former Ambassador Walter Iltns Page, say Commerce and Finance. - Traetically speaking, Mr. Page never held but the one public office, the Am bassadorship to the Court of St. James. With the exception of serving on commission or two his whole work had been in the field of literature. For man-not trained along diplomatic line hts' suecen as an amliassador was re markable, especially as few represents tives of this government ever had to handle so many involved and delicate questions, "It waj in April, 1913, that Mr. Fage vas appointed to the London mission (CaiGnned en Tage Two.) REPUBLICANS HOLD CAUCUS AT GREENSBORO (Special to T hm and ObrvT.) Greensboro, Doc. 27. Leading Hepub lieans from all section of the State,' 23 or more ia number, met at Guilford Hotel for four or five hour today, but both before and, after the gathering, they declined to divulge to newspaper men the object of the caucus. It i sup posed to have had something to do with the alleged illegal voting in the recent election, plan to have -located in the State a branch of the national head quarter and the proposed Republican newspaper. All whs came out were silent ia many languages when asked abffut the busi ness. Among those here were Messrs. More head, GrUsom, Holton, Harris, Pugh, jorg Butler,- Dorset t, Kohlvsa, King and Benbow. 1. ANOTHER RUMOR ABOUT . FORM OF HUN "GOVERNMENT. Geneva, Dee. 27. ( Havaa l Report received from Germany indicate that the present government there is to con stitute a Federal republic on virtually the same plan as the United States. There would be a Congress composed of two jChambers, a Volkshaus. or Popul ehamlier, which would be the chamber of representativeaind a Stadcnhaus or chamber of States, which would take the part pf a Senate. The President would he elected by the people and would ant be responsible before Con gress. The border States would lie completely modified, the privilege of the, nobility abolished and Germany would annex German Austria. . EPIDEMIC Or CRIME - IN CLEVELAND, OHIO. Cleveland. Ohio, Dec. 27. In an ef fort to check the epidemic of crime that ha resulted ia fourteen murders and scores of hold-opt and robberie in the past three months, American Protective Ijragus operatives patrolled the street tonight armed with cluba. . LABOR EK remaining ih north vY ISSUE OF TREASURY CERTIFICATES ANNOUNCED I By T AaaoeimUd Pr.) -Washington, Dec. 27. A new issue of TjO.OW.'XW or more of Treasury ' certificates of indebtedness maturing in six months was announced today by Secretary of the Treasury Glass, in preparation for the Fifth Liberty Loan. Books will be open from Jan uary 8 to January 7 at Federal Re serve Banks. The certificates will bear interest at 4 1-2 per cent per annum and will be payable Juno 3. Report of Committee On War Finances One ot Features of The Meeting, DISCOURAGES THE PLAN OF "BUY AND BORROW" Price Levels Proved To Be One of The Interesting Topics of Day's Session 1 (By The AMoclatrd Prew.) ' Richmond, Va.,-Dcc. 27. The 2.",0OO report of, the Com ni it tee. on War Fi nance was read at the convention of the American Economic Association and al lied bodies today. This -report, pre pare! by E. IT. A. Seligman, of Colom bia University, chairman of the com . mittee, comprised 127 pages in which various phases of the financial situa tion, together with statistics are dis cussed. In concludes with this recom mendation: t "While currency and credit expansion has been to sonic extent unavoidable, it has probably been greater than acces sary. To prevent further ucgrnvation CONVENTION OF ECONOMIC LEAGUE during the post helium period, the fotNson unveiled a portrait of George Wa i - .. . ... . i r: . . . i . ii. i . lowing suggestions, deserve considera tion: The Federal reserve authorities should follow a less liberal policy in the matter of rediscount and collateral loans for member banks. A greater effort should be made to discourage the 'borrow and buy' policy in the matter of Liberty bond in-so far as borrow ing to buy does not involve immediate economies of . rqnsumptr. Hoc an rue to anticipatory borrowing by llie issue of treasury certificates, and with the re-establishment of a free international market for gold, the control of interna tional exchange should- be abandoned. finally, the plan of stimulating gold production by mean of some form of -government aid is to be 'deprecated. Price Levels. "Price levels"-proved one- of the. in tcresting topics of the day's session, be ing considered at a joint meeting orthe American Economic Association and the American Statistical Association. W. W. Stewart, of Amherst College, read a pa per on "Price Fluctuations during the Present War." Another paper was read by Dr. Royal Meeker, Commissioner of Labor Statistics. Views of Officials As To Recent Expression of French For eign Minister Washington, De. 27. Government of ficials here expressed tho belief today that Stephen Pichon the French For eign Minister, was voicing his own opinio!.- and not the policy . of tho French gov ernment when he said, there would be no immediate intervention in Bussla by the allies. The Uusaia itUJtionjLiasbeenlhc subject of earnest discussion by the representative at Paris of the asso ciated nations, but so far us is known here none of the governments has put forward any deflnitcjplans. The under standing here is that the whole subject will be left to the peace conference. It wa reiterated today that the allied powers have no desire to interfere with the internal affairs of Russia. Additional reports of the chaotic con dition in Bolphrvik controlled European Russia reached the tatc department to day. ' ' One..aftOHirt'iltd the loyal militia of Est bob ia and Livonia poorly equipped and with little or no training, was in no condition to withstand the attacks of the Bulsheviki. Rega, Reval and Limliaeli were re ported a crowded with refugees from the surrounding country. Advices reaching.! he state 'department today frbm"T(ucliiirest said the main force of the Bolshevik army in Russia resisted of 500,1X10 Russian soldiers, forced to join the, Bolshevrki because of fear of starvation, former Austro ITungariari prisoners of war, -iO.ikiO nien from the Balkan "Provinces and 40,01)0 Chinese workmen. . The Russian embassy received a re port today from the minister of foreign affair of the Russian government ut Omsk that Siberian troops commanded hy Gen. PepeliacfT captured the city of Perm Dee, !!4. More than 8,000 Bolshevik! were: taken, prisoner during the days lighting the message said, and a great ounntity of booty captured. Pole Isaac Ultimata To Germany. Warsaw. Dec. ' 27--(ty fffi' A. P.)- The Polish government has issued an ultimatnm to Germalry demanding the right of passage by' Polish troop over German held, railway to Viltie, which INTERVENTION IN ifSliUESlN city ia threatened by the Bolnhcviki. WILSON DELIVERS GREAT SPEECH. AT STATE BANQUET, FOLLOWING T CONFERENCES WITH OFFICIALS CONFERENCES WITH Fulfilment of Main Purpose of President Wilson's Visit To London 3 HOURS WITH BALFOUR AND LLOYD GEORGE Picturesque Incident When Wilson tlnveiled Portrait of George Washington (BjHil AwocUted PrM.) London, Dec. 27. Today was chiefly a workinir day with the President. Five hours were taken tip by two conferences with Prime Minister Lloyd George and Foreign Secretary Balfour on peace l)rpblrms.iThis . was the fulfillment of the main "purpose "of the President pilgrimage to -London. for three hours in the' morning Presi dent Wilson sat with Lloyd George and Foreign Secretary Balfour befure the open fireplace in the President's apart ment in Hurkinghara Palace. The see oud meeting km in the cabinet room of the Premier's residence in Downing street. The two sessions were broken by a luncheon ot which Mr. Lloyd George gathered a dozen leading Brit ish statesmen of the Conservative, Lib eral and Ibor parties. Picturesque Incident. There was a picturesque incident after the luncheon when President Wil- ash- iuirton, presented to the Premier's resi dence by lxird Albemarle. The iiiterert of Londoners in Presi dent Wilson continue high. Crowds outside the palace and in -Downing! street awaitea nn coming an nay, not withstanding the rain, and cheered his every appearance. Each time they saw Prenident Vilson they demanded a speech, but.cacK time the Presidsat shook his head negatively. - - " The newspapers today were filled with tributes to the President which un doubtedly have been the cause of - a heightening in his personal pnpulnrity in Indon. "It is expected that another great gathering will witness the progress of the President to the Guild Hall tomor row to receive tho address of the Lord Mayor. , SATISFACTORY CONFERENCES WITH BRITISH STATESMEN. London,-, Dac. 27. President Wilson's conference today with British states men are described in American quarters ts having been very satisfactory. The President spent more than three hours before Premier Lloyd (reorpc'i lunch eon, in most intimate discussion with the Premier and Foreign Secretary Bal four at Buckingham Palace, going .over the general aspect of the fourteen points of his peace program. ' No one particular phase--was -taken up but tho whole discussion was gen eral. No official announcements were made of the results of the conference and afterward tha. President continued the discussions witiTtHo British states men at the. luncheon in Downing street, and later resumed them at Buckingham Palace. - ' ;- It was learned a great deal of pro gress was made in making clear somo phases of the President' pointswhich are uppermoxt in the minds of the British, principally a regards the ques tion of British naval supremacy. With Lloyd George.' At Buckingham Palace, before .the luncheon, President Wilson, the Priuie Minister and the Foreign Secretary met in one of. the rooms of the President's suite liefore a elieerfuf," ojien fire, with no secretaries or documents to lend , any air of formality to the discussion. . It wa nn entirely informal conference, intended to develop the most jntimute applets "'of the situation. The President did a great deal of the talking and it wits said afterward that nothing developed to show thnt any substantial difference in principle,, or in fundamentals existed. The discussion Tanged aboot the freedom of the seas; the league of nations nnd- the attendant proposi tion of, the , reduction of armaments. None of these three subjects was dis cussed speeinraiiy or tiy itself, as they are considered inseparable in the final analysis, so the first pur pose of the conference was to de velop what might be the differences of opinion to a point where they night be clarified. , . - ' ' At Luncheon. The luncheon given by Premier Lloyd Oivirgo g-ive President Wilson an opportunity of meeting various goverrment and part v leaders. It was a purely informal pa'ty which later broke up Into groups v.-lio strolled into the adjoining library where they chatted and jokd. ' When the dinirK room was cleared Premier Lloyd George returned to it with his guests to receive from tlf Earl and Countess of Albe. marie a copy of the portrait of George Washinfrton pninted by Peale in 178,'t. The copy wns presented to the Prime Miniatec The originnl is in the I'nitcd Htate Senate. J no onjeci or tne .presentation was to commemorate the entry rif the I'nitcd States into the present war, The portrait was unveiled bv Presi dent Wilson. There were no formal- Cntlnuo en Pate TvaJ BRITISH OFFICIALS Guests at the State Dinner. Last Night in London Given in Honor of President of the United. States Dw. i TIm neat at ! Rial aanaaw straw UnifRt at aackins kaat Palac lactadva t - Kin Gaart an4 QmW Man, Prfaiaswt aa Mrs. Wibaa, PrtarMa Mary, Prim Hrarr. Friar bwrsa. tlx Paa ml I'aa aackt. Prianaa t krtmliaa. Priama Wal rtc. Piiwcaat Patrkai f Cawaaashl. A4aiiraJ Cnjmn, MaJ. Cm. B 144 la, HruradiT ( Mirral Harta. Lara rWrarhatt. Bir Chailaa Cart: Paat taatoa, ttw ftmmxh AbiaWi tka llaliaa Aaikaaaaaac aaa tlw MarvaiaaaM laipafiaU. Alfatua Mrrrr Del Val. tlw Saaaiah Aaiaaaaadar, Ihr Japan AataaaaaaVar aaa VkntM I'Mnaa; tka Aaiarkaa Aa, kaauaar an Mrs. Davta, Vic Aa,u.l HiaMI J. Ballar Wrvarkl. Caaailr f Um Aairriran Kaiaaaav. DarM R. Fraaria, Amrriraa Aaiaaaaaaar U Kaula; R. B. bu.aar, f Uw Aairrkaa Kkiapin Biwra. Tka Arrkklakn af Cantrraarr, tiM Arrh biihap f Yart, Pmakrr Lkrr (rrarK. Karl t'anaa. tnt Marsala ot Craw, th Karl af Raaalns. Rrttlnk Ankaaaaaar U Ik t'altaa BUtm: Ik Earl f Crawfara. tk Maharaja at Bikaaar, VaMMnt Milnar. Ira HaMaa. Viaraaat Bryra. FM4 Mar akal Viaraaat Praara. Viaraaat Nrtfc. rlig. Vkmaat Jalltra. Viaraaat Car. Lara Raacrt Carl', the Btaaaa af La4aa. E OF E Delivered Friday Night at The State Banquet in Honor President Wilson DWELT ON CLOSE KINSHIP OF THE TWO NATIONS Statement As To What Took TJr S. Into War and Why Wilson's in Europe Now (Bj Ttw AnoclaM PraM.t f "London Dec. 27. In V' speech at the State banquet to President Wi!on at Buckingham Faloee tonight King George said: -This is an historic moment and your visiti marks an historic eorh. Nearly 130 year have pasted since your re public, began it independent life and now, for the first time, a President of the United State is our guest in Eng land Whence Cam Yoar Ancestor. "We welcome you to the country whence came your ancestors and where- stand the home or those from wnora sprung Washington and Lincoln. We welcome you for yourself, as one whose insight, calmness and dignity in the dis charge of his high -duties we .have watched with admiration. We see In you the happy uuion of the gift of a scholar with those of a statesman. You came from - studious, academie quiet into the full stream of an arduous pub lic life uiid your deliverances have com bined 'breadth of view and grasp of worTd'"J)T(dilemr"with-the-mastery' -of -a lofty diction recalling that oV your great orators of the past and of our own. "Bound By the Closest Tlea." "You come a the ofliciul head and ipokesuian of a mighty Commonwelth bound, to u by the closest ties. Its people speak the tongue" of. Shakespeare anfMiJton. Our literature is yours, as yoursTs-fllso ours, and men of let ters in both "ctrttutries have joined In maintaining its incofrrWirable glories. ''To you, not less than"tv4is, belong the memories of our nationaT"-heroes from King Alfred down to the days Philip Sidney, nnd Drake, of Haleigh aiul Blakeand llamnden and the days when the political life of IheM-tnglish stock in America 'waa just beginning. You share with u the traditions of self- government old a the Magna Cbarta. Common Ideals of Oar People. "We recognize the bond of still deeper significance in the common ideals which our people cherish; 1'irst among those ideals you value, and we value, freedom aud peace. Privileged as we have been to lie the cxDonenta and the examples in national life of the principles of pop ular self government based upon equal laws, it now "fall to both of us alike to see how these -principles can beBK plied berond our -own bonier fr the good of the world. , Love of Liberty. "It was lovo of liberty, respect for law, good faith and the sacred rights of humanity that brought you to the Old World to help in saving it from the dan gers that were threatening around and that arraigned those soldier eitjr.en of yours, whose gallantry we have admired, side by side with ours in the war. Her To Help Build Up. "Yiru have now come to help in build ing up new states amid the ruins of those that tho war has shattered and in laying the solid foundation of a settle ment that may stand firm lieeniise it will rest upon the consent of rminri pated nationalities. You hive eloquently expressed the hope? of the American peo ple, as it Is our h,ope, that ome plan may he. devised to attain the end you have done so much to promote by which the risk of future wars niny, if possible, be averted, relieving the nations of the intolerable burden which fear of war has laid upon them, - "The British nation wishes all success to the deliberation on which you and we nd the great free nations allied with u are now to enter, moved by (Contlaaed on race TwaJ SPEECH KING GEORG A. J. Batfsar aa4 farawr Praakr Aa. aaitk. WORLD PK.l RE AS HTATE8MEN. Wlaataa 8aacr Ckarrkill J. Aaataa rkaaikartata. Uaai rWtaa. Priaiiar af tk laiaa af aaalk Afrira; Aaarrw Baaar In, Rakrrt Barara. Praaaw-r at Taaatla; Iwt, Ktrall Barara, Laaar Maaikfr ml ParliaaMat: Willuua Marna Hntara. Pra. Btr af Aaatralta: Bir Joarpk Pataa Mac lay, aktaainf raatmlUr: l.taat. t-r"ral Jaa t'krtalUa Haiata. Sir Eric Caaaaa. Pint Ir4 af Ik AaaiiraitT: PraaiHr LUya af Nw Paaaalaaa. tk Lara Mayar af Laa aa, Bir Krtr DraaaMa4. EMINENT WARKIORR. PtrU Marakal . Hal(. Vira Aaaiiral Blr Daval BaaUy. faaaaiaaarr af tk BrttWk (iraa4 rirat: Vkr Aaaiiral Bir Kaaaiya Waaar. Pint Bca Lar: t.ra. Sir Vim. R. Rakai laaa, I'ca. Bir Haarr Wilaaa 1-ra. Bar Mrkanl Taraar. PrafaMar flkrt M array, Mantasaa Jaaas, Rafyar k la lias. Viaraaat Parwakar. Lara-la-W ailins to Ih Kint: Viacaaat Caaararat, tk Lr4 Ckaasaartaia; tk tart af rktraM, Maav af tar Haraa; lrJ Btaaaiara. Lara-la-Waitiat: Bir Praarrtrk Panaaaky, ltaar af Ik I'rlry paraa: tk Darkaaa af Bathrrlaaa- ta Dasrasar Caaalaa af Alrli. Ik tarl af Bkafukary. Lar4 CkaaaasrUlk ta laa Qaa Cat. Frank DuaaaJa. Uw Qaara Eaaarry. . AT THE Now We Are To Prove Whether We Understand What "Right and Justice" Mean THEN HAVE COURAGE TO ACT OUR UNDERSTANDING Wo Will Have The High Privi lege To Apply . The Moral Judgment of The 'World (By Th Aaaartatad Praas.t lxndofl, "treev- 27. Replying. JU th King' address, President Wilson said I am deeply complimented by the gracious word which yoa have uttered. The welcome which you have given me and Sirs. Wilson ha been to" warm, to natural, so evidently from the heart, that we have been more than pleased. We have been touched by it and I bc-!eJhatL-orrectly iiitepret--4tat welcome as embodying not only your own generous spirit toward us person ally but also a expressing for yourself and the great nation over which you preside that bum feeling for my people, for the people of the I'nitcd States. "For you and I, sir I temporarily embody. the spirit of tn great nations, and whatever strength I have, anil what ever authority, I posses it ouly so long and so far as I express the spirit und purpose of the American people. . .. Asplratroaa af Krrcnica. "Every influence that the American people have over the nftairs of the world Ta measured bv" lhe sympathy with the aspirations of free uitu every where. "America doe love freeduui, and J believe that she loves recdum iiiisrl, lishly. But if she does ant she will not and -cannot help the intlucnre to which he justly aspires. j ... , "I have bad the privilege, sir, of coiu ferring with the leaders of your own aovernmcat nd with the spokesmen of the governments of Prance and of l.aly and 1 am glad to nay that I have the same conception that they have of the significance and sceje of the duty on h we have met, Right and Jmaie." We have" vufd great -sords ; all of us have used the greafnords 'right' and 'justice and now were to prove whether or not we undcrslhmd these words, and how they are to be to the particular settlenicut which must conclude this war. 'And we must not only understand them; but we must have the courage to. act upon our understanding. "Yet, after I have, uttered the word 'courage' it come into my mind 1hat .it wfuld take more courage to resist the great morii tide Bow running iii the world than to yield to it, than to obey it. 7 Great Tide III Heart of Mew. - 'There is a great tide running in the hearts of men. The heart? of men have never beaten o singularly in unison lie fore. Men have never before been so conscious of their brotherhood. Men have never before realized how . little difference thcrewa between right and justice in one latitude and in another, under one sovereignty and under an other. Onr High Privilege. "And it will be ouryhigh privilege, I lielievc, sir, not only t apply the moral judgment, of the world to the particular settlements which we shall attempt, but also to organie the moral force of the world to preserve tlnne settlements, ti. steady the forces of mankind and to make the right and the justice to which great nation like our own" have devoted themselves, the predominant and con trolling force of the world. 'There is something inspiring in knowing that this is the errand that we have come on. Nothing less than this would have justified me in leaving the important tasks which; fall upon me upon" the other side of the sea nothing but the consciousness that nothing else lCatlaa4 Pag Two.) VILSON SPEECH BANQUET DESCRIPTION Of Precedent-Breaking State Din ner at Buckingham Palace Last Night 4 mx. WILSON WITH QUEEN MARY, KING WITH MRS. WILSON Scenes of Splendor Depicted. Presentation of Noted Guests, The Banquet Hall (By Th AMoristcd Press London, Pee. 27. No more regal act- ting ever had been arranged in Bucking ham Palace than that . which greeted President Wilson and Mrs. Wilsofj.jWljen tliey were escorted into the banquet hall , tonight for the precedent-breaking state dinner. With Every Royal Formality. Every royal formality which had at tended epochal occasions at the palace for two or three hundred year wa carried out before nnd during the ban quet. President Wilson with Queen Miiry led the procession into the dining hall, preceded by. official of the palace splendidly costumed, bearing wands and walking backwards and making obeis ance to the guests. Immediately behind the President aad the Queen came King George and Mr. WMIson. They were followed by mem ber of the royal family. Seated at the Table, At the head of the table twelve per son were seated with King George in the middle. President Wilson ant at th King's right and Mrs. Wilson on hi left. To the right of President Wilson was Queen Mary and then the French Am bassador, pvinccs Christian, the Span ish Ambassador and Princes Patricia, daughter of the Duke of Connaught. At Mrs, Wilson' left sat Princes Mary, th Italian Ambassador, Princess Beatrice, and the Japanese Ambassador in the order named. American Ambassador Davis had the first place st a side rec tangular table on President Wilson' right. , (Jurats Presented. Prior to the dinner Presidei Wilson wero escorted from t ment to the great white dra where the royal family bm with .their other guests. Tl were presented to President Wilson and the dinner pnrl ately proceeded to the dininj Scene of Splendor. The scene wns one of splen ' dining saloon was a great ct : solid "gold plate ami huge , ments, valued at fifteen mill These find been brought front for the occasion. In color the goId-!aden till i with the decoration in the are white aii3 gold with rnn -and upholstering to nmtch. . son effeel was further carr 7 the delusive nnt rrp "pm- floral lbs-orations. . In the . -J the end of the room ws a r - chestra. Tho attendants w. ii ..: n state dress, whu h waa heavy . . lace. The Banqart Hill. The banquet, hall, which .lufiiSL, by 75 feet wide, was .,, . . . . by the guests through a sta i t. , approximately a (dork-long, t- nished aud decorated with pa - 1 porcelain. The main table was arranj j the lacks of President Wilsoi , George were toward the thr, is at one end of the hall. The permanent decoratior, striking!' simple wiien cofu - v-.j the regal tnlle. On each .a . ; glass chandeliers hung fr vi tremely high ceiling but fo iin i.u- iiet tonight 1-S candles in gold can- iletsbra, each Surmounted by a pink siik thafttywere 'used. ' . The pvneru41(Hv of the guest pre ceded the KoyalMnls"d the Presi dential and Ambussndorttittnerta into the banquet hull. They roiioafld re maine.r s'nnding while the main giiwtl nnd the hosts entered in procession. llenduiig the pmcesNion was, the Lord Chamlierfaiin and tho Lord Steward and other officialaTiT'atatrtTBiiHa.- Yeoman of the finnrd in red Elizabethan cos tumes i nd with halberds were in at tendance. LONDON NEWSPAPERS . EXPRESS THEIR PLEASURE London,' Icc, 'J7.. Iondnn's morning newspajirrBi having suspended publica tion TiTnce Tuesday for the Christmas holidays, hud to find spneo today for three days' news from the world. Nev ertheless, by far the largest part of every paper is given over to President Wilson's visit, other news lioing severely condensed. Throughout the descriptive, articles, as weJI ns the editorials, grati fication is expressed-over Mr.J Wilson's presence and the people's joyous wel come which is dejtared to have betaj the warmest tribute To a distinguished, visi tor that lndon has ever known. There is n strain of sympathetic, personal personal greeting running through all the stories and, the writer regard the popular acclamations of the President as being animated by the same spirit. "President Wilson' journey " was a triumphal procession from the moment (Continued On Page Two.) REGAL BANQUET pIWWrsWWWM'
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