Show PEACE PRIZE AWARDED TO PRES WILSON With Leon Bourgeois Statesman of France Executive of the United United States Is Honored With the Nobel Gift Norway Dec 10 10 Presentation of f the Nobel peace prizes for tor 1919 1910 and 1920 which have been awarded to Leon Bourgeois nour of France and Woodrow Wilson president of the United States took place hero today Formal announcement announcement ment of the a awards ards was made yesterday A message from Pr President Wilson tobe to tobe tobe be read upon the presentation of the 1920 prize had been received by Albert C. C American minister to Norway and was read by him during i the ceremony The exercises took place In the prESence presence presence pres pres- I ence of ot members of ot the cabinet In the house of parliament man many foreign diplomats dip dip- being in attendance J. J J diP I G. G former premier spoke in handing the prizes to the French and I American ministers who were Introduced introduced intro Intro- introduced by the speaker of the chamber Anders Johnsen Buen The committee which made the away in addition to Mr of Hans J Jakob kob Horst a a. prominent banker Bernhard Hanssen a a. member of ot parliament Dr Halvden a a. university professor and Wollert Wollert Wol- Wol lert former minister of foreign affairs T The e last last time the No Norwegian w gia n parlia parlia- ment in session awarded the Nobel prize was in 1906 when the late Theodore Theodore Theodore Theo Theo- dore Roosevelt received the honor THIRD AMERICAN NEW YORK Dec 10 Award Award of the Nobel peace prize today to President President President dent Wilson Vilson as the person who has promoted most or best the fraternity of nations and the- the abolishment or di diminution diminution di- di of ot standing armies annIes and the formation and increase of peace congresses congresses congresses con con- marks the sixteenth bestowal of the gift of the Swedish inventor of dyn dynamite mite Alfred B. B Nobel whose name it bears President Wilson is the third American to receive the peace prize the other being Theodore Roosevelt in 1906 and Elihu Root in 1912 The prize one fifth of ot the annual interest on about left for the purpose by Mr l Nobel normally amounts to about but is payable paya- paya payable paya paya- ble oin In in Swedish kroner which at the present rate of exchange represents about in American gold A kroner in the United states at present has a value of only 19 cents as compared compared compared com com- pared to its normal value of nearly 27 cents Recipients In countries where the kroner is above par however will I receive much more than the amount I stipulated Knut of Norway I winner vinner of ot the Nobel prize for literature literature literature litera litera- ture thus will receive and a aGerman aGerman aGerman German award would make the recipient recipient recipient in that country almost a mil mil- Similar awards awards awards' are made in the Swedish today to individuals individuals individuals who have attained supreme eminence eminence eminence emi emi- nence In the domains of physics chemistry chemIstry chemistry chem chem- and medicine PRESIDENTS PRESIDENT'S LETTER WASHINGTON Dec 10 President dent Wilson Vilson in his letter Jetter accepting the Nobel peace prize which was I read today at the presentation ceremonies ceremonies ceremonies cere cere- monies at said that if this were the last peace prize to be of offered offered offered of- of he could not accept it for mankind has net t et been rid nf of the thi I unspeakable horror of var war In the years to come the president added there will be abundant opportunity for others to distinguish themselves in the crusade against hata hate and fear and war r In accenting the honor of your award said the presidents president's letter I Iam Iam 1 am moved not onlY by a profound gratitude for tor the recognition of my earnest efforts in the cause of peace but also by a very poignant humility humility humility ity before the vastness of the work still stin called caned for by this cause WISDOM OF FOUNDER May I not take this occasion to express my my respect for the sighted far-sighted wisdom of the founder in arranging I 1 for a continuing system of awards If there were but one such prize or if this were to be the last I Ic c could uld not n of course accept it For mankind has not yet et been rid of the unspeakable horror of war I am convinced that our generation has despite Its wounds made notable progress But It is the better part of wisdom to consider our work as ns only begun It will be a continuing labor In the indefinite course of years ears before us there will be abundant abundant abundant ant opportunity for others to distinguish distinguish distinguish dis dis- themselves in the crusade against hate and fear and war There is indeed a peculiar fitness in the grouping of these Nobel awards The cause of peace and the cause of truth are of one family Even a as tho those w who l love v science i 7 S and d devote lives to 11 Y Vl or even as those who would create new an and higher ideals for tor mankind in lit literature even so with those who love peace there is no limit set Whatever has b been en accomplished in inthe inthe the past is petty compared to the I glory and promise for tor the future |