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Show WILSON TO VISIT TROOPS I American Executive Receiving - IWILHELM REFUSES TO QUIT HOLLAND '1 (By the Associated Press) f PARIS, Dec. 16 President Wilson and Premier Clemenceau touched in only the most general manner the problems of the peace j inference in the course of a conversation they had at the Murat resi-; resi-; dence last evening', according- to Marcel Hutin of the Echo de Paris. . - Mr. Wilson was most impressed with the premier's personality. j The American president will not be present at the fetes to be ac- j i corded King Victor Emmanuel of Italy who arrives Thursday, accord- j ing to the Echo de Paris, but it is probable that he and the king will j exchange calls. - j It is understood that Mr. Wilson may visit the American troops ; f on Christmas and celebrate the day with them at Treves. , ' BERLIN, Sunday, Dec." 15; Discussing President Wilson's trip ; to Europe, Count Ernst Reventlow in the Tages Zeitung says : "The German people must pay any price, no matter how high, the f United States names as a condition for the resumption of their posi- tion and retains with the world. ' ' ; Count von Reventlow believes that Mr. Wilsqn's consent to thei If armistice imposed on Germany is bound to "prove inimical to the in-, '( fluence of the United States in Europe and among its associates." . I i' STOCKHOLM, Dec. 16. Hjalmar Branting, Socialist leader, has I ; telegraphed President Wilson on behalf of the Swedish Democratic j J" labor leader assuring him "of the moral support of organized Swedish i labor in his endeavors to carry out his principles." ! PARIS, Dec. 16. President Poincare will go to the Murat resi-t resi-t dence at 2:45 o'clock this afternoon to conduct President Wilson to the city hall where ceremonies will take place. The speech making will occur in the great inner court yard of the city hall, which has ! been covered over for the occasion and decorated with flags and bunt-:l bunt-:l ing. After the exchange of addresses, luncheon will be served. I On the way to the buffet in the city hall, the party will pass !' through the salons where guests of the day will be grouped. In one of them will be stationed the "singers of St. Gervais," a choir celebrated cele-brated for its unaccompanied singing of the ancient polyphonic music. This assemblage of singers is attached to the Church of St. Gervais . behind the city hall, which was struck by a shell from the German ) long range cannon on Good Friday, just as the singers were about to begin Palestrina's "Stabat Mater." I PARIS, Dec. 16. President Wilson will on Thursday attend a reception given in his honor by the French-American committee. He ; will give a banquet to President Poincare and eminent politicians and diplomats on Saturday evening. Covers will be laid for seventy. COPENHAGEN", Sunday, Dec. 15. At a mass meeting in honor I of President Wilison's visit to Europe, a resolution of welcome was p. adopted .today and was accepted by Hugh Grant Smith, counselor of i;v the American legation here. Many people prominent in politics, and society were present and great enthusiasm was shown. L PARIS, Dec. 16. President Wilson will attend a meeting of the (French cabinet on Thursday and a reception will be accorded him by the members, according to newspaper announcements. ! PARIS, Dec. 1G President Wilson; delivered an address today at the city hall wtore ceremonies had been arranged ar-ranged for. The president repield to the greeting extended him. "Your greeting has raised many 4 emotions within me," the president began. f "It is with no ordinary sympathy jj that the people of the United States, ;J for whom I have the privilege of ( speaking, have viewed the sufferings jj of the people of France. Many of our J own people have been themselves wit-nesses wit-nesses of those sufferings. We were .j the more deeply moved by the wrongs of the war because ve knew the man- ner in which they were perpetrated. i beg that you will not suppose that because a wide ocean separated us in ; space we were not in effect eye wit-j wit-j nesses of the shameful ruin thut was "wrought and the cruel and unnecessary j- sufferings that were brought upon you. j These sufferings have filled our hearts with Indignation. We know what they j were not only, but wo know what they ' signified and our hearts ere touched ; lo the quick by them; our imaginations filled with the whole picture of what fli France and Belgium in particular had jftlv experienced. im "Wben the United Stales entered the lw War' thercfore they enlered it not rl . on'y because thev were moved by a m conviction that the purposes of the IJ: Central empires were wrong and must ll) be resisted, by men everywhere who loved liberty and the right, but also because the illicit ambitions which, they were entertaining and attempt-j ing lo realize had led to the practices . which shocked our hearts as much as they offended our principles. 9 "Our resolution was formed because we knew how froundly great principles of right were affected, but our hearts moved nlso with our resolution. "You have been exceedingly generous gener-ous in what you have been gratious enough to say about mo, generous farl beyond my personal deserts and you have interpreted with real insight the motives and resolution of the people of the United Stales. Whatever in- j fluence I exercise, whatever authority! I speak with, I derive from them. i know what they have thought, I know I what they have desired and when I have spoken vhal I know was in their minds It has been delightful to see how the consciences and purposes of free men everywhere responded. Wej have merely established our right to the full .fellowship of these peoples j here and throughout the world who reverence the right of genuine liberty and justice. "You have made me fool very much at home here, not merely by the delightful de-lightful warmth of your welcome, but also by the manner in which you lave (Continued' on Page 4.) PRESIDENT WILL CELEBRATE MS m 01 BOYS (Continued from Page 1) mado me realize to the utmost the intimate in-timate community of thought and ideal which characterizes your people and the groat nation which I have the honor for tho time to ropresent. "Your welcome to Paris L shall always al-ways remember as one of the unique and inspiring experiences of my life and while I feel that you aro honoring honor-ing the people of the United States in my person, I shall nevertheless carry away with me a very keen personal per-sonal gratification in looking back up. on these memorable days. "Permit me to thank you from a full heart." In addressing President Wilson at the city hall ceremonies, Adrien Mithouard, president of the municipal council of Paris, said: "I have the honor, in the presence of the republic, to present you the municipal council of Paris, whoso interpreter in-terpreter I am in welcoming the chief of the groat nation, whoso aid arriving arriv-ing so opportunely brought us victory and the upright man whose conscience fashioned his policy and whose diplomacy dip-lomacy was made of-loyalty." Turning to Mrs. Wilson, M. Mithouard Mith-ouard said: "Madamo: Paris is infinitely happy and Is touched to think who have accompanied ac-companied the president, have been goon enough on this occasion to give us .the charm and grace of your pres-1 pres-1 once. Wo have long boon aware of your devotion and of tho wise and bon-"eficient bon-"eficient activity you have shown by ! the side of your illustrious husband. Yet nothing touches so much the heart of the people of Paris as to be permitted per-mitted to know those who have already al-ready conquered by their goodness. Thus Paris, by my voice, acclaims you and lays at your feet, madame, the homage of its gratitude and Its respect." res-pect." Finally, speaking again the President Presi-dent Wilson, M. Mithouard said: "Mr. President, it Is with deep emotion emo-tion that the capital welcomes today the first president of the United States who has crossed tho sea and our city hall, the cradle of Fronch liberty, will mark in its annuals the day on which it was permitted to receive the eminent em-inent statesman of the union, the citizen cit-izen of tho world dare we say the great European? whose voice, heard before the coming of victory,, called to life the oppressed among the nations. na-tions. "During weary months our soldiers havo fought with stole resolution In defense of the soil of their forbears and the land of their children. So vast was the field of battle, so great was the Issue at' stake, so bitter and so hard was the struggle that only after tho passage of time did It seem possible pos-sible that the grandeur of their accomplishment ac-complishment could clearly show forth. Yet your distance from tho theater of war has allowed you to see, while yet they' lived, tho greatness of tho monument they were building. "From the other 6ide of the world you have spoken in advance of the judgment of history. What a source of strength it was for these fighters suddenly to hear your voice, in Its distant dis-tant authority resembling the voice of posterity; what joy to welcome those new brothers In arms hastening with ardor to claim at the critical hour their place upon the field of battle; what comfort for them to feel that they were henceforth arrayed with the glorious army of General Pershing, Persh-ing, the victor of the Argonne!" PARIS, Sunday. Dec. 15. The French government is' considering a bill establishing among the Allies an international financial union. The purpose of this unlou would be to distribute dis-tribute the expense of the war between be-tween the nations on the basis of populations pop-ulations and power to contribute. The proposition is supported by 100 delegates dele-gates of all parties. It is understood that a similar bill is under consideration considera-tion by the British government. It Is estimated that tho expense of the Alies tatolled 424,000,000,000 francs while the central power expenses ex-penses aggregated 870,000.000,000 francs. To avoid international bankruptcy, bank-ruptcy, it is declared that such an association as-sociation is necessary to float an international in-ternational loan estimated at 518,000,-000,000 518,000,-000,000 francs to be distributed on a basis of population and production, i Each state would guarantee its proportion pro-portion from customs and Other reve-( nue6. oo A recuperative diet in influenza. Horllck's Malted Milk, very digestible. oo |