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Show 'j KING GEORGE ' PTOESWMN 1 A1MRO LONDON, Dec. 2S. In his speech at ' the stale banquet to President Wilson at Buckingham Palace last night. King I' : George said : ' ' ' "This is an historic moment and ; your visit marks an historic epoch. ! ; Nearly one hundred and fifty years , : liave passed since your republic be-. be-. pan its independent life and now, for t the first time, a president of the United Unit-ed States is our quest in England. I ' "We -welcome you to the country ; whence came your ancestors and j; where stands the homes from which ; sprang George "Washington and Lin-coin. Lin-coin. We welcome you for yourself, as one whose insight, calmness and ; .dignity in the discharge of his duties I; we have watched with admiration. We .f see in you the happy union of the gifts Vl of a scholar with those of a statesman. You came from, a studious, academic '' Quiet into the full stream of an ardu- ; ous public life and your deliverance Y has combined breadth of view and i grasp of world problems with the mas-I mas-I ; tery of a lofty diction recalling that , of your great orators of the past and ; ' of our own. ; "You came as the official head and ;' spokesman of a mighty commonwealth common-wealth bound to us by the closest ties. , Its people speak tbe tongue of Shakes-n Shakes-n peare and Milton. Our literature is yours, as yours Is also ours, and men i of letters in both countries have join- I , cd in maintaining its incomparable glories ! "To you, not less than to us, belong the memories of our national heroes f from King Alfred down to the days j of Philip Sidney and Drake, of Raleigh Jl and Blake and Hampden and the days It when the political life of the English j, stock in America was just beginning. .'I You share with us the traditions ot ree self-government as old as the (: Magna Charta. jj "We recognize the bond of still : ncepor significance in the common j Mleals which our people cherish. First i among those ideals you value and wo 'I ?alue, freedom and peace. Privileged !i we have been to be the exponents :J find the examples in national life of ;'l the principles of popular self -govern -1 m"nt based upon, equal laws, it now ' falls to both of us alike to see how I, these principles can bo applied beyond ' our own borders for the good of the l world. "It was love of liberty, respect for t law, good faith and tho sacred rights ;. of humanity that brought you to the 5 ld world to holp in saving it from the dangers that were threatening around and that arrayed those soldier citi-4 citi-4 zens or yours, whose gallantry we have 1 admired, side by side with ours in the ;t war. L' "You have now come to help in building up new states amid the ruins dji f those that the war has shattered jj and in laying the solid foundations of fii settlement that may stand firm be- 1 1 I cause it will rest upon the consent of the emancipated nationalities. You j have eloquently expressed the hope i of the American people,1 as it is our ihope, that some plan may be devised to attain the end you have done so much to promote by which the risk of ' future wars may.jf possible, be avert - cd, relieving the nations of the intoler-; intoler-; able burden which fear of war has ! laid upon them. j "The British nation wishes all suc-jcess suc-jcess to the deliberations on which you j land the great free nations allied with i jus arc now to enter, moved by disinl lerestcd good will and a sense of duty I commensurate with the power which ( I we hold as a solemn trust. ; "The American and British peoples ', have been brothers in arms and their , arms have been crowned with vie -1 lory. We thank with all our hearts your valiant soldiers and sailors for their splendid part in that victory, as wc than tho American people for their noble response to the call of civillza- j tion and humanity. May the same brotherly spirit inspire and guide our) united efforts to secure for the world; the blessing of an ordered freedom: and an enduring peace. "In asking you to Join with me in; drinking to the health of the presi-; dent, I wish to say with what pleasure we welcome Mrs. Wilson to this coun-i try. "I drink to the health of the president pres-ident of the United States and Mrs. Wilson and to the happiness and prosperity pros-perity of the great American nation." Replying to the king's address, President Wilson said: "I am deeply complimented by the gracious words which you have uttered. utter-ed. The welcome which you have given giv-en me and Mrs. Wilson has been so warm, so natural," so evidently from the heart that wc have been more than pleased. Wc have been touched by it, and I believe that I correctly interpret that welcome as embodying not only your own generous spirit toward to-ward us personally, but also as ox-pressing ox-pressing for yourself and the greuUna-tion greuUna-tion over which you preside that same feeling for my people, for the people of the United States. "For you and I sir I temporarily cmbodythe spirit of two great nations, and whatever strength 1 have, and whatever authority I possess it only so long and so far as I express tho spirit and purpose of the American people. "Every influence that the American people have over the affairs of the world is measured by tboir sympathy with the aspirations of free men everywhere. ev-erywhere. "America does love freedom, and I believe that she loves freedom unselfishly. unsel-fishly. But if she does not she will not and cannot help the influence to which she justly aspires. "I have had the .privilege sir. of conferring with the leaders of your own government and with the spokesmen spokes-men of the governments of France and Italy, and I am glad to say that I have the same conceptions that they have of the significance and scope of tho duty on which we have met. "We have used great words; all of us have used tho great words 'right and 'justice' anil now wc aro to prove whether or not we understand theso words, and how they are to be applied to, tho particular settlements 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 comes Into my mind that It would take more courage to resist the great moral tide now running in the world than to yield to it, than to obey it. "There is a great tide running in. the hearts of men.- The hearts of men have never beaten so singularly in unison uni-son before. Men have never before 'been so conscious ot their brotherhood. I Men have ncivor before realized how 'little difference there was between j right and justice in one latitude and in another, under one sovereignty and ! under another. ' "And it will be our high privilege I I believe, sir, not only to apply the I moral judgment of the world to the particular settlements which wc shall attempt, but also to organize tho moral mor-al forces of the world to preserve those I settlements, to steady the forces of j mankind and to make the right and the justice to which great nations like lour own have devoted themselves, the I predominant and controlling force of ; the world. I "There is something inspiring in knowing that this Is the errand that iwe have come on. Nothing less than i 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 compares with this in dignity and importance. t "Therefore, it is Iho more delightful to find myself in the company of a body of men united in ideal and pur-ipose pur-ipose and to feel that I am privileged to unite my thoughts with yours in carrying forward these standards which we are so proud to hold so high and to defend. "May I not, sir, with a feeling of profound sincerity aid friendship and sympathy, propose your health and the health of the queen and the prosperity of Great Britain''" I oo I |