Wilson in France.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 17 December 1918, Page 3

Wilson in France.

WARM TRIBUTE TO AMERICA

Received this day, 9.30 a.m. Paris, December 14

On President :WiTson's arrival, lie ■was greeted by President Poincaire and Madame Poincaire and drove to the Maiison Murat, being loudly dheeredi en route throuefh the decorated streets. Speaking to a toast at the Elysee Palace dinner. President Wilson said it was delightful to find himself in France whose sympathy and friendship for the United States <w;as quickened by the present contact. His (President Wilson's} task was to speak tlhe thoughts of the people of the United States and translate those thoughts into action The American people thought more of what followed the war than even tllile winning of it. The eternal principles of Never before had war borne so terrible a. visn.ge, or exhibited more grossly debasing and illicit ambitions. President Wilson continued: "I shall look upon the ruin wrought hv the Central Powers' armies _ with the same repulsion and indignation as stirs the fli parts of the Belgians and French." He fully appreciated the necessity for action, not onlv to rebuke such deeds of terror and spoliation but to prevent a recurrence by means of deterrents and nnnislnnents. United States soldiers had fouafht wvfh the utmost pleasure side by sjde with tho soldiers of France. M. Pomcaire, in proposing President Wilson's health, _ referred to the liberality of tho United States before "''e entered the war and her sympntihiv with tho Allies' cause. The value of American help at the critical moment was a feature of the war's historv.