We cannot find space for all the messages of greeting
sent to President Wilson by the Sovereigns and leading Ministers of the Allied Powers—messages which render justico to the momentous and enlightened decision of the United States to espouse the cause of liberty and justice. The same note is struck in the brief but dignified telegram in which, on behalf of the Empire, King George congratulates the President on the entry of the United States into war " for the great ideals so nobly set forth " in his speech to Congress. " The moral, not less than the material, results of this national declaration are incalculable ; and civilization itself will owe much to the decision at which, in the greatest crisis of the world's history, the people of the great Republic have arrived." In acknowledging the King's message President Wilson speaks of it as " a proof of the community of sentiment among the free peoples of the world, now striving to defend their ideals, to maintain the blessings of national independence, and to uphold the rights of humanity."
