Mr. Wilson, in replying to his fellow-President's " gracious greeting
" at the Elysee, said that in all he had done he had tried to translate the thoughts of his people into action. They desired to establish the eternal principles of right and justice. Peace must be such as to lay the foundations of freedom and happiness. He was sure the ruin wrought by the Central Empires would awake in him
the feelings of repulsion and indignation which they aroused in the people of France and Belgium. America was proud of her soldiers and sailors, and the part they had played ; they could have fought with keener zest in no other comradeship than that of France ; her fortunes were to America of profound and lasting interest. To a Socialist deputation Mr. Wilson observed that it had been a people's war, against absolutism and militarism, which must be for ever shut out from the possibility .of cruelty against mankind. All thoughtful and liberal men believed in the usefulness of a League of Nation?, as an instrument to secure a lasting Peace of justice and right dealing.
