Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1917 — Congratulations of President Poincare Get Fervent Reply. [ARTICLE]

Congratulations of President Poincare Get Fervent Reply.

Washington, April 8. —In response to President Poincare’s congratulations upon the entrance of the United States into the war,, President Wilson .today sent this message: , “In this trying hour, when the destinies of civilized mankind are in the balance, it has been a source of gratification and joy to me to receive your congratulations l upon the step which tny country has been constrained to take in opposition to the relentless policy and course of imperialistic Germany ■‘lt is very delightful to us that France, who stood shoulder to shoulder with us of the western world in our struggle for independence, should now give us such a welcome into the Lists of ibattle as upholders of the freedom and rights of humanity. “We stand as partners of the noble democrats whose aims and acts make for the perpetuation of the rights and freedom of man and for the safeguarding of the true principles of human liberties. In the name of the American people I salute you and your illustrious cohritrymen.”