The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-10-27
To Be the Governing Motive Of
the United States Govern
ment Wilson Announces.
NOT ANY MORE CONQUEST
BY This Country to Secure Ad-
ditional Territory the Pres
ident Openly Declares.
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dent Wilson announced to the world
today that the governing motive OF
the United States in its relations
with the countries of this henis-
phere would be more morality and
not expediency.''
II want to take this occasion to
say" he declared. that the United
States will not again seek to secure
one additional foot OF territory by
conquest.
The president In speech before
the Southern Commercial Congress
delivered a yelled attack on what he
termed THE material interests that
had influenced the foreign policy OF
some governments in their relations
with nations of Latin America.
Though Mr.. Wilson did not mention
Mexico as the afflicted country he de-
voted his entire speech to descrip-
ton of the degrading influences which
foreign concessionaries had had up
on the internal affairs of the Latin
American countries. The president
spoke eXtemporaneously. 81 came,
he said, mot to speak for the South
because the South has the gift of
speaking for herself. i came here
because would speak of our present
prospective relations with our
Ineighbors to the south. The future
Us going to be very differnt for this
hemisphere. Those states lying to
the south, which have always been
our neighbors will be drawn closer
to each other by common ties of I'M
derstanding. Interests do not tie
nations together. ut sometimes sep
arates them, but sympathy and I'M
lderstanding do bind them together
You hear Of concessions to for
eign capital in Latin America but
you don't hear of concessions to for
eign capital in the United States.
They are not granted concessions.
They are invited to make invest
ments. 1t is an invitation, not a
privilege and states that are obliged
TO grant concessions are in the con-
dttion that foreign interests are apt
to dominate their domestic affairs.
Such a condition of affairs is apt to
become intolerable and it is emanci-
patton from this inevitable subordi-
nation which we deem il our duty to
assist in. Their self-respect, their
achievements in spite OF these diff
culties deserve the admiration and
APP lause of the world. I rejoice In
nothing so much that they win be
emancipated and we ought to he the
first in taking part in assisting in
that emancipation"
The president depressed to point
out that the department of state re-
Gently had tried to serve in that
wise" but mentioned no specific in
stances. In the future" he con-
tinued. "the nations to the south OF
us will draw closer to US because of
those circumstances OF which | am
speaking. We must prove ourselves
their friends and champions on terms
OF equality and honor. We can not
be fast friends on any other terms
than those of equality and We must
show ourselves friends by compre-
hending their interests whether they
square with our interests or not.
1t is vey perilous thing to deter
mine foreign policy in terms OF ma
terial interest. 1t is indeed de-
grading thing. The development of
constitutional liberty and world hui
man rights, the maintenance of ma
tional integrity as against ma
terial interests, that is our creed. |
want to take this occasion to say too,
that the United States will not again
seek to secure an additional foot OF
territory by conquest. She will devote
herself to showing an honest and
fruitful use of the territory she has
and she must regard 1t as one OF the
duties of friendship to see that from
no quarter our material interests
are made superior to human liberty
and national comfy. / say this to
fix what our real relationship would
be. 1t is relationship of a family
of mankind devoted to the relations
from which human liberty springs.
We have seen material interests
threaten constitutional liberty in
America so we know how to sympa-
thize. I would rather belong to a
poor nation that is free than to a
rich nation which has ceased to love
freedom Morality and not expedi-
ency is the thing that must guide us
and we must never condone iniquity. :
+ The PRESENTS speech was con-
stantly Interrupted by applause. He
rode through crowded streets bow
ing to cheering throngs.