Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-10-31
PRESIDENT At MOBILE
Outlines American Attitude to South
American NeighbOrS.
SAYS THINGS OF INTEREST TO MEXICO

SAYS THINGS OF INTEREST TO MEXlC(
United States Will Never Seek Addi
tional Territory-Talks az the Rep
resentative of q Great Countr,
Should Talk.
! While avoiding any mention specif
cally of Mexico or any European in
situation, President Woodrow Wilson
at Mobile, Ala, last Tuesday delivered
a speech apparently freighted will
significance which served to point will
further directness the policy Of th'
United States, not only toward Mexi.
CO, but toward all Central and Soutf
American republics.
Mr.. Wilson spoke before the South.
ern Commercial congress and the bis
audience which heard him, cheeret
him frequently. The president smil.
ingly took his hearers into his conf.
dence when he explained he mus
speak with moderation and without
i indiscretion."
A score Of South American and La.
tin-American diplomats sat just be-
hind the president while he spoke ant
many of his remarks were addressed
in conversational tones to them. There
were those in the audience who though
the president might take advantage ol
the opportunity afforded by his speech
there to say something regarding the
Mexican crisis. Mr.. Wilson, however
spoke only in general terms, but many
of his sentences were pointed with g
meaning so clear as to leave little
doubt Of their intent.
No Territory by Conquest.
Material interests"-a phrase much
in use internationally Of late in char.
acterizing the attitude Of foreign ma.
tions toward Mexico-frequently wa.
employed by the president. He de.
| clared the American republics Ions
/ had suffered from the hard bargains
forced upon them by concessionaries
seeking material interests" In the
countries affected. The president de-
clared that through motives Of mo.
rality and expediency" the United
| States desired to help the Latin-A Amer.
lean republics to IAN emancipation
from the subordination which has beer
inevitable to foreign enterprise"
The presidents speech was uttered
with a confidence which bespoke the
dominant part the United States ex.
poets to play in the future of the
American republics.
1.-The United States will never agair
] seek to obtain one additional foot Of
territory by conquest" he declared
amid applause. ....
Six Hours in Mobile. r
Mr.. Wilson spent six busy hours ir
Mobile. He arrived early in the morn.
ing and was taken jointly, In hand BY
the members Of the Southern Com.
| mercial congress and citizens Of the
city. He was breakfasted, driver
about the city in automobiles, was
given a sightseeing expedition in the
harbor and started back to Washing
ton with cheers ringing about his
special train. The president was in 9
rush from the moment he reached the
city until he left, and If any dispatches
Of state reached him they were defer
red until he reached the seclusion OF
his train.
In his address Mr.. Wilson spoke OF
his interest in all things southern.
But today do not need to speak OF
the SOUTH" he added. "She has per-
haps acquired the gift of speaking fol
herself. I come because I want tc
speak of our present and prospective
relations with our neighbors to tho
south.
Sympathy Binds Nations.
II deem it a public duty as we'll as
personal pleasure to be here to ex.
press for myself and for the govern
ment I represent the welcome we al
feel to those who represent the Latin.
American states. The future, ladies
and gentlemen, is going to be very diff.
ferent for this hemisphere from the
past. These states lying to the south
| of us, which have always been oul
neighbors, will now be drawn closer tc
us by innumerable ties, and I hope
chief Of all, by the tie Of common
understanding.
Interest does not tie nations to-
gether. It sometimes separates them;
but sympathy and understanding de
unite them. I believe that by the new
route that Is just about to be opened
while we physically cut two CONT.
| nents asunder, we spiritually unite
them. This is a spiritual union which
we seek I wonder IL you realize,
wonder II your imaginations have
been filled, with the significance OF
the ties of commerce.
A New Commerce.
These great tides, which have beer
running along parallels Of latitude will
now swing southwark athwart paral-
| lels of latitude, and that opening gate
at the Isthmus Of Panama will open
the world to a commerce that she has
not known before-a commerce OF
thought and sympathy between north
and south; and the Latin n-AmericaT
states which, to their disadvantage
have been off the main lines, will now
be on the main lines. I feel that these
| gentlemen honoring us with theil
presence today will presently find that
some part, at any rate, Of the centre
of gravity Of the world has shifted. Dc
you realize that New York, for exam.
pie, will be nearer the western coast OF
| South America than she Is now to the
ca stern coast of South America?
| Granting Concessions.
There is one popularity about the
history of the Latin-American states
which lam sure they are keenly aware
Of You hear of concessions to for
eign capitalists in Latin-America. You
do not hear Of concessions to foreign
capitalists in the United States. They
are not granted concessions. They are