Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-28

Mobile, Ala, oct. 27-While avoid ing any mention specifically of Mexi- co, or any European interference con- nected with the Mexican situation l President Woodrow Wilson delivered | a speech here today which appeared to be freighted with significance, and
 which served to point with further | directness the policy of the United States not only toward Mexico, but 1 toward all Central and South Amerl- 1 can republics.
 Mir. Wilson spoke before the South | ern Commercial congress and the big 1 audience which heard him constantly l was swept with cheers and applause. l The president smilingly took his hearers into his confidence when he explained he must speak with moder- ation and without indiscretion." l score of South American and Latin | American diplomats sat just behind the president while he spoke in conversational tones to them.
 South American Republics Suffer.
 Material interests''-a phrase much 1 in use internationally of late in l characterizing the attitude of foreign 1 nations toward MeXico-frequently
 was employed by the president. He l declared the American republics had l suffered long from the hard bargains | forced upon them by concessiOnaires
 seeking material interests in the l countries affected The president de- 1 clared that through motives of morality and not eXpediency' the | United States desired to help the l Latin American republics to an 1 emancipation from the subordination l which has been inevitable to foreign | enterprise"
 1 The presidents speech was uttered "a, ,,Ir l1a | dominant part the United States eX- i poets to play in the future of the l American republics not through any 1 idea of material interest" he care 1 fully explained, but through a love of l the principles of constitutional liberty
 No Additional Territory Wanted, "The United States will never again seek to obtain one additional foot of | territory by conquest" he declared | amid applause.
 1 Mr. Wilson spoke of his interest in | all things Southern.
 But today 1 do not need to speak l of the south he added She has perhaps acquired the gift of speak 1 ing for herself. 1 come because l want | to speak of our present and prospec- l tive relations with our neighbOrS to l the south. I deemed it a public duty l as well as a personal pleasure to be here to express for myself and for | the government l represent the well come we all feel to those who repre- | sent the Latin American states. The | future ladies and gentlemen, Is go- l ing to be very different for this hem | isphere from the past The states ly- ing to the south of us which have al- l ways been our neighbOrs will now be i drawn closer to us by innumerable 1 ties, and, I hope, chief of all by the | tie of a common understanding to each l other"
 Concessions to Foreign Capitalists.
 There is one pecuiarity about the history of the Latin American states l which I am sure they are keenly aware l of. You hear of concessions to foreign capitalists in Latin America. lou do not hear of concessions to foreign cap italists in the United States. They are not granted concessions. They are in vited to make investmehts. The work is ours, though they are welcome to invest in it. We do not ask them to supply the capital and do the work. 1t is an invitation not a privilege;~and states that are obliged, because their territory does not lie within the main field of modern enterprise and action, to grant concessions, are in this con- dition. That foreign interests are apt to dominate their domestic affairs, a condition of affairs always dangerous
 
 What these states are going te seek, therefore, is an emancipation from the subordination which has been inevita- ble to foreign enterprise. and an asser- tion of the splendid character which, in spite of these difficulties they have again and again been able to demon strate. The dignity the courage, the possession, the respect of the Latin American states, their achieve rnents in the face of all these adverse circumstances deserve nothing but the admiration and applause Of the world. They have had harder bargains driven with them in the matter of Ioans than any other people in the world. Inter- est has been eXacted of them that was not exacted of anybody, because the risk was said to be greater and then securities were taken that destroyed the risk. An admirable arrangement for those who were forcing the terms.
 Must Aid in Emancipation.
 T rejoice in nothing so much ds in the prospect that they will now he emancipated from those conditions, and We ought to be the first to take part in assisting in that emancipation, l think some of these gentlemen have already had occasion to bear witness that the department of state in recent months has tried to serve them in that wise. In the future they will draw closer and closer to us because of cir
 
 with moderation and. I hope. without ind secretion.
 We must prove ourselves their friends and champions, upon terms of equality and honor, You cannot be friends upon any other terms than upon the terms of equality. You ean- not be friends at all except upon the terms of honor, and We must show ourselves friends by pretending their interest whether it squares with eur interest or not It is a very peril GUS thing to determine the foreign policy of a nation in the terms Of Eaa|- te11al interest: It not eply is unfair te those with whom you are dealing but it is degrading on the pact Of your own actions.
 "CemRrehensica must be the seu in which shall grow all the fruits of friendship; because there is Q reason and cempuision lying bealad all this which is dearer than anything else to the theughtfui men of America ! naan the development of constitu!icnai lib- erty In he world. Human rights na tienal integrity and cpportua;ty as against material interest, That, Iaaiea