The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-02
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The President Repeats That
Huerta Must Go and That
Indications Continue to
Point to That Consum-
nation

Washington, ID. u, Dec. Z.--hegfet lhae
the United States as a government has
done so little to aid the farmers IN
building up the agricultural interests OF
the country and suggestion Tor the
adoption of system OF farm credits
formed salient features OF the message
OF President Wilson, which was sub
mitted to Congress to-day. As to the
Mexican affair, the president reiterated
his belief that the downfall OF Huerta
must come and that the downfall seems
more certain with each succeeding day,
President Wilson said
sGentlemen of the Congress:
"In pursuance of my constitutional
duto to give to the Congress informa-
tion of the state of the union, i take
the liberty of addressing you on several
matters which ought, as it seems to me,
particularly to engage the attention OF
your honorable bodies, as of all who
study the welfare and progress of the
nation.
Il shall ask your indulgence if ] ven
ture to depart in some degree from the
usual custom OF setting before you in
formal review the many matters which
have engaged the attention and called
for the action of the several departments
OF the government or which look to them
for early treatment in the future, be-
cause the list is long, very long, and
would. suffer in the abbreviation to
which ] should have to subject IT.
shall submit to you the reports OF the
heads OF the several departments, in
which these subjects are set forth in
careful detail, and beg that they may re-
ceive the thoughtful attention of your
committees and of all members of the
Congress who may have the leisure to
study them. Their obvious Importance,
as constituting the very substance OF
the business of the government, makes
comment and emphasis on my part UNI
necessary.
At Peace With World.
"The country, am thankful to say, is
at peace with all the world, and many
happy manifestations multiply about us
OF a growing cordiality and sense of COM
munity of interest among the nations,
foreshadowing an age of settled peace
and good will. More and more readily
each decade do the nations manifest their
willingness to bind themselves by
solemn treaty to the processes of peace,
the processes of frankness and fair con-
cession So far the United States has
stood at the front ofNsuch negotiations.
She will, / earnestly hope and conf
IDENTIFY believe, give fresh proof OF her
sincere adherence to the cause of inter
national friendship by ratifying the sew
eral treaties of arbitration awaiting re-
newal by the Senate. In addition to
these, it has been the privilege of the
department of state to gain the assent
in principle, of no less than 81 nations,
representing four-fifths of the population
of the world to the negotiations of
treaties by which it shall be agreed that
whenever differences of interest or of
policy arise which can not be resolved by
the ordinary processes of diplomacy
they shall be publicly analyzed, dis
cussed and reported upon by a tribunal
chosen by the parties before either ma
ton determines its course of action.
"There is only one possible standard
by which to determine controversies be-
tween the United States and other ma
tions, and that is compounded of these
two elements: Our own honor and our
obligations to the peace of the world.
A test so compounded ought easily to
be made to govern both the establish
ment of new treaty obligations and the
Interpretation of those already assumed.
Huerta Bound to Fail.
"There is but one cloud upon our
horizon. That has shown itself to the
south of us, and hangs over Mexico.
There can be no certain prospect of peace
in America until Gen. Huerta has surren-
dered his usurped authority in Mexico;
until il is understood on all hands, in
deed, that such pretended governments
win not be countenanced or dealt with
by the government of the United States.
We are the friends of constitutional gov
ernment in America; we are more than
its friends, we are its champions; be-
cause in no other way can our neighbors,
to whom we would wish in every way to
make proof of our friendship, work out
their own development in peace and
liberty. Mexico has no government. The
attempt to maintain one at the City OF
Mexico has broken down, and mere
military despotism has been set up
which has hardly more than the sem
blance of national authority. IL orig
mated in the usurpation of Vietoriano
Huerta, who, after brief attempt to
play the part of constitutional president,
has at last cast aside even the pretense