Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-09-04

Washington, Aug. 28.-Emphasizing
the fact that the United States must
remain the firm friend Of the people
Of Mexico in their present stress ana
trouble, President Wilson today read
his lOng-awaited message on Mexican
affairs TO congress.
The massage was distinctly specific
in tone and contains little In the way
OF recommendation for future policy
except the single one that this govern
ment must urge earnestly that all
Americans should leave Mexico at
once and that the United States
should assist them to get out OF Mexi-
co IN every way possible.
The president cOunsels delay before
further action is taken, and says:
lnpatience Would Be Childish.
'Impatience on our part would be
childish and would be frought with
svery risk of wrong and folly. The
door is not closed against the regump-
ton, either upon the initiative Of Mex
leo or upon our own. Of the effort to
bring order out OF the confusion by
friendly cooperative action, should
fortunate occasion offer.
So long as the Misunderstanding
continues we can only await the time
Of their awakening to a realization to
the actual facts. We cannot thrust
our good offices upon them, The stu
alton must be given little more time
to work Itself out in the new circum-
stances, and / believe that only little
while viii be necessary. The cirCum-
stances are new. The rejection of our
friendship makes them new and will
Inevitably bring It's own alterations in
the whole aspect of affairs. The actual
situation OF the authorities at Mexico
City viii presently be revealed.
Text Of Presidents Message.
The message follows:
Gentlemen OF the Congress: 1t is
clearly my duty to lay before you very
fully and without reservation the facts
concerning our present relations with
the republic of Mexico. The deplOra-
BILE posture of affairs in Mexico l need
not describe, but l deem 1t my duty to
speak very frankly of what this gov
eminent has done and should seek to
do Ia fulfllment OF its obligation to
Mexico herself, as a friend and neigh
Dor, and to American citizens whose
lives and vital interests are daily af-
feCted by the distressing condition
which now obtain beyond our south
eru border.
u. S. Friend of Mexico.
Those conditions touch us very
nearly Not merely because they lie
al our very doors That, of course.
makes US more wildly aid more CON
stantly conscious OF them. and every
instinct Of neighborly interest and
sympathy is aroused and quickened by
them; but that is only one element in
the determination of our duty. We
are glad to cali ourselves the friends
OF Mexico. and we shall, / hope, have
many an occasion. in happier times. as
well as in these days OF trouble and
confusion, to show that our friendship
is genuine and disinterested, capable
OF sacrifice and very generous mani
Hesitation. The peace, prosperity, and
Contentmeut of Mexico mean more,
Iauch more, to US, than merely an en-
Iarged field for our commerce and en-
terprise They mean an enlargement
of the field of self-government and
the realization OF hopes and rights of
q nation with whose best aspirations.
TOO long suppressed, and disappointed.
we deeply sympathize. We shall yet
prove to the Mexican people that we
know how to serve them without first
thinking how we shall serve ourselves.
World Wants Mexican Peace.
but we are not the only friends
OF Mexico. The whole world desires
her peace and progress, and the whole
world is interested as never before.
Mexico lies at last where all the world
looks on. Central America is about
30 be touched by the great routes of
the worlds trade and intercourse run
ming free from ocean to ocean at the
isthuius. The future has much in
store for Mexico, as for all the states
e Central America, but the best gifts
can come to her only If she be ready
and free to receive them and to enjoy
them Eouorably. America in particu,
tar-America, North and South. and
upon beth continents-waits upon the
development of Mexico; and that de,
yelOpment can be sound and lasting
only if 1t be the product of genuine
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