Arizona republican., 1913-12-03
President Wilson Reads His Message
 To BOth Houses
ASSOCIATED PRESS D1srArcH1

WASHINGTON, D. C., December ?. President Wilson this afternoon read his annual message before both branches of congress sitting jointly. The message follows in full:
 Gentlemen of the Congress:
 In pursuit of my constitutional du- ty to give to the congress informa- tion of the state of the uniOn,' I take the liberty of addressing you on sew eraI matters which ought, as it seems to me, particularly to engage the at tentiOn of your honorable bodies, as of all who study the welfare and progress of the nation
 I shall ask you indulgence if I ven ture to depart in some degree from the usual custom of setting before you in formal review the many mat ters which have enga ged the atten- tiOn and called for the action of the several departments of the govern ment or which look to them for early treatment in the future because the list is long. very long, and would sui fer in the a6breviation to which I should have to subject it. I 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 receive 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 gov ernment, makes comment and empha- sis on my part unnecessary.
 The country. I am thankful to say 
 many happy manifestations multiply about us of a growing cordiality and sense of community of interest among the nations, foreshadowing an age of settled peace and good will. More and more readily each decade do the na- tions manifest their willingness to bind themselves by solemn treaty to the processes of peace, the processes of frankness and fair concession. So far the United States has stood at the front of such negotiations. She will, I earnestly hope and confidently believe. give fresh proof of her sin cere adherence to the cause of inter national friendship of ratifying the several treaties of arbitration await ing renewal 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 31 nations representing four -fifths of the population of the world, to the negotiation of treaties by which it shall be agreed that whenever differ ences of interest or of policy arise which can not be resolved by the ordinary processes of diplomacy they shall be publicly analysed, discussed, and reported upon by a tribunal cho- sen by the parties before either na- tion determines it's course of action.
 There is only one possible standard by which to determine controversies between the United States and other nations, and that is compounded of these two clements: 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 establishment of new treaty obligations and the interpretation of those already assumed.
 There is but one cloud upon our horizon That has shown itself to the south of us, and hangs over Mex
 leo. There can be no certain pros pect of peace in America until Gen. Huerta has surrendered his usurped authority in Mexico; until it is un
 derstood on all hands, indeed, that such pretended governments will 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 it's friends. we are it's cham pions; because 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 at tempt to maintain one at the City of Mexico has broken down. and a mere military despotism has been set up which has hardly more than the sem blance of national authority. It or iginated in the usurpation of Victori- ano Huerta, who, after a brief at tempt to play the part of constitu- tional president, has at last cast aside (Continued on Page Two.)