Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-06

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Washington. Dec. 2.-The following
is President Wilson's complete mes
sage delivered to congress today:
/ In pursuance of my constitutional
duty to give to the congress intorma-
ton Of the state of the Union 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 OF the
nation.
I shall ask your Indulgence if l 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
denartments of the government or
which look to them for early treat
ment in the future, because the list
is long. very long, and would su1er
in the abbreviation to which | should
have to subject it. l shall submit to
Won the reports of the heads OF the
several departments, in which these
/ subjects are set forth in careful de-
tail, and beg that they may receive the
thoughtful attention Of your commit
tees and of all members of the con
gross 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 I'M
necessary.
Country Is at Peace.
The country, am thankful to say,
is at peace with all the world, and
many happy manifestations multiply
about us of a growing cordially 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 ma
lions 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 viii,
I earnestly hope and confidently be-
lieve. give fresh proof of her sincere
adherence to the cause Of interna-
tional friendship by ratifying the sew
:, eral treaties of arbitration awaiting
renewal by the senate In addition to
these. it has been the privilege Of the
department of state to gain the as
sent. in principle, of no less than 81
nations, representing four-ifths OF
j the population of the world, to the ne
gotiation of treaties by which it shall
| be agreed that whenever differences
| of interest or of policy arise which
| cannot be resolved by the ordinary
| processes of diplomacy they shall be
| publicly analysed discussed, and re
1 ported upon by a tribunal chosen by
l the parties before either nation deter
mines its course of action.
/ There is only one possible STANDARD
by which to determine controversies
between the United States and othe
nations and that is compounded o
these two elements: Our own homo
and our obligations to the peace o
the world. A test so compounded
j ought easily to be made to govern bot
the establishment of new treaty obi
cations and the Interpretation Of thos
already assumed.
Huerta Must Let Go.
There is but one cloud upon our nc
rizon. That has shown itself to tn
south of us, and hangs over Mexico
There can be no certain prospect @
- peace in America until General Huert
m has surrendered his usurped authorit
\ in Mexico; until it is understood o
y all hands, indeed, that such pretende
governments will not be countenance
or dealt with by the government
the United States. We are tn
friends of constitutional governmer
Il In America; we are more than II
friends. we are its champions; becaus
in no other way can our neighbors,
whom we would wish in every way
make proof of our friendship, wor
/ out their own development in peaC
l and liberty. Mexico has no COVER
i ment The attempt to maintain or
/ at the City of Mexico has broke
down, and a mere military despotis
/ has been set up which has hardly mo-
/ than the semblance of national autho
| ity. 1t originated in the usurpatie
| of Victoriano Huerta, who, after
| brief attempt to play the. part of co
/ stitutional president. has at last ca
aside even the pretense Of legal rig
and declared himself dictator AS
/ consequence, a condition Of Anal
now exists in Mexico which has ma
n doubtful whether even the me