The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-03
~ ENTLgMEN Of tho Congress-

IN pursuance OF nv COUSlltu-
tional duty to give TO the
~ congress Information OF the
state Of the union" | take the
liberty OF addressing you on several
matters which ought. as it seems TO
me. particularly to engage the atten-
tion OF your honorable bodies; as OF
all who study the welfare and prog
ross OF the nation. --,h-1-
shall ask your Indulgence II l
venture to depart IN some degree
from the usual custom OF setting be-
fore you. IN formal review the many
matters which have engaged the at
tentiop and called for the action OF
the several departments of the gov
ernnent or which look 10 them for
early treatment In the future. be-
cause the list Is long, very long,
and would suffer in the abbreviation
TO which I should have to subject
It. 1 shall submit to you the. reports
OF the heads OF the several depart
ments, in which these subjects arc
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 mny
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 unnecessary.
Country at Peace
The country, am thankful 10 say.
Is at peace with all the world, and
many happy manifestations multiply
about US of a growing cordiailty and
sense Of community OF interest
among the nations, foresha dowing
an age OF settled peace and good will
More and more readily each decade
do the nations manifos; their willing
ness 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 tho front Of such negotIa-
tions, She will. earnestly hope and
confidently believe, give fresh proof
Of her sincere adherence to the cause
OF international friendship by ratlfy
fng the several treaties Of arbitra-
tion awaiting renewal by the senate.
In addition TO these. II has been tho
privilege OF the department OF state
to gain the assent, in principle. OF no
less than thirty-one nations, repre-
senting four-flfths of tho popula tlon
o. the world, ito the negotiations OF
treaties by which II 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 an
alyzed, discussed. and reported upon
by q tribunal chosen by the parties
before either nation 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 elements: Our own honor
and our obligations 10 the peace OF
the world A test so compounded
ought easily to be made TO govern
both the esra blishment OF new treaty
obligations and the Interpretation Of
those already assumed.
Cloud Over Mexico.
There is but one cloud upon our
horizon. That has shown itself 20
the south OF US. and hangs over
Mexico. There can be no certain
prospect OF peace In America until
General Huerta has surrendered his
usurped authority In Mexico: until 1t
is understood 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 con-
stirutionaI government In America;
we arc more than It's friends, we
are its champions; because In no
other way can our neighbors, 10
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 govern
ment. The attempt to maintain one
at the City of Mexico has broken
down. and a neres military despotism
has been set up which has hardly
more than the semblance Of national
authority. It originated in the usur-
patton OF Vtctoriano Huerta who. after
brief attempt to play the part OF
coHet'ut'otiei pfe9'ueHt' has CT iest
cast aside even the pretense OF legal
right and declared himself dictator.
AS q consequence. a condition OF af-
fairs now exists in Mexico which has
made II doubtful whether even the
most elementary and fundamental
rights either OF her own people or
OF the citizens OF other countries res
ident within her territory can long