Weekly journal-miner., 1913-12-10
Message in Full.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-Gentle men of the Congress: Iu pursuance of my constitutional duty to give to the Congress information of the State of the Union," take tho liberty of addressing you on several matters which ought, as it seems r me, particularly to engage the at tention of your honorable bodies as of all who study the welfare and progress of the Nation.
 shall ask your indulgence if l venture to depart in some degret from the usual custom of setting be. fore you in formal review the many matters which have engaged the at tention and called for the action oi the several departments of the gov ernment 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 l should have to subject it. l shall submit to you the reports of the heads of the several depart ments, in which these subjects are set forth in careful detail. and beg that they may receive the thought ful attention of your committees and of all members of the congress who may have the leisure to study them. Their obvious importance, as consti- tuting the very substance of the business of the government, makes comment and emphasis on my. part unnecessary.
 The country. I am thankful to say, is at peace with all the world, and many happy manifestations multiply about Us of a growing cordiali:y and sense of community of interest among the nations, foreshadowing an age of settled peace and good will. More and more readily each decade to the nations 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 earnestly hope and confidently be- lieve, give fresh proof of her sincere adherence to the cause of interna- tional friendship by ratifying the sev- eral treaties of arbitration awaiting renewal by the Senate. In addition to these, 1t has been the privilege of the Department of State to gain the assent, in principle, of no less than 3l nations. representing four lifths Of the population of the world, to the negotiation of treaties by which it shall be agreed that when ever differences of interest or of policy arise which cannot be resolved by the ordinary processes of diplo- macy they shall be publicly ana lyzed, discussed, and reported upon by a tribunal chosen by the parties before either nation determines its course of action.
 There is only one possible stand ard by which to determine contro- versies between the United States and other nations, and that Is com pounded 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 establishment of new treaty obligations and the in depreciation of those already as stunned.
 One Cloud on Horizon.
 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 General Hucrta has surrendered his usurped authority in Mexico; until it 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 stitutional government in America; we are more than its friends, we are its champions; because in no other way can our neighbors, to whom we