Evening journal., 1913-10-28
TUESDAY OCT. 2s. 1918.
a REASsuRANcE AN A MARNING.


DREsIDENT WILSON'S address before the southern
Commercial Congress in Mobile has excited
International interest OF the declarations ma ie
relative Mexico. although he did not mention that
country by name. 1t is accepted as notice by
him TO tho Mexcans that this country does not covet
and viii not take or attempt to take by conquest
foot bf Mexican soil, and that the other hand It
VIM permit foreign governments TO throttle the
liberties Of the Mexicans any other Latn-Amercan
neople because subjects Of such foreign governments
have obtained important commercial concessions.
"Tho United States must regard II as one Of the
duties OF friendship to sec that from quarter are
material interests made superior human liberty and
national comfy" the President said Morality and
not expediency is the thine that must guide US and
We must condone iniquity.'
In short IL was speech Of friendly reinsurance
40 Mexico and all other Latin American nations. and
~ the same time warning 10 the nations in Europe
that 80 far this country prevent il. such Eu-
ropean nations shall not obtain strapgle hold upon
the internal affairs OF the Latin American countries
merely because Europeans obtained valuable con
SESSIONS and invested capital therein.
"You hear OF concessions foreign capital in Latin
America but you don't hear Of TO foreign
cantai in tbe United States tho President said sig
nihcantly 'Jhey not granted concessions here.
Tbet arc invited to make Investments II Is an in
vitaton not privilege. And states that Obliged
to grant concessions the condition that foreign
interests arc apt to dominate their domestic affairs.
Such condition Of affair is apt 10 become intoler-
sble And II is emancipation from this inevitable sub
ordination which deem II our duty To assist IN
self-rcspect their achievement in spite Of these
dinfcairea. deserve nothing but the admiration and
applause Of the world rejoice IN nothing much
as that they viii be emsncpated and ought to be
the in taking part in that emancipation. We must
prove ourselves their friends and champions terms
, Of equality and honor We can't he fast friends on
any other terms than those OF equality"
Such utterauces. coming from the chief executive Of
our nation should be ex'eedin sy pleasing not on, TO
the Me1icsns Tut also to tho peoples of all the other
atin-American NATIONS We donbt however that
they viii be appiauded in the chancecries OF Europe
in the hnancia, centres across the Atlantic. Mil
lions millions European money invested in
various enterprises in Latin-America. In fact Eu-
money has done much Of the development or
IN the countries in Central and South America.
There assuredly Is little in the Presidents speech IA
please the owners Of that capital Whether will de-
ter other capital from being sent from Europe into
those countries remains to be SEEN
One extrayagant statement made by the President il
follows:
Il to take this occasion to say too that th
United States will not again seek to secure one add
tional foot territory by conquest She viii deyot
territory she has"
That may be true far President Wilson's nd
ministration is affected. He is not however. commits
stoned 10 speak for future administrations or TO bin
such policy upon the nation. He may think tina
what be will true. but after all the futur
will have TO speak for itself He has no power
speak for it with such degree Of positveness as
used Nn Mobile.