Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-27
President Wilson Outlines Pol
icy of the United States in
Latin America.
DELIVERS AN ADDRESS
BEFORE COMMERCIAL BODY
Declares This Government Will
Never Again Acquire a Foot of
Territory by Conquest.

| MOBILE. Ala, October e.
President Wilson announced tc
the world today that the govern
ing motive of the United States
in its relationship with the coun-
tries OF this hemisphere would be
morality and not expediency."
L want to take this occasion
to say he declared, that the
United States will not again seek
to secure one additional foot OF
territory by conquest" "
In speech before the Southern Com
merciai Congress the President delivered
| a yelled attack on what he termed 1.-THE
material interests that had influenced
the foreign policy of some governments
In their relations with the nations of
Latin America. Though Mr.. Wilson did
not mention Mexico Us the afflicted coun-
try. lie devoted his entire speech to a
description Of degrading influences which
foreign coricessionaries had had upon
the internal affairs of some OF the Latin
American countries.
| With the Mexican situation uppermost
In the Presidents mind this time, his adj
| dress was interpreted as All arraign-
/ ment of those financial influences which
1t had been charged have secured in some
cases recognition of the Huerta govern
ment.
! The President declared that it would
be the duty OF the United States to assist
the nations of this hemisphere In an
emancipation" from 'the material inter-
enjoy constitutional liberty unrestrained.
President Wilson's Address.
/ Il came" he said, mot to speak for the
south, because the south had the gift Of
speaking for herself. 1 came here be-
cause l would speak OF our present and
prospective relations with our neighbors
to the south. The future is going to be
very different for this hemisphere from
| the past.
Those states lying to the south which
nave always been our neighbors viii be
drawn closer to each other by common
ties of understanding. Interests do not
tie nations together: they sometimes sepa-
rate them, but sympathy and under
standing do bind them togethers
| You hear of concessions to foreign
| capital in Latin America, but you don't
| hear of concessions to foreign capital in
| the United States. They are not granted
concessions. They are invited to make
investments: 1t Is an Invitation. not a
| privilege. And states that are Obliged to
grant concessions are in the condition
| that foreign interests are apt to doml-
| nate their domestic affairs. Such a CON
| dition of affairs is apt to- become in
| tolerablc And it is Characterization from,
| ta 0rr1f
deem 1t our duty TO assist in
Deserve Admiration and Applause.
| i'll spite of the difficulties, deserve moth
| ing but the admiration and applause of
| the world.
| will be eInancipated. and we ought to be
! first In taking part in assisting in that
emancipation
| The President digressed to point out
| that the Department of State recently
had tried to serve in that WISE but
| mentioned no specific instances
| I'm the future" he continued "tne ma
| tions to the south of us will draw closer
| and closer to US because of these cir
| cumstances of which l am speaking.
| We must prove ourselves their friends
\
| honor. We cannot be fast friends or,
| any other terms than those of equality.
| And VIC must show ourselves friends by
comprchending their interests whether
| they square with our interests or not. 1t
| is very perilouS thing to determine a
foreign policy In terms of material in
| terestS. Ii Is indeed degrading thing.
| The development OF constitutional lib
erty and world human rights. the nlainte-
nance OF national integrity as against ma
N &c ri a TO- .v,t
TO take this occasion to say, too, that the
United States will not again seek to Sc
cure one additional foot of territory by
conquest. She will devote herself to show
Ing an honest and fruitful use of the ter
ritory she has. and she must regard II as
one of the duties of friendship to see that
from no quarter are material interests
| made superior to human liberty and ma
tional comfy.
Fixing the Relationship.
Il say this merely to fix what our real
relationship should be- 1t is a relation.
ship OF n family OF mankind devoted tc
the relations from which human liberty
springs. We have seen material interests
threaten constitutional liberty in America
SO We know how to sympathize. / WOULD
| rather belong to poor nation that l.
free than a rich nation which las ceased
10 iONe morality anu moi eS'
pediency Is the thing that must guide us
and we must never condone insquity.''
The Presidents speech was constantly
| interrupted by applause.
Gov. 0'Neals Address.
Prophesying that the opening of the
Panama canal will iuaugurate an era OF
unprecedented industrial development ir
the south, Gov. ONeal. in his address oil
welcome to delegates, declared that tn.
completion of the isthmian Waterway vii
mean the realization OF Commodore
Maury's dream that what the Mediter-
ranean has been to Europe the Gulf oi
Mexico and the Caribbean sea will be te
the United States.
Gov. q Neal said that the gathering o1
representatives of the commercial. indus
trial and political life of this and othel
. | countries with which il is desired &c
| cultivate closer trade relations marked
; All era of vital Importance in the com
mereial history OF the United states.
The material advantages which vs.
confidently expect to realize from the
building of the Panama canal he said
alone would justify US in celebrating
the completion of that colossal enter
/, prise, but beyond that its construction
| VIII stand rs an enduring monument tt
that iudomitable American spirit which
| successfully has carried out its under
taking in the face of manifold and seem
ingly insurmountable difficulties. Gov
Neal said that where France Surren