New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-03
PRIMARIES URGED
FOR PRESIDENTS
Strengthen Sherman Law
and Make 1t Clearer
to Business.
PUSH CURRENCY BILL
Plea Made II Will Help the Neg
lected Farmer-Filipinos
To Be Freed.

III DC lNNNs
Washington. Dec. president Wilson
first annual message TO Congress, read by
himself at a joint session to-day, follows
in full:
Gentlemen of the Congress:
In pursuance of my constitutional duty
TO give TO the Congress information or
the state of the Union" l take the no
erty Of addressing you on several mat
tiers which ought, as IL seems to me, par
ticularly to engage the attention of your
honorable bodies, as of all who study the
welfare and progress of the nation.
I shall ask your indulgence If / venture
10 depart in some degree from the usual
custom Of setting before you In formal
review the many matters which have en-
gagged the attention and called for the &C
ton Of the several departments OF the
government or which look TO them TOT
early treatment in the future, because the
list is long, very long, and would suner
in the abbreviation TO which L SHOULD
have TO subject It, l shall submit to you
the reports Of the heads Of the seVeral
departments, in which these subjects are
set forth in careful detail, and beg that
they may receive the thoughtful Afternoon
OF your committees and of all members
of the Congress who may have the leisure
TO study them. Their obvious Importance
as constituting the very substance or the
business Of the government, makes COM
ment and emphasis on my part unneces-
sary.
The country / am thankful to say Is
at neace 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 nations manifest their
willingness to bind themselves by solemn
treaty to the processes of peace, the proc
csses of frankness and fair concession
So far the United States has stood at the
front of such negotiations.
She will, / earnestly hope and CONN.,
IDENTIFY believe, give fresh proof of her
sincere adherence to the cause of inter
national friendship by ratifying the sew
eral treaties Of arbitration awaiting re-
newal by the Senate an addition TO these
il has been the privilege of the Depart
ment of State to gain the assent in prin-
ciple. of no less than thirty-one nations
representing four-fifths Of the population
Of the world, to the negotiation OF treat
les 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 diplomacy they
shall be publicly anaylzed discussed and
reported upon by tribunal chosen by
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 other nations, and
that is compounded of these two ele-
ments: Our own honor and our obliga-
lions to the peace Of the world. test
go compounded ought easily to be made
TO govern both the establishment Of new
treaty obligations and the Interpretation
of those already assumed.
Huerta Must Go.
There is but one cloud upon our hori-
ION. That has shown itself TO the south
/ Of us. and hangs over Mexico. There can
be no certain prospect of peace in Amer
| lea until General Huerta has surrendered
! his usurped authority in Mexico; until II
is understood on all hands. indeed, that
| such pretended governments Will not be
countenanced or dealt with by the gov
ernmert of the United States.
We are the friends of constitutional
government in America; we are more
than It's friends, we are its champions;
because in no other way can our nelgh-
bors, TO 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 government.
The attempt TO maintain one at the CITY
of Mexico has broken down, and mere
military despotism has been set up when
has hardly more than the semblance OF
national authority. 1t originated in the
usurpation of Victoriano Huerta, who
after a brief attempt to play the part OF
Constitutional President, has at last cast
aside even the pretence OF legal right and
declared himself dictator.
As consequence. a condition Of affairs
now exists in Mexico which has made
Il doubtful whether even the most ele-
mentary and fundamental rights either
of her own people or OF the citizens OF
other countries resident within her terri
tory can long be successfully safeguarded,
and which threatens. il long continued, TO
,mperil the interests of peace, order and
tolerable life in the lands Immediately to
the south OF us. Even IL the usurper had
succeeded in his purpose, In despite of
the constitution of the republic and the
rights of its people, he would have set up
nothing but a precarious and hateful
mower. which could have lasted but
little while. and whose eventual downfall
would have left the country in more
deplorable condition than ever. But he
has not succeeded. He has forfeited the
respect and the moral support even OF
those WHO were at one time willing 10
see him succeed. Little by little he has
been completely isolated. BY a little
every day his power and prestige are
crumbling and the collapse is not far
away.
We shall not, / believe. be obliged TO
alter our policy Of watchful waiting. And
then, when the end comes, we shall hope
20 see constitutional order restored In
distressed Mexico by the concert and
energy of such of her leaders as prefer
the liberty OF their people to their own
ambitions.
Urges Currency Reform.
/ turn to matters Of domestic concern.
You already have under consideration