The daily sentinel., 1913-12-02
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OF the Nation.
l shall ask your indulgence IL /
venture 10 depart in some degree
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 OF
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 ! should have to subject it.
shall submit to you the reports of
the heads CT the several departments,
in which these subjects are set forth
in careful detail. and beg that they
may receive the thoughtful attention
of your committees and of all mem
bers of the Congress who may have
the leisure to study them. Their OBJ
vious importance, as constituting the
very substance of the business of the
government, makes comment and
emphasis on my part unnecessary.
The country, l am thankful to say,
is at peace with all the world. and
many happy manifestations multiply
about us of growing cordiality and
sense of community OF interest among
the nations, foreshadowing an age OF
rcNklCQ PteANt anu fpOd "Atis -Api c
and more readily each decade do 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 confident
ly believe, give fresh proof of her
sincere adherance to the cause of in
ternational friendship by ratifying
the several treaties of arbitration
awaiting renewal by the senate. In
addition to these, ii has been the
privilege of the department of state
to gain the assent, in principal of no
less than 81 nations, representing
four-fifths of the population of the
world, to negotiations of treaties by
which it shall be agreed that when
ever differences of interest or of pol
icy arise which can not be resolved by
the ordinary processes of diplomacy
they shall be publicly analyzed. dis
cussed and reported upon by tri-
bunal chosen by the parties before
either nation determines its course of
action.
Honor and Peace.
There is only one possible stand
sizes between the United States and
other nations. and that is compound
ed of these two elements: Our own
honor and our obligations to the
peace OF the world. A test SO COM
pounded ought easily to be made to
govern both the establishment OF
new treaty obligations and the inter-
probation of those already assumed.
The Mexican Crisis.
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 Huerta has surrendered his
usurped authority in Mexico; until
II is understood on all hands, indeed,
that such pretended governments VIII
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
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
a mere military despotism has been
set up which has hardly more than
the semblance of national authority.
If originated in the usurpation OF
Victoriano Huerta, who, after brief
attempt to play the part of constitu-
tional President. has at last cast
aside even the pretense of legal
right and declared himself dictator.
AS a consequence condition OF al
fairs now exists in Mexico which has
made 1t 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
be successfully safeguarded, and
which threatens, if long continued to
imperil the interests of peace, order,
ana tolerable life in the lands imme-
diately to the south of us. Even IL
the usurper had succeeded in his pur-
poses, in despite of the constitution
OF the republic and the rights OF It's
people, he would have set up moth
ing but a precarious and hateful
power, which could have lasted but
a little while, and whose eventual
downfall would have left the country
in a more deplorable condition than
ever. But he has not succeeded. he
has forfeited the respect and the
moral support even of those VINO
were at one time willing to see him
succeed. Little by little he has been
completely isolated. By little ev-
cry 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 watch
full waiting And then. when the
end comes, we shall hope to see con-
stitutional order restored in distress
ed Mexico by the concert and energy
of such of her leaders as prefer the
liberty of their people to their own
ambitions.
Demand Currency Reform.
l turn to matters of domestic con-
cern. You already have under con-
sideration a bill for the reform Of
our system of banking and currency;
for which the country waits with i'm