The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-10-28
MORALITY TO Be
WILSON'S GUIDE
President Announced Foreign Rela-
ton Rule-Day Of Conquest Now
Past Says Chief Executive
NOT SEEKING MORE TERRITORY
Attacks Material Interests" For In
terfering In Internal Affairs Of
Other Countries ~.

Mobile, Ala, Oct 2S.-President
Wilson announced to the world that
the governing motive of the United
States in it's relationships with the
countries Of this hemisphere would
be morality and not expediency."
II want to take this occasion to
say" he declared, that the United
States will not seek again to secure
one additional foot of territory by
conquest"
The president in a speech before
the Southern Commercial congress- de-
livered a yelled attack on what he
termed "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 as the afflicted country he de-
voted his entire speech to a descrip-
ton of the degrading influences
which foreign concessionaires had
had upon the internal affairs of some
Of the Latin-American countries.
With the Mexican situation upper
most in the presidents mind at this
time his address was interpreted as
an arrangement of those financial in.
fluences which, it has been charged,
have secured in some cases recogni-
t1ton for the Huerta government
The president in his speech declared
that it would be the duty of the
United States to assist the nations OF
this hemisphere in an Emancipation"
from the material interests of other
nations" so that they might enjoy con-
stitutional liberty unrestrained.
II came" he said, mot to speak of
the South, because the South has the
gift of speaking for herself I came
here because I would speak of our
present and prospective relations with
our neighbors to the south. The fu.
ture Is going to be very different for
this hemisphere from the past.
Bound in Ties Of Sympathy.
Those states lying to the south
which have always been our
neighbors will be drawn closer to each
other by common ties of understand.
ing. Interests do not tie nations to-
gether, but sometimes separate them.
Sympathy and understanding do bind
them together.
I'm the future" he continued, "the
nations to the south Of us will draw
closer and closer to Us because Of
these circumstances of which am
speaking. We must prove ourselves
their friends and champions on terms
Of equality and honor. We can't be
fast friends on any other terms than
those of equality.
"And we must show ourselves
friends by compromising their in
terests whether they square with our
interests or not. 1t is very perilous
thing to determine a foreign policy
IL terms OF material interests. It Is
indeed degrading thing"
One of the features of the enter
tainment of President Wilson was a
trip up and down the harbor. AS the
revenue cutter Window with the presi.
dent and party aboard proceeded up
the harbor a steamer flying the Mex
lean flag was noticed lying near q
British freighter.
No acknowledgment Of the pres
ence of the president of the United
States was shown by the Mexican ves-
sci.
The British steamer dipped her
flag as the revenue cutter passed.