Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-12-10
ASKS ADEQUATE
DEFENSE FOR US.
President Wilson Pleads for Pre-
paredness Against Foes
Abroad and Within.
MESSAGE READ TO CONGRESS-
Larger Army and Navy Urged
Trained citixenFy the Nations
Greatest Defense - DisiOyai
Acts Of Foreign-BoFn citi-
xens Seored-No Fear
cf War.

GV WAY
washington, DEC. lat a joint session
Of the house and senate the president to-
day delivered his annual message. He
sasd in part as follows
Since / last had the privilege Of adj
dressing you on the state Of the Union
the war Of nations on the other side OF
the sea. which had then only begun TO
disclose It's portentous proportions, has
extended its threatening and sinister scope
until IL has swept within it's fame some
portion Of every quarter Of the globe. not
excepting our hemisphere. has altered the
whole face of international Affairs. and
now presents prospect Of reorganiz4-
ton and reconstruction such states
msn and peoples have never been called
upon TO attempt before
We have stood apart, SGudtonsiy neutral
Il was our manifest duty 10 do So In
the day OF read5ustment and recupsra-
ton we earnestly hopa and believe that
We can be OF infinite service
In this neutrality. 20 which they were
hidden not only by their separate life and
their h4bltuaI detachment from the poll
ties OF Europe but also by a clear per
csption Of international duty, the states
Of America have become conscious Of a
new and more vital community OF inter
est and moral partnership In affairs. more
clearly conscious Of the many common
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bid them stand together.
We have been put to the test in the case
Of Mexico, and We have stood the test
Whether we have benefited Mexico BY
thu course we have pursued remains TO
Be seen Her fortunes are in her own
hands But we have az least proved that
re will not take advantage Of her in her
distress and undertake to impose upon
her an order and government Of our own
choosing.
we win aid and befrfend Mexico. but
re will not eOerce her; and our COURSE
with regard TO her ought TO be sufficient
proof to all America that we seek no po-
Hticsl suzerainty or selfish control
Net Hostile Rivals.
The moral Ia. that the states Of Amer
lea are not hostile rivals, bat cooper
ating friends. ana that their growing
| sense OF community Of interest, alike In
matters political and in matters econOm-
ic. Is likely to give them 3 new Hignin-
canoe as factors in international affairs
and in the political history Of the world
/ II presents them a. in a very deep and
true sense a unit in world affairs. spir-
ffual partners. standing together because
thinking together. quick with common
L sympathies and common ideals Eeparat-
ed. they are subject TO all the cross cur
rents Of the confused politics OF a world
| Of hostile rivalriess united In spirit and
purpose they cannot be disappointed OF
their peaceful destiny.
TAis is Pan-Amerfcanism- 1t has none
Of the spirit Of empire in IL Il Is the en-
bOdiment. the efEectuaI embodiment. or
the spirit O. law and independence and
liberty and mutual service
There IS. venture TO point out. an sspe-
cial significance just now attaching to
this whole matter Of drawing the Amer
icas together in bonds OF honorable part
DeTship and mutual advantage because OF
the economic Teadtustments which the
world must inevitably witness within the
next generation. when peace ahalI have
at last resumed its heaIthfui tasks. In
the performance Of these tasks / believe
the Americas to be destined to play their
parts together am interested to nx
your attention on this prospect now be-
cause unless you take It within your
view and permit the full significance Of
IT TO command your thought ! cannot
find the right light in which TO set forth
tile particular matter that lies al the
very front Of my whole thought as ad-
dress ynu today. mean national de-
| Tense.
80 one who really comprshends the
spirit OF the great people for whom we
are appointed TO speak can fail to per
eeiye that their passion b for peace, their
genius best displayed in the practice of
the arts Of peace. Great democracies are
not belligerent They do not seek or de-
sire var. Their thought 10 Of individual
liberty and Of the free labor that supports
life and the uncensored thought that
quiekens IT. Conquest ard dominion are
no: in our reckoning. or agreeable 10 our
principles But Just because We demand
unDolested development and The undis-
turbed government Of our own lives upon
cur s~H principles Of right and liberty
Se resent. from whatever quarter il NAV
sonle. the aggression we ourselves win not
prasstice= We insist upon security in
prosecuting our self-chosen lines Of ma
honaI development We DO more than
that We demand il also for others We
De not eonfine our enthusiasm for indi-
vidual liberty and free national develou-
ment % the incidents and movements Of
Affairs which affect only ourselves We
feEI IL wherever there Is a people that
tries 10 walk in these difficult paths OF
Independence and right From the flrst
We have made common cause with All
partisans nf liberty on this side Of the
sea- and have deemed II as important
that our neighbors should De free from
AL outside domination az that we our
selves should Be: have set America aside
as whole for the uses of independent
aations and political freemen-
Might 10 Maintain Right
Out OF such thoughts grow all our poll
les We regard war merely as a means
II asserting the rights Of a people agains,
aggression. And we are as herceIy 5eal-
Jus Of coerciEe or dictatoTial power with
n our own nation as OF aggression from
without We will not maintain a stand
ting army except for uses which are as
necessary in times OF peace as In times
u var and we shall always see TO IL
that our military peace establishment Is
no longer than Is actually and continuous
= needed for the uses of days In which
10 enemies move against us But we
DO believe in a body Of free citizens ready
and sufficient 70 take care of themselves
and Of the governments which they have
set up % serve them. In our constitutions
themselves we have Commanded that ..the
| right OF the people 10 keep and bear
arms shall not be infringed.s and our
confidence has been that our safety in
Zines OF danger would lie IN the rising of
he nation 10 take care of itself as the
/ farmers rose At Lexington
But var has never been 4 mere matter
u men and gurs- II Is a thing OF disci-
piined might II cur citizens are ever 10
/ asht effectively upon = sudden summons
they must know how modern fighting Is
| 1one. and what to do when the summons
comes 10 render themselves immediately
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