The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-12-07
Doctrine Preached by President Wilson to
Congress Today

Washington, Dec. IA doctrine of
Pan-Americanism-o full partner
ship between the nations of the West
ern Hemisphere in world affairs-was
proclaimed by President Wilson today
in his third annual address to Con-
gress, the theme Of which was pre-
paredness by the United States to de-
fend not only it's own independence
but the rights of those with whom it
has made common cause. The mes
sage was read by the president to the
Senate and House assembled in joint
session in the chamber of the House.
Every recommendation embodied in
the document had to do with compre-
hensive plans for strengthening the
national defense. The program in
cluded the army and navy plans al
ready made public by Secretaries
Garrison and Daniels; legislation for
government owned merchant ships; a
rural credit law; the Philippine and
Porto Rico bills which failed of final
passage at the last session; conserva-
tion legislation; "a law giving federal
aid to industrial and vocational edu-
ton; and the creation of a commits
sion to inquire into the transportation
problem.
Naturalized and native born Amer
leans who, sympathizing with bellig-
erents abroad, have plotted and con-
spired to violate their own country's
neutrality were scathingly denounced
by the president, and Congress was
urged to provide adequate federal
laws to deal with such offenders.
Internal taxation was proposed as
the means of providing the money
necessary to add to the naval and
military establishments. Sources of
taxation suggested were incomes,
gasoline, naptha, automobiles and in
ternal explosion engines, fabricated
iron and steel, and stamp tax on
bank checks. Extension of the war
revenue bill and continuance of the
present tariff on sugar were recon-
mended, and the sale of bonds oppos-
ed.
This message was the longest Mr..
Wilson has ever delivered to Con-
gress. He began with a statement
that since he last addressed Congress:
"The European war has extended
its threatening and sinister scope un-
til it has swept into its fame some
portion of every quarter of the globe,
not excepting our own hemisphere,
has altered the whole face of interna-
tional affairs, and now presents a
prospect of reorganization and recon
struction such as statesmen and peo-
pies have never been called upon to
attempt before"
The United States has remained
neutral, he said, because it had no in
terest in the causes and because il
was the duty of the nations of the
western. hemisphere to prevent collec-
tive economic ruin.
The president pointed to the atti
tude of the United States towards
Mexico as proving that this country
has no selfish motives in its interest
in countries in Central and South
America. There was time, he said
when the United States looked upor
itself as a sort of guardian of the re
publics to the south as against the en-
croachment or efforts of political con
troll from Europe.
"But," he added, cit was alway.
difficult to maintain such a role with
out offense to the pride of the people,
whose freedom of action we sought t.
protect, and every thoughtful man O.
affairs much welcome the altered cir
cumstances of the new day in who's,
light we now stand, when there is n,
claim of guardianship or thought o
wards, but, instead, full and honor
able association of partners between
ourselves and our neighbors, in tn
interests of all America, North an
South"
The passion of the American people
the president declared, was fo
peace; that conquest and dominic
was not in their reckoning nor agree
able to their principles.
"But just because we demand ur
rnolested development and the undis
turbed government of our own live