The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-12-09
ASKS ADEQUATE
DEFENSE FOR U. S.
President Wilson Pleads for Pre-
paredness Against Foes
Abroad and Within.
MESSAGE READ TO CONGRESS
LARGER Army and Navy Urged
Trained Citlzenry tho Nations
Greatest Defense - Disoyal
Acts of Foreign.Born Cit.
zens Scored-No Fear
Of War.


Of War.
Washington. Dec AT a Joint session
of the house and senate the president To-
day delivered his annual message. lie
naid In part as follows
Since | last had the privilege OF ad-
dressing you on the state OF the Union
the war of nations on the other side OF
the sen which had then only begun to
disclose its portentous proportions, has
extended It's threatening and sinister scope
until ii has swept within It's flame some
portion of every quarter of the globe, not
excerting our hemisphere has altered the
whole face OF International AFFAIRS, ana
now presents a prospect OF reorganizA-
ton and reconstruction such as states
men and peoples have never been caHeu
upon 10 attempt before.
We have stood apart, studlously neutral
1t was our manifest duty to do So In
the day of readjustment and recupera-
ton we earnestly hope and believe that
we can be OF infinite service.
In this neutrality. to which they were
hidden not only by their separate life ana
their habitual detachment from the poll
tics of Europe but also by clear per
ception OF international duty the states
OF America have become conscious or
new and more vital community or inter
est and moral partnership In affairs, more
clearly conscious Of the many common
sympathies and interests and duties which
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
the course we have pursued remains TO
be seen. Her fortunes are In her own
hands. But We have at least proved that
we will not take advantage OF her in her
distress and undertake to impose upon
her an order and government Of our own
choosing.
We will aid and befriend Mexico, but
we will not coerce her. and our course
with regard to her ought to be sufficient
proof to all America that we seek no po-
ltical suzeralnty or selfish control
Not Hostile Rivals.
The moral is, that the states OF Amer
lea are not hostile rivals, but cooper
atIng friends. and that their growing
sense OF community OF interest, alike In
matters political and In matters econom-
&c, liz likely to give them new signlii-
canoe as factors In international affairs
ana Ia the political history OF the world
1t presents them as I'm very deep and
true sense unit In world affairs, splr-
itual partners, standing together because
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purpose they cannot be disappointed OF
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