Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-12-11
President Wilson Pleads for Pre-
paredness Against Foes
Abroad and Within.
MESSAGE READ TO CONGRESS
Larger Army and Navy Urged
Trained cltIzenry the Nations
Greatest Defense - DisloyaI
Acts of Foreign-eorn Gill
zens Scored-No Fear
Of War.


dressing you on the state of the Union
the war Of nations on the other side OF
the sea- which had then only begun 10
disclose its porteutous proportions. mas
extended It's threatening and sinister scope
until it has swept within its flame some
portion of every quarter Of the globe not
excepting our hemisphere, has altered the
whole face Of International affairs. and
now presents a prospect OF reorganiza-
ton and reconstruction such as states
men and peoples have never been called
upon to attempt before.
We have stood apart. studiously 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
bldden not only by their separate life and
their habituai detachment from the poll
ties of Europe but also by "a clear per
ception OF international duty, the states
OF America have become conscious or
new and more vital community OF 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 win not take advantage OF her in her
distress and undertake to impose upon
her an order aud government Of our own
choosing
We viii 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-
Hucal suzefainty or selfish control
Not Hostile Rivals.
The moral is. that the states OF Amer
Tea 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. is likely to give them new sgnih-
canoe as factors IN international affairs
and In the political history of the world
1t presents them as in a very deep and
true "a unit tn world affairs, spr-
itual partners standing together because
thinking together, quick with common
sympathies and common Ideals. Separat
ed, they are subject to all the cross cur
rents OF the confused politics OF a world
OF hostile rtvalries. united In spirit and
purpose they cannot be disappointed Of
their peaceful destiny.
This is Pan-Americanism 1t has none
OF the spirit OF empire In it. 1t is the en-
bodIment. the effectual embodiment. Of
the spirit OF law and Independence and
liberty and mutual service,
There Is, I venture TO point out, an 'espe-
cial significance just now attaching TO
this whole matter OF drawing the Amer
teas together In bonds OF honorable part
nership and mutual advantage because Of
the economic Establishments which the
world must inevitably witness within the
next generation. when peace shall have
at last resumed its healthful tasks. In
the performance OF these tasks l believe
the Americas 10 be destined to play their
paris together am interested to fix
your attention on this prospect now be-
cause unless you take II within your
view and permit the fun significance OF
Il TO command your thought l cannot
fnd the right light in which 10 set forth
the particular matter that lies at the
very front of my whole thought as Rd-
dress you today. | mean national de-
Tense.
no one who really cOmprehends the
spirit Of the great people for whom we
are appointed TO speak can fail TO per
coiVe that their passion Is for peace. their
genius best displayed in the practice OF
the arts OF peace Great democracies are
not belllgereut They do not seek or de
sire war Their thought is Of Individual
liberty and OF the free labor that supports
life and the uncensored thought that
quickens It. Conquest and dominion are
not in our reckoning, or agreeable to our
principles. But Just because we demand
unmolested development and the undis-
tuE0ed government OF our own lives upon
our own principles of right and liberty.
we resent, from whatever quarter ii may
come the aggression we ourselves will not
practice We insist upon security in
prosecuting cur self-chosen lines Of ma
tonal development We do more than
that We demand tt also for others We
do not confue our enthusiasm for fudi-
NiduAl liberty and free national develop
sfM q fre.t I..1e4 90
Affairs which AFFECT only ourselves We
feel IL wherever there is a people that
tries 60 walk In these difficult paths Of
Independence and right From the trst
We have made common cause with ali
parusaus of liberty on this side OF the
sea ana have deemed Il as important
that our neigh'9rs should be free from
all outside domination as that we our
selves should bee; have set America aside
AS a whole Tor the uses OF independent
nations and political freemen
Might 70 Maintain Right
out o. such thoughts grow alr our poll.
cies We regard war merely as a means
OF asserting the rights OF people against
aggression And We are as iier~pfy teal
Gus Of coercive or dictRtorial power with.
In our own nation as OF aggression from
without We will not maintain a stand
ms army except for uses which are as
necessary Ia times of peace as IN times
or war and we shall always see 10 II
that our military peace establishment Il
no longer than is actually and continuous
~ Heede: e. the uses OF DAYS In which
no enemies move against US But ",
90 believe In a body Of free citizens read,
and sufficient to take care Of themselye,
and OF the governments which they hav,
set up 70 serve them In our constitution,
themselves we have commanded that 'th,
right ~ tho people TO keep and beal
arms shall not De infr,nged. and GU
confidence has been that our safety n
times OF danger would lie in the rising O
t11 nation To take care Of itself as "a,
fSiriers rose AT Lexington.
bHt war has never beer a mere matte
- 0'Hu AMI guns Il IS ttirg Of dlsci
pinned might II our citizens are ever 4
Hght effectively Gpon a sudden Sur.,ruons
they must kn0S how mo6erg. 4 savi..,. i
done. and what TO S. wh Is the sun.alo~
esrnes 60 render iseRseltca i-uw4sistei
available and Immediately eaectve. An