The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-07
Chief Executive Details His Plans For
National Preparedness Disloyalty
at Home Denounced-Urgent
Need Of Our Own Ships.

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most efrectually secured against the
danger Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. and that
when any government shall be found
inadequate or contrary to these pur
poses majority OF the community
hath an indubitable, inalienable ant
indefeasiblc right to reform, alter OF
abolish 1t in such manner as shall be
Judged most conducive TO the public
veal" We have unhesitatingly ap
piled that heroic principle to the case
of Mexico and now hopefully await
the rebirth Of the troubled republic
which had so much Of which to purge
itself and so little sympathy from any
outside quarter in the radical but nee
essary process. We will aid and be
friend Mexico. but We will not coerce
her, and our course with regard to hei
ought to be sufficient proof to all Amer
lea that We seek no political suzerainty
or selfish control.
The u. ~ is that the states of Amer.
leu arcsS hostile rivals, but coop.
Grating friends, and that their grow
ing sense of community of interest,
alike in matters political and In mat.
tiers economic, is likely to give them a
Few significance as factors in interna-
tional affairs and In the political his.
tory Of the world. 1t presents them as
in very deep and true sense n unit
in world affairs, spiritual partners,
standing together because thinking to.
gether. quick with common sympathies
and common ideals. Separated they
are subject to all the cross currents Of
the confused politics OF world Of hos
tile rivalries; united in spirit and pur-
pose they cannot be disappointed Of
their peaceful destiny.
None Of the Spirit of Empire.
This Is pan.Americanism. 1t has none
of the spirit of empire In 1t. 1t is the
embodiment, the etfcctual embodiment,
Of the spirit Of law and independence
and liberty and mutual service.
A very notable body Of men recently
met in the city of Washington, at the
Invitation and as the guests Of this
government, whose deliberations arc
likely to be. looked back to as marking
a memorable turning point in the his
tory Of America. They were repre-
sentative spokesman of the several
Independent states Of this hemisphere
and were assembled to discuss the
financial and commercial relations Of
the republics of the two continents
which nature and political fortune
hive so intimately linked together.
earnestly recommend to your perusal
the reports of their proceedings and Of
the actions OF their committees. You
will get from them, think, n fresh
conception Of the ease and intelligence
and advantage with which Americans
of both continents may draw together
in practical cooperation and Of what
the material foundations Of this hope
full partnership Of interest must con-
sist-of how we should build them and
of how necessary 1t is that we should
hasten their building.
There Is, I venture to point out. an
especial significance Just now attach
ing to this whole matter Of drawing
the Americas together in bonds Of hon.
orable partisanshlp and mutual advan.
tage because of the economic readjust-
ments which the world must inevitably
witness within the next generation,
when pence shall have Mt last resumed
Its healthful tasks. In the perform.
ance of these tasks 1 believe the Amer
icas to be destined to play their parts
together. am interested to fix your
attention on this prospect now because
unless you take It within your view
and permit the full significance Of 1t to
command your thought 1 cannot find
the right light in which to set forth
the particular matter that lies at the
very front of my whole thought as l
address you today. I mean national
defense.
| No one who really comprehends the
spirit Of the great people for whom we
are appointed to speak can fail to per-
celve that their passion is for peace,
their genius best displayed in the prac-
dce Of the arts Of peace. Great democ-
racics are not belligerent. They do not
seek or desire war. Their thought Is
Of individual liberty and of the free
labor that supports life and the un-
censored thought that quickens It
Conquest and dominion are not in our
reckoning or agreeable to our princi-
pies. But Just because we demand un.
molested development and the undis-
turbed government Of our own lives
upon our own principles Of right and
liberty. we resent from whatever
quarter It may come, the aggression we
ourselves will not practice. We insist
upon security in prosecuting our self
chosen lines Of national development.
We do more than that. We demand It
also for others. We do not confne our
enthusiasm for Individual liberty and
free national development to the incl
dents and movements Of affairs which
affect only ourselves. We feel 1t wher-
ever there Is a people that tries to walk
in these difficult paths Of independence
and right. From the first we have
made common cause with all partisans
Of liberty on this side the sea and have
deemed 1t as important that our neigh.
bors should be free from all outside
domination as that We ourselves should
be; have set America aside as whole
for the uses Of independent nations and
political freemen.
Out Of such thoughts grow all our