The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-12-11

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The message was the longest MI.
Wilson has delivered to congress.
He began with a statement that
since he last addressed congress:
The European war has extended
it's threatening and sinister scope
until it has swept into its flame some
portions of every quarter OF the
globe, not excepting our own hem
isphere, has altered the whole face
of international affairs, and now
presents a prospect of reorganization
and reconstruction such as states
men and people have never been
called upon to attempt before"
The United States has remained
neutral, he said, because it had no
interest in the causes and because it
was the duty of the nations of the
western hemisphere to prevent col
lective economic ruin.
Pan-American Partnership
There was a time, he said, when
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as a sort of guardian of the repub-
lies to the south as against the
encroachment or efforts of political
control from Europe.
But he added, lit was always
difficult to maintain such a role
without offense to the pride of the
people whose freedom of action VIZ
sought to protect and every thought
full nan of affairs must welcome the
altered circumstances of the new
day in whose light we now stand,
when there is no claim of guardian
ship or thought of wards.
"Our concern for the independ-
ence and the prosperity of the states
of Central and South America is not
altered. We retain undated the
spirit that has inspired us thorough
out the whole life of our govern
ment and which was frankly pu,
into words by President Monroe.
We still mean always to make a
common cause of national %indepenL-
ence and of political liberty in
America. But that purpose is now
better understood so far as it on
Germs ourselves.
Test Case Of Mexico
1--WE have been put to the test in
the case of Mexico and we have
stood the test" The president add
ed that it remained to be seer
whether Mexico had been benefited
by the course taken by the admin
istration, but that 1--WE have at least
proved that we will not take advan-
tage of her in her distress and UNI
dertake to impose on her an order
and government of our own choosing.
THE moral is, that the states of
America are not hostile rivals hut
cooperating friends and that their
growing ems of community inter
est. alike in matters political and in
matters economic Is likely to give
them a new significance as factors
in international affairs and in the
political history of the world. 1t pre-
sents them as in a very deep and
true sense a unit in world affairs,
spiritual partners, standing togeth-
or because thinking together. quicE
with common sympathies and com
mon ideals.
Il am interested to fix your at
tention on this prospect now, be-
cause unless you take it within your
view and permit the full signii;-
canoe of it to command your though,
| cannot find the right light in
which to set forth the particular
matter that lies 1t the very front
of my whole thought as l address
o today. 1 mean national de-
fense."
Our Passion for Peace
The passion of the American peo-
pie, the president declared, was for
peace; that conquest and dominion
was not in their reckoning nor
agreeable to their principles.
But just because we demand I'M
molested development and the un-
distributed government of our own
lives upon our principles of right ard
liberty" he said, 1--WE resent from
whatever quarter it may come, the
aggression we ourselves will not