Arizona republican., 1916-07-11
WILSON URGES PEACE REACHED
 BY MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING

nous panlc when tne SlTeSS ol war came on, and that it is the salvation of every average business man who lis in the midst of the tides that have been trying to describe.
 What does that mean, gentlemen? It means that you can get a settled point of view and can conscientiously oppose progress if you do not need progress yourself. That is what it means. 1 am not impugning the in- justice even of the men who opposed these things because the same thing happens to every man If he is not of contrary makeup, that he cannot see the necessity for thing that he does not himself need. When you have abundance credit and control of credit, you of course, do not need | broa adened."
 Addressing the salesmen, President
 Wilson declared in part:
 We desire permanent peace; per I manent peace can grow only in one
 soil That is the soil of actual good
 will, and good will cannot come with
 out mutual comprehension.
 "I hear some gentlemen say that they
 want to help Mexico and the way they propose to help here is to overwhelm
 her with force.
 That is thelong way as well as the wrong way. Because, after the fight
 ing you have nation full of justified cuSpiciop and apimatad hv vraII fnupd
 ed hostility and hatred and then will
 you help them? Then will you estab-
 fish cordial business relationships with
 them? Then will you go in as neigh
 bors and enjoy their confidence? On
 the contrary. you will have shut every
 door as if it were of steel"
 What makes Mexico suspicious oi us is that she does not believe as yet that we want to serve her She be-
 lieves we want to possess her. And
 she has justification for the belief ir
 the way in which some of our fellow citizens have tried to exploit her priv
 ileges and possessions. For my part
 1 will not serve the ambitions of those gentlemen but l will try to serve al 5 America, so far as intercourse witt Mexico is concerned, by trying to serv, Mexico herself"
 The president insisted, however, upol the absolute right of the United State to defend her border but as to goin, further stated his position by refer ence to the Virginia bill of rights The bill says that a people have , right to do anything they please witt z their own country and their own gov
 ernment," he said. T am going L stand by that bill. That is for tn . benefit of those gentlemen who wan
 to butt in"
 The president then spoks of tn value of mutual understanding an
 added:
 f You cannot hate a man you know : l know some rascals that I have trie ' to hate. have tried to head them of n hate them. In the relationship of ma 3. tions with each other. many of our an . tagonisms are based upon misunder l. standings and as long as you do nc y understand country you cannC l trade with it. As long as you cannc l. take it's points of view you cannC Y commend your goods to it's purchas ' This. then, is the simple messag o that I bring you: Lift your eyes 'i the horizon of business; do not loo 2 too close at the little processes wit - which you are concerned but let yot thoughts and your imaginations ru <. abroad throughout the whole world ar with the inspiration of the thought tn; = you are Americans and are meant +o carry liberty and justice and the prii l. ciples of humanity wherever you E, ID go out and sell goods that will nal le the world more comfortable and mo to happy and convert them to the prii ss ciples of America"