Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-06-14
WILSON REASSURES
MEXICAN EDITORS
ON j. s. POLICIES
Declares Monroe Doctrine Must
Not Only Protect Latin Amer
lea From Outsiders, but
From United States as Well

HAVANA. June 11.-By the Associat
d Press. )-President Wilson. in his ad
iress to the Mexican newspaper editor
n Washington last Friday, espresso,
sincere friendship for Mexico. His ad
iress. which is printed in the morning
here today. follows in part
have never received n group
Of men who were more welcome
than you, because IL has been one
of my distresSes during my presi-
dcncy that the Mexican people did
not more thoroughly understand
the attitude of the United States
toward Mexico. / think l can as
sure YOU that that attitude is one
Of sincere friendship.
The policy OF my administration
toward Mexico was in every point
based upon the principle that the
internal settlement of the affairs OF
Mexico was none of our business,
that we had no right to interiors
with. or dictate to Mexico in any
particular with regard to her own
affairs.
When we sent troops into Mexico
our sincere desire was nothing else
man VINO was making the settle
ment of your affairs for the time
being impossible. We had no desire
to use our troops for any other
purpose and l was in hopes that
by assisting in that way and there
1Ipou Immediately withdrawing L
might give substantial truth OF as
sIIrance that 1 had given your
government through President Car
rama.
German Influences
At The present time it dlstresses
me 70 learn that certain influences,
which I assume 20 be German IN
their origin, are trying to make
wrong impression throughout Mex
leo as to the purpose Of the United
States but to give an absolutely
untrue account of things that hap
pened.
we are champions of those ma
tions which have not had the mill
tary standing which would enabIe
them 10 compete with the strongest
nations in the world. and L look
forward with pride to the time
which L hope will come when we
can give substantial evidence not
only that we do not want any thlnS
not accept anything out or 1t; that
j. is absolutely case of disinter-
ested action. And if you will watch
the attitude of our people you Will
see that nothing stirs them so deep
" as he assurances that this war
SC far as we are concerned is tor
idealistic objects.
Some time ago 1 proposed a sort
OF Pan-American agreement. 1 had
perceived that one of the difficulties
of our rast relationships with Latin
America was this: The famous
Monroe doctrine was adopted with
out your consent and without any
OF the Central American or South
American states. We said: I'VE
are going TO be your big brother,
whether you want us to be or not
Protection Against United States
We did not ask whether it was
agreeable to you that we should be
your big brother. We said We are
going to be- Now that is all very
we'll as far as protecting you from
aggression from the other side of
the water was concerned, but there
was nothing in it that protected you
from aggression from us and
have repeatedly seen an uneasy
feeling on the part of representa-
tivas of the states of Central and
South America that our self-ap-
pointed protection might be for our
own benefit and our own interests
ano rot for the interests of our
neighbors. So 1 have said: Let
us have a common guarantee that
all of US will sign declaration of
political independence and terrific
at M
auy of us, the United States in
cIuded, violates the political indie.
oendence or territorial integrity of
any of the others, all the others
will jump on her"
Now that is the kind of agree
ment that will have to be the foun-
dation of the future life of the ma
.ions of the world, gentlemen.
The whole family of nations will
have 10 guarantee to each nation
that no nation shall violate it's po-
Iitical independence or its terrific
rial integrity That is the basis
the only conceivable basis-for the
future peace of the world, and
must admit that 1 was anxious to
have the states or the two coun-
tries of America to show the way
to the rest of the world as to how
to make a basis for peace.
Peace can only come by trust.
II YOU can once get a situation Of
trust then you have got stu
alton of permanent peace. There
fore. every one of us owes it, as
patriotic duty, to his own country,
TO plant the seeds Of trust and of
confidence instead of the seeds of
suspicion and a variety of inter-