The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-11
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guarantee that all of us will sign
declaration of political independence
and territorial integrity"
Such an arrangement, he said,
will pave to the foundation of the
future life of the nations of the
world. The whole family of nations
will have to guarantee to each nation
that no nation shall violate its polit-
ical independence or its territorial
integrity. That is the only conceiv-
able basis for the future peace OF the
world and I must admit | was anx'
ious to have the states Of the two
continents of America show the way
to the rest of the world as to how to
make basis of peace.
Peace can only come by trust. II
you can once get situation OF trust
then you have got a situation OF
permanent peace. Therefore every
one of us, it seems to me, owes it as
patriotic duty to his own country
to plant the seeds of confidence and
trust instead of seeds of suspicion.
The president declared Americas
attitude toward Mexico is mot merely
the sort Of friendship which prompts
one not to do his neighbor any harm,
but the sort of friendship which earn
estly desires to do his neighoor serv-
ice"
He declared the administration s
policy was that "the internal settle
ment of the affairs of Mexico was
none of our business" He then dis
cussed the punitive expedition after
the bandit Villa, saying:
when we sent troops into Mexico
our sincere desire was nothing else
than to assist you to get rid of man
who was making the settlement OF
your affairs for the time being mpos-
sible. We had no desire to use our
troops for any other purpose and l was
in hopes that by assisting in that way
and then Immediately withdrawing
might give substantial proof Of the
truth of assurances that | had given
your government Though President
Carranza.
And at the present time 1t dis
tresses me to learn that certain influ-
ences which | assume to be German
in their origin, are trying to make a
wrong impression throughout Mexico
as to the purposes of the United
States, not only wrong impression,
but to give an absolutely untrue ac-
count of things that happen. You
know the distressing things that have
been happening just off our coasts
Yor know Of the vessels that have
been sunk. | yesterday received a
quotation from a paper in Guadalajara
which stated that thirteen of our bat
tleships had been sunk off the Capes
of the Chesapeake. You see how
dreadful it is to have people so radi
cally misinformed. It was added that
our navy department was Withholding
the truth with regard to these sink
ings. / have no doubt that the pub
Usher of the paper published that II
perfect innocence without intending
to convey wrong impressions, but i
is evident that allegations of tina
sort proceed from those who wish t
make trouble between Mexico and the
United States.
'sNow. for the time being at an.
rate. and hope it will not be a shor
time. the influence of the United
States is somewhat pervasive in tn
affairs of the world and believe tina
II is pervasive because the nations o
the world which are less powerful
than some of the greatest nations ar
coming to believe our sincere deSir
Is TO do diSinterested service. We ar
the champions of those nations whic
have not had n military standin
which would enable them to compel
with the strongest nations in TIL
world and l look forward with prid
to the time which l hope will 500
come. when we can give substantis
evidence not only that we do nc
want anything out of this war, bu
that we would not accept anythin
out of it, that it is absolutely a cas-
OF disinterested action. If you wi
watch the attitude of our people yo
will see that nothing stirs them s
deeply as assurances that this wa
so far as we are concerned. is 70
idealistic objects. One of the diff
culties that l experienced during tn