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TTTE ATLANTA HKOKUJAN AND NEWS.
We Shall Do Nothing but WAIT for Peace, Wilson Say
*•*7 * i_j kas fr>rfpit«d all respect and moral suDDort
There ran hr no prospect of peace in America until General 1 luerta
has surrendered his usurped authority in Mexico. . . . Mexico has no
government ... a mere military despotism has been set up. It orig
inated in the usurpation of Victoriano Huerta, who has at last cast aside
even the pretense of legal right and dt dared himself dictator. As a conse
quence, a condition of affairs now exists in Mexico which has made it
doubtful whether even the most fundamental rights of her own people
of the citizens of other countries can long be successfully safe-
guarded.
or
Huerta has forfeited all respect and moral support.
Yet-
We shall not, 1 believe, be obliged to alter our policy of watchful
waiting.—From President Wilson’s Message to Congress.
BUT CLARIFY IT, URGED BY
Continued From Page 1.
wn*ted at the Speekers table at the
ri*rht of the Speaker.
The President m*u5e the Journey
from the White Hcmne to the Capitol
In his automobile. He left the Rxeru-
tlme Mansion at 12:45 o’clock, accom
panied by Secretary Tumulty.
Just before the President, left the
White House, Mrs. Wilson, the. Misses
Margaret and Kleanor Wilson, Miss
Helen Woodrow Hones and Ml»* Belle
Hagner left for the President’s at
tlon of the gallery of the
Keprrson La 11 v* s
Secretaries iiedfleld and Houston
were the first Cabinet officers to ap
pear upon the Hoor of the House.
They spent ten iniputes shaking
hands with various members.
President Wilson arrived at the
Capitol at 32:45 p. in , and was es
corted to Speaker ‘’lark y office
President Waits on Senate.
Then ii dilemma occurred which was
not on the program. The Senate,
which was supposed to have reached
the House by 1 o’clock, at that time
had not arrived, and the President
was compelled to '$ait in the, Speak
er’s office, while the Senators slowly
walked across from the Senate side
of the Capitol. The Senators reached
the House chamber at 1:05 o’clock,
and immediately took their seats
Speaker Clark named Representa
tives Underwood, Fitzgerald and
Mann a committee tin* part of the
House to escort the President into tin
chamber, and Vice President. Marshall
named Senators Kern, Bacon and
GalMngor a committee on the part
of tlie Senate to perforin a similar
service
President Wilton reached the House
chamber at 1:07. turning first to
Speaker (Mark ami Vice President
Marshall and bowing cordially to
them. He glanced in a self-satisfied
way at the Senators‘and Representa
tives and began his message in a clear
fashion.
The applause which greeted him
wtien he entered the chamber last
ed for nearly a minute. Alter the ap
plause was over, Speaker (Mark made
the following simple announcement:
Reads in Firm Tone.
"Gentlemen of the Senate and of
the House of Representatives, I pre
sent to you the President of the
United States ”
The President then in n firm tone
began the reading of his messag*
and, except for the sound of his
voice, absolute stillness prevailed in
the chamber.
Secretary Bryan did not follow the
example of his fellow Cabinet mem
-I . . 1. .. .. ..« f nn ill., 11,1,1)' llllt
bens and take a seat on 'lie lloor, but
went Instead to the diplomatic gal
lery, where he Joined heartily in the
handfrlapplng.
With especial deliberation and
emphasis the President read that por
tion of his message relating to Mexi
can affairs, wherein he predicted tie-
marly fall of the Huerta Government
and reaffirmed the intention of the
l T n1tWi Htateti to play a 1 watchful,
waiting'' game.
Title sentiment was applauded n\
fh„ legislators the first applause
heard during the aetua! reading of
the message, and when he concluded
that part of hts message relating tn
Mexico, he again was greeted with
hearty applause.
The President said:
The President's Message.
tientlemen of tin Congress:
In pursuance of my constitutional
duty to -give to the >longrt at Into)
■nation of the state of the Union," 1
tahe the tlbertv of addressing you on
several matters which ought, as it
seems to me. particularly to engage
the attention of your honorab c
bodies, as of all who study the welfare
and progress of the nation.
1 shall ask your indulgence if I ven
ture to depart In some degree from
The usual custom of setting before von
in formal review the many matters
which have engaged the attention anti
called for the action of the severs
departments of the Government «»:
which look to them for early treat
ment in the. future, because the list Is
long, very long, and would suffer in
the abbreviation to which I should
huve to subject It I shall submit, to
you the reports of the heads of the
several departments, In which these
subjects are set forth In careful de
tail, and beg that the may receive
the thoughtful attention of your com
mittees and Of all members of the
Congress who may have the leisure
to study them. Their obvious Impor
tance, as constituting the very sub
stance of the business of the Govern
ment, makes comment and emphasis
' .. | on my part unnecessary.
Peace Treaties Increase.
The countrv I am thankful to say,
is at peace with all the world, and
many happy manifestations multiply
shout us of a growing cordiality and
sense of community of interest among
the nations, foreshadowing ari age of
settled peace and good will. More
and more readily each decade do the
nations matiHS^t their willingness to
bind themselvefNby solemn treaty to
the processes of peace, the process's
of frankness and fair concession. So
far the United States has stood at the
front of such negotiations. She will,
I earnestly hope and confidently be
lieve, give fresii proof of her sincere
adherence to the cause f Internation
al friendship by ratifying the several
treaties of arbitration a walling renew
al by the Senate. In addition to these,
it has been the privilege of the De
partment of State to gain the assent,
I in principle, of no less than 31 na
tions, represent ing f u fifths of the
population of the world, to the nego
tiation of treaties by which It shall
be agreed that whenever differences
of Interest or of policy arise which
can not be resolved by the ordinary
prociilses of diplomacy they shall ’*>e
publicly analyzed, discussed and re.
ported upon by a tribunal chosen by
the parties before either nation de-
termlnes its course of action.
There is onlv one possible standard
by which to determine controversies
between the United States and other
ns, and that Is compounded of
these two elements: Our own honor
and our obligations to*the peace of
the world. A test so compounded
•
both the establishment of new treaty
obligations and the interpretation of
those already assumed.
Huerta Must Go.
There is but one cloud upon our
horizon. That has shown itself to
the south of us and hangs over
Mexico. There can be no certain
prospect of peace in America until
General Huerta has surrendered his
usurped authority In Mexico:—until
It Is understood on all hands, indeed,
that such pretended governments will
not be countenanced or dealt with
by the government of the United
States We are the friends of consti
tutional government in America; we
Striking Points From
President s Message
Some sinking points from President Wilson’s message:
He repeated his assertion that President Huerta must be
eliminated, but made elear that his policy was that of waiting
for Huerta’s downfall, which must come soon.
The Sherman anti-trust law should stand unaltered, but it
should be made more explicit by new legislation.
He urged legislation to provide for the direct nomination
of Presidential candidates, party conventions to be retained
sqjely for the purpose of ratifying the choice of the people and
framing party platforms. He would have the conventions com
posed of the candidates for office, so they might be held directly
responsible for failure to carry into effect the platform pledges
Urged Philippine independence.
Pleaded for the development of Alaska by means of Gov
ernment constructed and operated railroads, with Government
control of terminals and ports.
Urged a “fair and effective’ employers liability law.
can travel without anxiety. It 1* as
important that they should be re
lieved of embarrassment and set free
to prosper as that private monopoly
should be destroyed. The ways of
action should be thrown wide open.
For Presidential Primaries.
, I turn to a subject which I hope
| can be handled promptly and with
out serious controversy of any kind.
I mean the method of selecting nomi
nees for the Presidency of the United
States. I feel confident that I do not
misinterpret the wishes or the ex
pectations of the country when 1 urge
the prompt enactment of legislation
which will provide for primary elec
tions throughout the country at w hich
the voters of the several parties may
choose their nominees for the Presl-
of
dency without the intervention
nominating conventions. I venture
the suggestion that this legislation
should provide for the retention of
party conventions, but only for the
purpose of declaring and accepting
the verdict of the primaries and for
mulating the platforms of the par
ties; and I suggest that these conven
tions should consist not of delegates
chosen for this single purpose, >
the nominees for Congress, the j
nees for vacant seats In the SfJ
of the United States, the
whose terms have not yet cloaedi
national committees, and the ei
dates for the Presidency thorns,
in order that platforms mav i
framed by those responsible to |
people for carrying them tirto «ff
BIS [ITERS SET
country in a more deplorable condi
tion than ever. But lie has not suc
ceeded. He has forfeited the respect
and the moral support even of those
who were at one time willing to see
him succeed. Little by little he has
been completely isolated. By a little
every day his popver and prestige are
crumbling and the collapse is not far
away. We shall not. I believe, be
obliged to alter our polioy of watch
ful waiting. And then, when the end
comes, we shall hope to see constitu
tional ord»'r restored in distressed
Mexico by the concert and energy of
such of her leaders as prefer the lib
erty of their people to their own am
bition.
Urges Currency Law.
I turn to matters of domestic con
cern. You already have under con
sideration a. bill for the reform of
our system of banking and currency,
for which the country waits with
impatience, as for something funda
mental to its whole business life and
necessary to set credit free from ar
bitrary and artificial restraints. I
need not say how earnestly I hope
for its early enactment into law. 1
Hike leave to beg that the whole
energy and attention of the Senate be
concentrated upon It till the matter
is successfully disposed of. And yet
I feel that the request is not needed
—that the members of that great
House need no urging tn this service
to the country.
I present to you. In addition, the
urgent necessity that special provi
sion be made also for facilitating the
credits needed by the farmers of the
country. The pending currency bill
does the farmers a great service. It
puts them upon an equal footing with
other business men and masters of
enterprise, as it should; and upon its
passage they will find themselves quit
of many of the difficulties which now
hamper them in the field of credit.
The farmers, of course, ask and
should be given no special privilege,
such as extending to them the credit
of the Government itself. What they
need and should obtain Is legislation
which will make their own abundant
and substantial credit resources
available as a foundation for Joint,
concerted local action in their own
,, behalf in getting the capital they
are more than 11m friends, we are its f must use It is to this we should
champions: because in no other vvnv
can our neighbors, to whom we would
wish 1n every way to make proof of
our friendship, work out tfyeir own
development in peace and liberty.
Mexico has no goernment. The at
tempt to maintain one at the City
of Mexico has broken down, and a
mere military despotism has been set
up which has hardly more than the
semblance of national Authority. It
originated tn the usurpation of Vic
toriano Huerta, who. after a brief
attempt to play t ne part of consti
tutional President, has at last cast
aside even the pretense of legal
right and declared himself dictator.
Policy of Waiting.
A«5 a consequence, a condition of af
fairs now exists in Mexico which lias
made it doubtful whether even the
most elementary and fundamental
rights either of her own people or
of the citizens of other countries res
ident within her territory can long
be successfully safeguarded, and
which threatens, if lonur continued,
to Imperil the interests of peace, or-
Ital by which to support and expand
his business. We lag behind many
other great countries of the modern
world in attempting to do this. Sys
tems of rural credit have been stud-
ied and developed on the other side
of the watfr while we left our far
mers to shift for themselves In the
ordinary inoneV market. You have
but to look about you In any rural
district to see the result, the handt-
ca p and embarrassment which have
been put upon those who produce
our food.
Confident of Result.
Conscious of tliis backwardness and
neglect on our part, the Congress re
cently authorized the creation of a
special commission to study the va
rious systems of rural credit which
have been put into operation in
Europe, and this commission is al
ready prepared to report. Its report
ought to make it easier for us to de
termine what methods will be best
suited to our own farmers. I hope
and believe that the committees of
the Senate and House will address
themselves to this matter with the
most fruitful results, and L believe
that the studies and recently formed
plans of the Department of Agricul
ture may be made to serve them vfery
greatly In their work of framing ap
propriate and adequate legislation. It
would he indiscreet and presump
tuous in anyone to dogmatize upon so
great and many-sided a question, but
l feel confident that common counsel
will produce the results we must all
(fesire.
Modify Sherman Law.
Turn from the farm to the world
of business which centers in the city
and In the factory, and I think that
all thoughtful observers will agree
that the immediate service we owe
the business communities of the
country is to prevent private monop
oly more effectually than it has yet
been prevented. I think It will be
easily agreed that we should let the,
Sherman anti-trust law stand, unal
tered, as it is, with its debatable
ground about it, but that we should
us much as possible reduce the area
of that debatable ground 'by further
and more explicit legislation; and
should also supplement that great act
by legislation which will not only
clarify it but also facilitate its ad
ministration and make it fairer to all
concerned. No doubt we shall all
wish, and the country will expect, this
to be the central subject of our de
liberations during the present ses
sion; but it is a subject so many-
sided and so deserving of careful and
discriminating discussion that 1 shall
take the liberty of addressing you
upon it in a special message at a
later date than this. It Is of capital
Importance that the business men of
this country should be relieved of all
uncertainties of law with regard to
their enterprises * and investments
and a clear path indicated which they
now address ourselves.
Farm Credits Needed.
iUhas, singularly enough, come to
pass that we have allowed the in
dustry of our farms to lag behind
the other activities of the country in
its development. I need not stop to
tell you how fundamental to the life
of the nation is the production of its
food. Our thoughts may ordinarily
be concentrated upon the cities and
the hives of industry, upon the cries
of the crowded murket place and the
clangor of the factory, but it is from
the quiet interspaces of the open v 11 -
leys and the free hillsides that we
draw the sources of life and of pros
perity, from the farm and the ranch,
from the forest and the mine. With
out these every street would be si
lent, every office deserted, every fac
tory fallen into disrepair. And yet
the farmer does not stand upon the
same footing with the forester and |
the miner In the market of credh. (
Ho is the servant of the seasons, i manias tt*«* no**, thro»t, ch#ney*«
Nature determines how long he must sitgtuiy laxattvt. »*•
. , la whaoplng rough Children Ilk* Cheney a and hag
wait for his crops, and not be ou rtl0 market flft* years. Take tha old, tried
CHENEY’S
EXPECTORANT
Cures Whooping Cough, Croup
Take Salts at First Sign of
Bladder Irritation or
Backache.
The American men and women must
guard constantly against Kidney trou
ble. because we eat too much and all
our foo*i is rich Our blood is filled
with uric add which the kidney* strive
to Alter out. they weaken from over
work. become sluggish; the eliminative
tissues cleg and tin result is kidney
trouble, bladder weakness and a gen
eral decline in health.
When > •»ir kidneys feel like lumps of
lead , your hack hurts or the urine Is
cloudy", full of sediment or you are
Obliged to seek relief tv\«< or three times
•luring the night; f you Buffer with
sick headache or dizzy, nervous spells,
add'stomach, or you have rheumatism
when the weather is had, get from your
pharmacist about four ounces of .Tad
salts; take a tablespoonful in a glass
of water before breakfast tor a few
days and your kidneys will then act
Ape. This famous salts Is made from
the arid of crapes and lertnon juice,
combined with lithia. and has been
ised for generations to nusn and stim
ulate rh>;-ged k'de>s > neutralize the
adds In the urine s-> t no longer is a
source <*f irritation, thus ending blad
der disorders.
Jad Salts is Inrxj
jure, makes a ocl
lithta-water bevera;
and tolerable life in the lands hurried in her processes. He may and tru* cough cure. at drug §ton*.—lArin.)
immediately to the south of us*. Even gi ve his no t e , but the season of its
if the usurper had succeeded In his maturity depends upon the season
purposes, in despite of the constitu- when hts crop matures, lies at the
Hon of the republic and the rights j p;l tes of the market where his prod-
of its people, he would have set up [ uc ts are sold. And the security he
nothing but n precarious and hate- i glvea le of a character not known In
ful power, which could have lasted
but a litle while, and whose event
ual downfall would have left the
8 mistake b
Hushing any
Advt.
ve; can not in-
ful effervescent
•rid belongs in
body can make
good kidney
IS YOUR CHILD'S
TONGUE COATED?
If Cross, Feverish, Constipated,
Give “California Syrup
of Figs.’’
I/ook at the tongue, mother! If coat
ed. It 1- u sure sign that your little one's
stomach, liver and bowels need u gen-
tie. thorough cleansing at once.
When peevish, rross, listless, pale,
doesn’t sleep, doesn’t eat or act natur
ally. or Is feverish, stomach sour, breath
bad. has stomach-ache, sore throat,
diarrhoea, full of cold, give a teaspoon
ful of “California Syrup of Figs." and in
a few hours all the foul, constipated
waste, undigested food and sour bile
gently moves out of its little bowels
without griping, and you have a well,
playful child again.
You needn't coax sick children to
take this harmless “fruit laxative; ' they
love its delicious taste, and It always
makes then) feel splendid.
Ask your druggist for a 50-cent bot
tle of “California Syrup of Figs." which
has directions for banies, children of
all ages and for grown-ups plainly on
the bottle. Beware of counterfeits sold
here To be sure you get the genuine.
a*k to see that It is made by “Ualifor-
ri 1 Fig Syrup Company ’’ Refuse any
other kind With contempt.—Advt.
the broker’s office or as familiarly as
it might be on the counter of the
banker.
Handicap? Easily Seen.
The Agricultural Deportment of
the Government is seeking to assist
ns never before to make farming an
efficient business, of wide co-opera
tive effort. In quick touch with the
markets for foodstuffs. The farmers
and the Government will henceforth j
work together as real partners in this
field, where we now begin to see our |
way very clearly and where many |
Intelligent plans are already being i
put Into execution. The Treasury of
the United States has. by a timely
and weM-consldered distribution of
its deposits, facilitated the moving of |
the crops in the present season and j
prevented the scarcity of available !
funds too often experienced at such j
times. But we must not allow our- j
selves to depend upon extraordinary
expedients. We must add the means j
by which the farmer may make his!
credit constantly and easily available j
and command when he will the cap- !
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