Woodrow Wilson: “We still mean always to make a common cause of national independence and of political liberty in America.”

A recommendation at this time that suitable legislative action should be taken may appear somewhat premature, but in view of the approaching termination of my administration I have brought this matter to your attention, hoping that…

Clearly, this is no time for the erection here of high trade barriers.

I am in full sympathy with every sound proposal to promote foreign trade along sound business lines.

The neutrality of Belgium was guaranteed by the Treaty of London of 1839.