Woodrow Wilson: “Public action will no doubt cause many who have perhaps unwittingly adopted illegal methods to abandon them.”

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

Actual relief can come only from the adoption of constructive measures of a broader scope, from the restoration of peace everywhere in the world.

Such a policy is antagonistic to the fundamental principle of equal and exact justice to all.

The price of wheat is a world price; and it is a matter of little moment whether the Canadian wheat goes directly into the markets of the other countries of the world or indirectly through this country.