Woodrow Wilson: “I would be ashamed if I did not feel the pulse of this great people beating in these affairs.”

We have been vigorously building up a great merchant marine and providing for improvement of marketing in foreign countries by the passage of an export trade law.

In recommending to you that Congress take appropriate action with regard to this agreement, certain facts should be brought to your attention.

I herewith call your attention to an agreement with Belgium made by the British and French Premiers and myself.

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