Woodrow Wilson: “The fundamental American principle is the right of the people that live in the country to say what shall be done with…”

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.

For many months there has been a demand that war agencies should be abolished and that there should be less Government interference with business.

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

I return herewith, without my approval, House joint resolution No. 440.