Woodrow Wilson: “Shall we or shall we not sustain the first great act of international justice?”

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

Very little reflection would lead any one to conclude that the measure would not furnish in any substantial degree the relief sought by the producers of most of the staple commodities which it covers.

The burdens of war are not lifted when the fighting ceases.

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