Woodrow Wilson: “America has been reluctant to match her wits with the rest of the world.”

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

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

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.

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