I shall take the liberty of coming again before the Congress, to ask that authority be given me to use any means that may be necessary for the protection of our seamen and our people in the prosecution of their peaceful and legitimate…
Woodrow Wilson
The Public Record
Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, he was born in Virginia and raised in Georgia before moving to New Jersey, where he became a prominent political figure. Wilson was a key leader of the Progressive Movement, advocating for reforms such as antitrust legislation and the establishment of the Federal Reserve System. His presidency is also noted for significant events such as the United States' involvement in World War I and his efforts to promote the League of Nations, an international organization aimed at preventing future conflicts.
That part of Executive order of May 28, 1912, withdrawing certain areas for use of the Chur-chaw, Cocklebur and Tat-murl-ma-kot Bands or Villages of Papago Indians be, and the same hereby is, revoked.
Executive orders, dated June 16, 1911, December 5, 1912, and January 14, 1916, withdrawing certain lands in Arizona for the benefit of the Papago Indians, be, and the same hereby are, revoked.
That nothing herein contained shall affect any existing legal right of any person to any of the lands herein described.
No peace can last, or ought to last, which does not recognize and accept the principle that governments derive all their just powers from the consent of the governed.
Right must be based upon the common strength, not upon the individual strength, of the nations upon whose concert peace will depend.
There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized common peace.
Every lover of mankind, every sane and thoughtful man must take that for granted.
It will be absolutely necessary that a force be created as a guarantor of the permanency of the settlement so much greater than the force of any nation now engaged or any alliance hitherto formed or projected that no nation, no probable…





