UNITED STATES

Taranaki Daily News, 5 September 1916, Page 5

UNITED STATES

THE PRESIDENCY. MR. WILSON'S NOMINATION. A MANIFESTO. Australian-N.Z. Cable Association. Washington, Sept. 2. Mi. Wilson has accepted the Dcino cratic nomination for the Presidency, Regarding foreign affairs, he said:— "We have been neutral because it is tlie fixed and traditional policy of the United State? to stand aloof from the polities of Europe, because we have had no part in the influences which have bioupht about flic Aar. Our duty is to prevent, if possible, die indefinite extens on of the desolation kindled by th# terrible conflict, and reserve the strength of our resources for the anxioua and difficult days of restoration which must follow.

When the rights of our citizens became involved this was our guiding pr nciive- ilat p.itj i-rtv i ; ?bts can be vindicated by claims for damages when tho war is over, but the fundamental rights of humanity cannot; therefore the loss of life is irreparable. Neither can the direct violation if the nation's sovereignty await vindication by suits for damages by the nation The violator of these essential right? must expect to bo checked and called to account by direct challenge and resistance." Rehiring to the end of the war, Mr. Wilson said that there must be a'just and ''cllled peace. We here in America must contribute the full force of our authority as n nation to tee. organisation of that peace upon world-wide foundations that cannot easilv be shaken. No nation should be forced' to take sides in uny quarrel in which it ; - honor and intergrity are not involved. It is fortunate that our own people are not involved. but no nation can any longer remain neutral against the wilful disturbance of the peace of the world. The nations of the world must unite in a point guarantee that whatever h done to disturb the whole world's life must first j be tested in the court of the whole world's opinion before it is attempted, j