ciples and methods alone are under true control of statesmen, and they ought to be judged, not primarily by immediate results, but with reference to their permanent value to serve the desirable permanent purposes they are calculated to serve.

But the results of the Wilson policy themselves justify the policy. It was a result of that policy that the American people finally saw the imperative necessity for their participation in the Great War. It was a result of that policy that the war, a European quarrel originating obscurely in petty dynastic ambition, in greedy economic rivalry, and in base national hatred, was transformed, by the entrance of the United States, into a world conflict with the united forces of democracy and international peace ranged squarely against autocracy and continued world struggle. It was a result of that policy that the United States, not England, not France, not even new Russia,- became the leader, the bearer of the " great light for the guidance of the nations," in the magnificent new venture of democracy to league the peoples of the world together to serve the ends of peace and justice.

PART II

MORE IMPORTANT EVENTS IN AMERICAN

FOREIGN RELATIONS

PART II

MORE IMPORTANT EVENTS IN AMERICAN

1913. March II.

March 18.

April 4.

April 22.

April 24.

May 2.

May 9.

May 9.

May II.

FOREIGN RELATIONS

President Wilson announced the Administra-
tion's policy toward the republics of Central
and South America. (Statement No. 1.)
The Administration declined to request Ameri-
can bankers to participate in the proposed Six-
Power loan to China. (Statement No. 2.)
The Japanese ambassador to the United States
presented an informal protest against the pro-
posed anti-alien land legislation in California.
The President urged California authorities not
to enact legislation discriminating against the
Japanese. (Statement No. 3.)

Secretary Bryan presented to the diplomatic
corps in Washington the Administration's plans
for the establishment of international peace.
(Statement No. 4.)

The United States recognized the Republic of
China.

The Japanese ambassador to the United States
presented a formal protest against the anti-
alien land bill passed by the California legisla-
ture on May 3.

Victoriano Huerta, provisional prèsident of
Mexico, denied diplomatic standing to the
American ambassador, Henry Lane Wilson, the
United States not having recognized the de
facto government of Mexico.

The President, through Secretary Bryan, urged
Governor Johnson of California to withhold ap-
proval of the anti-alien land bill. (Statement
No. 5.)