Siza ufingqe iphuzu eliyinhloko lalesi sigaba enkulumweni kaWoodrow Wilson ayenza kuCongress ebacela ukuba bamemezele impi eJalimane.
Context:Lapho ngikhuluma neCongress ngoFebhuwari 26 odlule, ngacabanga ukuthi kwakuyokwanela ukuqinisekisa amalungelo ethu okungathathi hlangothi ngezikhali, ilungelo lethu lokusebenzisa izilwandle ngokumelene nokuphazanyiswa okungekho emthethweni, ilungelo lethu lokugcina abantu bethu bephephile ngokumelene nobudlova obungekho emthethweni. Kodwa manje kubonakala sengathi ukungathathi hlangothi okuhlomile akunakwenzeka... Ukungathathi hlangothi okuhlomile akusizi ngalutho; ezimweni ezinjalo futhi lapho ubhekene nokuzisholo okunjalo kubi kakhulu kunokungasizi ngalutho: kungenzeka kuphela ukuveza lokho obekuhloselwe ukukuvimbela; cishe nakanjani ukusidonsela empini ngaphandle kwamalungelo noma ukusebenza kahle kwabalwayo. Kunokukhetha okukodwa esingeke sikwenze, esingakwazi ukukwenza: ngeke sikhethe indlela yokuzithoba futhi sivumele amalungelo angcwele kakhulu esizwe sethu nabantu bethu ukuba anganakwa noma aphulwe. Amaphutha esizilwa nawo manje awawona amaphutha avamile; ahlaba izimpande zokuphila komuntu.
UWilson wayecabanga ukuthi ukungathathi hlangothi kwakungeke kwenzeke, futhi empeleni kwakuyoholela eMelika cishe kakhulu ekuhlaselweni yiJalimane ngoba lokho ababekwenza kwakusongela yonke impucuko yaseNtshonalanga. Wayecabanga ukuthi i-United States kufanele ingene empini ngokwayo.