Wilson was interested in U.S. relations with other American states, saying in 1913 “One of the-chief objects of my administration will be to cultivate the friendship and deserve the confidence of our sister republics of Central and South America, and to promote in every proper and honorable way the interests which are common to the peoples of the two continents....The United States has nothing to seek in Central and South America except the lasting interests of the peoples of the two continents...”
This position did not mean, however, that Wilson would be merely passively interested; in April 1914 the political situation in Mexico seemed chaotic, and he intervened by sending U.S. troops there. They remained five months, withdrawing in November. This document was part of Wilson’s Latin American policy.
Document Signed, Washington, December 3, 1914, appointing Benton McMillan “Envoy and Minister Extraordinary” to Peru for “the exchange of my ratification for that of the government aforesaid of a treaty...for the advancement of the cause of general peace...” The document is countersigned by Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan. McMillan was the former governor of Tennessee and thus an experienced politico.