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THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1916. EVENING EDITION
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Elihu Root Scores Administration's Policy
The Market Pi
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BLUNDERS OF THE
ADMINISTRATION
Wilson Has Failed In Foreign
. and Domestic Policies,
HOOT SHOWS HIS ERRORS.
Address as Tompornry Chairman of
New York Republican Convention
Points Out Sins of Democratle Com
mission nnd Omission "Wo Have
Lost Influenco Docuuso We Havo
Boon Dravo In Wordo and Irresolute
In Action."
In hit address n.s temporary chair
mini of tlio New Voile state Kcpubllciin
convention, dellveied In Carneglo Hull,
New York, tho Hon. Hllhu Itoot wild:
Wo nro entering upon a contest for
tlio election of a pi evident Mini the con
trol of government under eomlltioiH
essentially new In tlio experience of
our party nnd of our. country- 'l'liu
f 01 pis nnd methods which wu me
about 1o follow are old nud fiiinlllar,
bu( the grounds for lutlon, tlio demand
of great events for decision Upon mi
tlonul conduct, tlio inoitif fortes urg
ing to a solution of vugiioly outlin
ed questions, the Innucndous con
HeiiuenccH of wisdom or folly In nation
til po)lej,,all these ure new to the great
mass of American titers now living.
Kover hiiicu jmh mis mi elecilou neeu
fnniglit With COnsCqucncci so vital to
niilfininl lift. AH tin! ordinary consid
erations which pluy ho great a part in
our presidential iiiinpulgus me nnd
ought to bo dwarfed Into InHlgnlfletiueo.
Democratic Party to tlio Bar.
Tor thu llrHt time In twenty joins wo
enter thu Held as the party of opposi
tion, nnd Indeed It Is u iiiiiih longer
time, for In 1MMJ, in all lespocts hiivo
the tariff, thu teal opposition to thu
fitttrdy and patilotle com so of Presi
dent ClcW'Inud wus to lii found In tlio
party that followed Mr. Iliyan. It Is
our duty ax the opposition to bring tlio
Democratic lmtty to the bar of public
judgment, to pift It upon ItN defeiiHu
no far ns wo see Just and substantial
grifunds to criticise IIh conduct nnd to
nsk tlio oleiH of the country to decide
whether Unit part), orgiinled im It In.
represenled as It lias been since It
enn lo fiU jiowcr, hart shown Itself
eoinpetent to govern the country an It
hIimiK!' bo gotorned and whether Hh
nplrlt, Its' policies, ttud Its. ierfonuaneo
nro thu bent that the Amorlcau people
ran do In tho way of isipulur self gov
erument. In tho field of domicile ulTnlrs hoiiiu
facts, rclwuut to those tUctlous li.nl
already been iiNcertulued when In An
Ktit, JiUI, t Jut incut iliitypeiin war
beau. During the jrui nnd a half of
Democratic ttmtrol of govotiiinoiit In
it porljul of profound pcnui theie liitit
been a sternly docieiiM' In Amerlcaii
production, In oxpoits and In icvoiiiioh
nud a stoutly Increase In lmpirtn and
expenditures. Kntct prise hud halted.
The Democratic turltT had been framed
upon an avowed lepudhitlou of all pin
lection, hoeer modeiale and leasou
able, and because all piotcctlou was
repudiated prmtleully all lufni million
from competent wltni'snes as to the ef
fect new provisions would lime upon
lnisluess wan rejected. It was with
Just cause that the enterprise of the
country halted, timid and li resolute,
becntiM' Jt felt and feaied tho hostility
ur I'liVjirnimifif
Por.tnn rm,min, a,, u, '
Foreign Competition After War.
'iho greatwr has not ehanKed thn
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further deinonstnitlou It has caused
an enormous demand for some things
wmcii tno nited htatis Is utile to pro-
duco lu large ipiautltles. nnd lu thesu
Iliuirt (if npiw iiitlnii i liILt i it 1 1 nt Itiiliiij I
trios, still lmniiiuii in .in. 1....... ,.v.
tensive eiiiplojment of labor, gieat ex
ports nnd a gieat Inilux of money.
Hut this Is tei'iporatj. It must soon
cease, and when the factories have
stopped and their la I siren are uo
longer ciiiplojcd we must ileal with a
situation for which wise foietliouglit
should miiLo provision More Impor
tant still, the war has pnial.vxcd the
peaceful Industries of nil l'.uropci and
has stopcd that competitive foreign
produitlon which lu .litlj. IU1I, had at
retic!) entered Ametleuu matkets to
supersede American pioducts under
tlie tariff law of IDIil The war has
thus given to American products an
Immunity from competition far moro
effective than auj possible protective
tariff Hut thut U leuiwirwi. and
when the war Is over, when foreign
production begins ukuIu. the American
market tompuied with Impoveilshed
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Kurope will be more than ever hefoie
the ohJtvt of deslio and etfort. and wo I
l hall become the dumping ground of j
lhe orld to the destruction of our .
own ltdustili'H unless that Is pteVeuted !
by n wise and lompctcut Koveinuient
How Can We Defend Oursalvuj?
Hut tt Is not ltoui domestic ques
tions that the most dltucult problem i
of this day arise The events of the
lust few j curs huo taught us mniiv
leissous. We have learned thut o hi Ilia
tlott U but ii Mincer thlulj loveilug the
sntugo utttuie of man How uiu this
nation, -vvlilih lovtvs peine and Intends
Justice, mold the uirse of mllltiiiUm
nnd ut the sumo time preserve Its In
dependence, defend Its terrltorj, pro
tea tlio lives mill liberty uud proper
tj of Its litlenh How euu we pre
vent tho same principles or in Hon. tho
bumo pol teles of conduct, thu tume
I forces of military power which are ex
hibited In Duropc from lu.vtng hold
upon the last teirltory and practically
undefended wealth of the new world?
lime we still national ideals? Will
anybody live for them? Would any
bodj die for them? Or ate we nil for
case and eomfoit nnd wealth at any
I price? Confronted by sin h piestlotis
us these and the practical tdtutiUous
which give tlse to them. Is the conn
(l. sallstled to tiust ItM-lf ngulii in tho
i hands of the Iiemoeiiitle piilt.v?
I Impotent Intefcrenco In Moxlco.
I The fulled stales ha I ilUus nnd
I tiles In M(lm. Mine than IO(Hll of
ur i illens hud sought thcii fortinuM
mid made their homes fiete A thou
k. nil millions of Amerliau cnpltal bad
lie u h. veiled In that pioduotlvo cotiti
li,. I'.nt t .-volution hud i nine, and
f.i tlonal wnrfatu was rife. Americans
ha I been mutdered. American proper
ty had been wantonly destroyed, the
lles and property of all Americans lu
Mexico wete lu dimmer. That was the
situation when Mr. Wilson betutne
president In March, 1!)K1. Ills dut.
then was plain. It was, first, to use
his powers. ns ptesldent to secure pro
tection for the lives and propel ty of
Americans lu Melco ttud to require
that tules of law nnd stipulations of
tteatles should be observed by Mesloo
toward the I'nlled States ami It" eltl
reus. His duty was, kpcuiuI, an the
head of a foreign iower to tespeit the
Independence of .Mexleo. to refrain
from all Interference with her Internnl
iifTalis. from all attempt at domina
tion except as he win Just Hied by tlia
law of nut Ions for the ptotectlou of
Ametlcaii t Wits. The president of tho
I'lilted Slates fulled to observe either
of those duties. He deliberately aban
doned them both and followed an en
tirely dllTeient and Inconsistent pur
pose. He Intervened lu Mexico to aid
one faction In eh II strife against an
other. Ho undertook to pull down
Iluerta and Hit t'lirmuxn up lu bis
phne. Arms and munitions of war
weie fioel furnished to the notthern
fori os mid withheld from Iluerta.
Finally the piesldent vent our utmy
and navy to Invade Mexico and cap
ture Itn groat Hcaport, Vera Crur., and
hold It anil throttle Mexican eommerio
until Iluerta fell.
Americans Cuiracod In Mexico.
Tlie government of the United States
Intervened lu Mexico to control the lu
teriial attain of that Independent coun
try nud to eufono the will of thu
American president In those uluilis by
threat, by economic pressure and by
forcu of, arms. Upon what claim of
rlglit did this Intervention proceed?
Not to Heeitru respect for American
rights, not to protect thu liven or prop
erly of our citizens, not to ttssert tho
laws of nations, not to compel observ
ance of the law of Immunity. On tho
contr.iry, Iltiortu's wuh the only power
lu Mexico to which appeal could bo
made for protection of llfo or property.
That wan tho only power which, lit
fiu t, did protect either American or
Htiropoan or Mexican. It wait only
within tho territory whero Iluerta
ruled that coniparatlvu peaco and or
der prevailed. Tho territory over
which (he armed power of Carraiiza
nud Villa nud their associates extended
was the theater of tho most uppalllng !
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cilme.s. Hands of robbers roved tho
(ountiy with unbi Idled license. Amer
icans nud Mexicans alike wero ut their
incicy, nud American men wero mur
dered and American women wete out
raged with Impunity. Thousands wero
reduced to poverty by the wanton do
struitlon of (bo industries through
wlik h they lived. Yet tlio government
of the 1'nlttil States iguoied, con
doned, the murder of American men
uml the rape of American women and
destiiictlou of American property nud
liiMill to American niUecrs and dellle-
inent of the American Hag and Joined
lw" '" u, uw" w" wor KU," ol '
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,. f IIlM.rlII wv V The president
,lm" !"w. '.'M 1!"' . ,f. w,m ,MV,mh0 .
he uiIJiiiIkmI Iluerta to be a iistnper, j
bociniM' he deemed that the lominon I
people of Mexico ought to have gieat-
r ,mrl, Mitlon lu Kovernineut mid
shaio lu Uie laud, and be believed that
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,..i-n t.i.ttp, ,, iiiict i,i, n ii, ('ill ill' v
witli these sentliueuts. but thete is
iiothluu moie iliitigeious than tuls
I placed sentiment.
kept his followers otherwise. When
Huettit had fallen the new government
which for tlie daj had Miicccdcd to
his plain pcrcmpioillj demanded the '
withdrawal of the Atnerluin troous.
The universal sentliueut of Mexicans
'loqultod the potoinptorj demaiid. and
! Hie ti.hins Men. ultlnli.iuii siini
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wotse than that, the taking of Vera
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.- iia iicwuit. i-.i . .uiii.iv-ii. ii iii uie nui
terltj of the Ameiliuii govetiitueut lu
Mexico, because every Intelligent inou
lu Mexico believed that the avowed
ituiMjii for the act was not the real
reason TJic uvowed inn iki-i was to
compel a salute to the Aiiieileitu Ha
Tin oo liuuilnsl MoxUaus wore lepott
id killed, sevenieeu United Statis ma
lines wero killed and tunny wero
wouuuuci. .t iiiui erv time jir. my
an. with the ptcMciit's approval, was
signing tteatles with half the world
agiooliig that if any coutiovcrsy should
uiiko It should be subinlttisl to a Joint
commission ttud uo action khould to
taken until nfter it full jear had claim
od. This couttoversA, slight us it was.
nrofco on the tub of April, and on thu
'Jlst of the same mouth Vera t'uu
was tul.en With the occupation of
Vent I'm the mm u power of tho
I'lilted Suites In Mexleo ended We
were then and we are now hated for
what we did to Mexico, uud we wero
then nnd vo mo n-nv dcsped for our
feeblu uud luenulutu fulluto to protect
When our at my landed ut Vera Cruz I ,",',,". . V .... ' .
Uiiuuiia hluiseir. who was to be the ' ' ; '" ,. ' " "", ,., " "'" . '
thiol beuellih.rj of the .ut, publicly ' tU'i-o In this efi'-.rt can 'ey
protested ugali.M It. So strong wus V' M , ""I '" Vnwttn; ,,f J'w ,,,,t'u1 l
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the lltos and rights of our citizen. No
Hug is HOilishonoiod unci no eltlronsUll)
go little wot Hi the ilulinlug lu Mexico
os ours. And tint Is why we havo
failed III Mexleo
Policy of "Watchful Waiting."
Incredible as It seems, Hueita had
been turned out by the assistance of
the American government without any
guni antics from the men who w.re to
be set up In his pi. ue. and mi the mur
dering nud burning and lavishing havo
gono on to this day. After Iluerta
laid fallen and thu Vera Cm, expedi
tion had been withdrawn Ptesldent
Wilson iiniioimced that no one wax
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MoMco: that she was entitled to settle
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mi-ill iii-ini-u. uu uivinuu-. mi it- ICUiptUOUS IIIU SllOCklllg WIIJ". 1 IICI1,
sponslblllty for what hapiieiis In Mex- mi n Amerlcu wns stirnsl to tho
Ico and contenl.s liliiihelf with a pel- ,i0,,tiiM, our govetiiment addressed an
Icy of watchful waiting. And for the l)tUl.r Ilote to Germany. It repented
death mid outrage, the suffering and p nH3ortIoii of Atneilcnii tights and
ruin of our own brethren, the hatred 'runewcsl Its bold declaration of pur
and eoiiteinpt for our country and tho ,)os,.. it,ieclaml again that the Amer
dishonor of our name lu that land the i-,.,. mPI1Inr ..mllllt iini,i n... im.
administration at Washington shnres
tespouslblllty with the Inhuman brutes
with w hotn It made common cause.
When we turn to the administra
tion's conduct of foreign affnlrs Inci
dent to the great war lu nttrope mi
csntiot fall to perceive that thete Is
much dissatisfaction among Ameri
cans. Dissatisfaction Is not In Itself
ground for condemnation. Tho situ
ation eteuted by the war lias been dttll
cult nud trying. Much of the corre
spondence of the stato department,
especially since Mr. Lansing took
charge, has been chuiacterircd by ac
curate learning and skillful statement
of spoclllo American tights.
Threo Errors In European Policy.
A study of the administration's pol
icy towitrd Europe since .Ittlj-, 1011,
reeals throe fundamental errors: First,
the luck of foieslght to make timely
provision for liuckiiii; up American di
plummy by actual or assuied military
and naval force; hoeond, the forfei
ture of the wot Id's resK'ct for our as
seitlon of rlght.i by pursuing tho policy
of making threats and falling to make
them good; third, a loss of the moral
forces of the civilized world through
failure to truly Interpret to the world
the bplrlt of the American democracy
lu It.i attitude to wind the tertlblu
events vhhh accompanied thu curly
stages of the war.
ri.nit, ns to power:
When the war lu Kurupo began, free,
pent c utile little Swltroilaiul Instantly
mobilized upon her frontier u meat
army of trained iltk.cu soldleis. Stur
dy little Holland did the same, and
both have kept their tenltory mid their
independent o Inviolate.
Grout, jKiicenblu America was farther
removed from the conlllct. but her
tradu mid her citizens traveled on ev
ery sea. Ordinary knowledge of i:,i
roprait affairs made It plain that thu
war was begun not by accident, but
with purpose which would not soon be
rellncpilshcd. Oidlnary knowledge of
mllltiiry events mude It plain from tho
moment when the tide of German Inva
hlou turned from the battle of thu
.ii a rue that the conlllct was lertnlu to
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be long mid dosperate. Ordinary know!
edge of history of our own history
during the Napoleonic wars-made It
i,m1!, t,!"t '" inj winnict neutral rights
tVlllllll lu. t.-i.f Itl. ... ....! ..-.. .-
would 1st worthless unless iiowerfullv
maintained.
The Democratic cm eminent nt Wash
Ingtou did not t-eo It. Other.! saw It,
and their opinions found voice. Mr.
Gardner urged It, Mr. Uidge uiged It,
Mr Stlmsou urged It. Mr. Itoosevelt
urged It. but their iirgumeut nud ur
gency were usctlbed to political mo
tives, mid the president described them
Willi it sneer as nervous ami excited
Wilson Has Shifted Ground.
Hut the winning voices would not be
stilled. The opinion that we ought uo
longer to leinalu defenseless became
I""'"1 lI"loii. Its cxpnwM.m gtew
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"'' "" l"f"'" '"- Biouml. has .eve.x !
im1 , ,HtHth,H uw msUh m, t...irv ,,, I
prepare against war' God uriut tint I
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Ic purtv has not shifted Its uroit .1 v "(",,, They had learned to believe j "''" '""lenti leadershli the eon
twM.t f ?2!Sl that It was safe to kill Amerk-ans, and '"0""- .o neutral
"u, 'idcavoilng now to sldetriuk the
, moveuieiit tor national ptepareduess.
to miidcHe it by uineuiliuuiit nud turn
It Into cim.inels which will piodM-e the
of nll-the head of the mivj depart
ment when we see that wheiu
pivpui.itloii has been possible It bus
not been made, when we see that con.
"" "' wrsi iiireucty iiutuor-
"" "us not Is-en piessed and In borne
' '"es nfter long delny has not even
i bl'l'll begllll .'
If an Increase of our country's power
tlonal power and duty uud honor.
An to the pollcj of threatening words
! without deeds.
When Get ninny gave uotleo of her
jurposo to sink merchant essols on
j the high seas without safeguarding tho
.lives of liniment iwisspiiKers our gov
ernment on the 10th of IVhriittry one
jearago Informed Germany In tin mis
, takublo tonus that in attacking and
I sinking ossols of the 1'ulted States
uud lu destrojlng the lives of American
caucus in w mi! j traveling upon' mer
ih.int ve-ols of other countries she
would ait at her peril Thej pledged
the power and coinage of America.
.with her hundred million people and
' her Mist wealth, to the protection of
her citizens, as during all her history
through the d.ijs of her jotith unci
weakness she had protected them
' Ou Uio U of Muuu the misscimex
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in iii-ii-uii iimmi upuiiiiii agtiressiou is i ., , .,......., .. 0me. it u a matter of universal .v.
authorized bv the lire-out .oiu.-ross It '"I'tblng moro tbiiii beef nud cotton nerieneo tlinf ., ,.,,t ...... ..!... ' . ,. .. '
4 .,. i i. I .. t . .. s a in .i iiii'rii'fi ii (iiiim iir.iiv- uififiiia r.io
must bo lurgelj through Hepubllcan uml r''1" ,nm- "mnufactures; stnncts tivatment of foreign ntTulrs nvitesTn.
votes, bwuuse all the traditions and f.r 80-nl" int cannot be measured croaehment.s upon rights and lends to
IUIIK IltlliH ur Mllir liri lirn fiir tut. .-.. ...tbv tiuw uvwa liui nav HltUIirinilM In -trdlnh l l
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' steamer Falnba wns torpedoed by
(;riniiii imbmnrlun mid 1111 American
, citizen wan killed, but nothing wns
done. On the l!3th of Aptll the Amer
.lean csscl Gushing was attael.ed and
I crippled by n German aeroplane. On
I tho 1st of May the Ametlcatt vessel
GuliHght was torpedoed nud sunk by a
Get mini submarine and two or moie
Americans were killed, jet nothing wus
di ne. On the 7th of May tlio I.uslta
tila was torpedoed and sunk by a Ger
man submarine and more than 100
Atnctlcans nnd 1,100 other noiieoiu
batunts were drowned. The very thing
which our government had warned
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,uc,n,mn.v "uo "Ulst ,,ot "" 'Tmn"
' AM of set purpose nnd In the most eon-
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perlnl Gerinan government to u strict
neeountablllty for any Infringement of
those rights. Intentional or Incidental,"
and It declined that It would not "omit
nny wont or nny net neiessarj to tho
performance of Its sacred duty of main
taining the rights of the United States
and Its cltl7cns and of safeguarding
their free exercise and enjoyment."
Still nothing was done mid a long
nud technical correspondence ensued,
haggling over petty quest Ions of de
tail, every American note glowing less
and less strong and peietnptory until
tho Arabic was torpedoed and sunk
and moie American lives were destroy
ed, and still nothing was done, and
tho eoriespoudeiico continued until thu
anied iieieuse ngaiust uermaii huuiiiu
rlnu warfare made It unprulltable and
led to Its abandonment, and tho cor
resMJtidetice Is apparently approaching
Its end without securing even that par
tial protection for thu future which
might be found In an admission that
the destruction of the I.mdtnul.i was
forbidden by Inw. The Liter corre
spondenco tins been conducted by our
statu department with dignity, but It
hns been futile. Ait admission of lia
bility for dnmnges has been secured,
but the tlmo for real protection to
Amerlcuu rights Iiiim long since passed,
Tho brave words with which we be
gan the controversy had produced uo
effect, because they were read In the
llcbt of two extraordinary events.
One was tho report of tho Austrian
nmbussador, Mr. Dttmba, to his gov
ernment that when tho American noto
of Peb. 10 was received hu naked tho
Hocietury of state. Mr. IJrjan, whether
tt meant business mid received an an
swer which satisfied him that It did
nor, but wns Intended for effect ut
homo In America.
"Too Proud to Fight."
The other event was the strango nnd
unfortunate declaration of the presi
dent lu u public speech In Philadelphia
tho fourth day nfter tho sinking of
tho I.usltnuln that "a man may bu too
proud to light." Whatever the Aus.
I trlan iiiuliassador was lu fact told by
i. . .. ...
the secretary of slate, the impression
which he reported was supported by
tho events which followed. Whatever
the president did menu, his declaration,
made in public at that solemn time,
amid the horror mid mourning of nil
our people over thu minder of their
children, was accepted the world over
as presenting tho attitude of tho Amer
ican government toward the protection
of tho llfo and llbetly of American
citizens lu the exercise of their Just
rights, mid throughout the world tho
pliraso "too proud to light" became a
byword of deilslon mid contempt for
the government of tho United States.
Later, In unotber theater of wnr tho
Mediterranean Austria, and perhaps
Turkey also, resumed tho practice.
Thu Ancoiia and then the Persia wero
destroyed, and more Americans wero
fj'u l''' They hml learned to be
Ho that, no mntter how shocked tho
American government might be, Its
resolution would expend Itself lu
iiiu ivuiiii iH-iieteci wuu iiieni,
Stinking Fist and Finger.
No mail should draw a pistol who
dares not Bhoot. The government that
i. .i . I . ii. .r y. I
s Its list llrst and Its linger nfter-
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has lost Its authority and lutlu-
iconise we havo been brave In
ttud Irresolute In action. Men
uiu y tii) ma i i no worus oi our uipio
matlc notes were Justified, men may
eay that our Inaction wus Justified, but
no man can hJy that both were wise
and creditable
I have said that this government lost
the moral forces of the world by not
truly Interpreting the spirit of
ne
American deiuocrucj.
er full with tho lmlauie of trade,
American people, luroriuod by their
owu experience that Is continued bj
their observation of Intel national life,
have eotno to seo that the Independence
. .
of nations, tho llbi-rty of their ironies,
Jttstk-e and humanity cannot be main- I
talned upon the eomplulsance. the good
uatuie, the kindly feeling of tlie strong
toward the weak, that real indeneiid
once, real lllmrtj, caunot rest umii stif
fortune; that peace nnd lllierty can be
preserved onlj by the authority ami
obsennnee of rules of national con
dint founded upon the principles of
justice nud luimanltj; only by the es
iiibllbluneiit of law among tuitions, re. '
MHuirivo to the enlightened public opln
on of inanklud. To them liberty
turns not libertj for themselves alone
t rrn'l who are oppressed justice
'ins i,ot J-istl.-e for themselves
ideas but u skidd tur iill nUo ure
' "on, Wsfc the nfe'k'ressloti of tho
shoos
To this peoplo the Invasion. of Ilol-
gi im broiiKht it shock of amaeineut
and honor. If the public opinion of the
world was to temiiln silent upon that,
ueutial upon that, tlieu all talk about
I enee and Justice and International law
and the rights of man, the ptogress of
Immunity nnd the sptead of liberty Is
idle putter, mere weak sentimentality;
then opinion Is powerless and brute
fotco rules nud will rule tho woild. If
no difference Is recognized between
right and wrong then the)e are no
moral standards. Thete come times In
the lives of nations as of men when to
nt- ,l
I treat wrong as if it were tight W trca
, ...
so" to me rifciiu
Tlio Wrong Dono to Belgium.
The American people were entitled
not merely to feel, but to speak con
cerning tho wrong done to Itelglutu.
It was not like Interference In the In
ternnl affairs of Mexico or nny other
tint ion, for this wns an International
wrong. Tho law protecting Ilelgluni
which was violated was our law and
the law of every other cMIled covin
try. That Inw wns the protection of
our peace and securltj. It wns our
safeguard ngalnst the necessity of
maintaining great armaments nud
Hnutliv mir Miilistntirn In contlnilfil
' ...iiw1l.ifi.ia v-.it i it f MriP.il-nr Hint 111 tv
liiiuutinn tv. ...... ...'.
was written Into n solemn and formal
convention, signed nnd ratllled by Ger-
many and Hclglumand Prance and tho
United States In which those other
countries ugreed with us that the law
should bu observed.
There was no question hero of Inter
fering In tho nuarrels of Dimpe. Wo
j had u right to be neutral, and we were
neutral as to tho quarrel between Ger
many and France, but when us it ti In
cident to tho prosecution of that
quarrel Gcriminy broku the law which
we wero entitled to have preserved
and which she hud agreed with us to
precervo we were entitled to be beard
In the assertion of our own national
right.
Neutral Botwcon night and Wrongl
Vet thu American government ac
quiesced lu the treatment of Ilelgluni
nnd the destruction of the law of na
tions. Without one word of objection
or dissent to thu tepudhttloii of l.iw
or the bre.uii of our tientj or the vio
lation of Jostle and Immunity In the
treatment of Ilelgluni our government
enjoined upon the people of Pie t'nltel
States an ttudiscrlmliintliig and all em
bracing ueutialltj. and the president
admonished the people that they must
bu neutral lu all lespects In tut and
word and thoii.'lit and sentiment. Wo
were to bo not meiely neutral as to tho
quarrels of Kurope, but neutral as to
the treatment of Itelglutu, neutral be
tween right nud wrong, ueutial be
tween Ju the nnd Injustice, neutral be
tween humanity and cruelty, neutral
between liberty nud oppre-Hlun, Our
government tKI more than acquiesce,
for In the llrst I.usltaula note, with thu
unspeakable horrors of the conquest
of Ilelgluni still fresh lu our minds, on
tho very day after the tepoit of tho
Hi vie commission on Helgl.iu ntrocl
ties, It wrote these words to the gov
ernment of Germany:
Htvnlllnii thu liumnno unci tnllKhtvnod
attitude hitherto nssumrcl by tho Imperial
nerniHii Kovernment In matters of Inter
national rutin and particularly with re
curd to the freedom of the ccsis, having
learned to rocoKiiUo tlio German lows
nnd the CJerman lulhionco In the Held of
International obllRutlon ns iclwns cmtmtcd
upon tlio uldo or Justice and humanity, etc.
And so tho government of the United
Stilted appeared as approving tho treat
ment of Helglum. It misrepresented
the peoplo of tho United States lu that
ncqulescemo and apparent approval.
It was not necessary that tho United
States should go to war lu defenso
of tho minted law. A single oillclnl
expression by tho government of tho
United Stntes, u single t-enteneo deny
ing ussent nud recording disapproval
of what Getmuny did lu Helglum,
would have given to tho iieoplo of
I America that leadership to which they
to entitled In their earnest groping
I f' ,h. "ht-. "" vo ranged
,
n wus noi to ne. tho American
government fulled to rise to the do-
j munda of tho great occasion. Gone
IV.II-.h tli.1 nl.l I...... . I.....I .
u ' '" "l jcisuio, inn um
passion for liberty, tho old sympathy
nun uio uppresseu, tnu old ideals of
an Amerlcu helping tho world townrd
,n letter futuie, nud there remained In
the eyes of mankind onlv sotieitmi.. f,.r
imuu ami profit nnd prosperltj-.
shr.nfc Frnm k. -r. u
Tl)0 Ai7riLr, . ' . ,
J tnV? T ?Uld not
, f ha ariroved the treatmeut of
"ft b" ""t'J,, V Tlcy
"J" fi?, iX ,hJJ.
doubly dangerous lu their effect upon
lurcigu iiuuons anil in their effect at
dlfllcillt to
nroiout nnr .i,n,. . .. "..
- " '"""SIIJilIlSiriSIB-TIll
policy at tho outset prevents din ,..Vn
situations from arising nnd tends i..,t
strongly to preserve twe n T
uthor lumt tr n .-,.,.... J ... . ?
utrong In Its diplomacy its own n I
nle intist b. mii t " I r
leadership of opinion In a ni,,,,.,i '
cause worthv to UWHkn tLl . !i i
otlsm and devotion
Wo hnvo not beeti following the tuth
of peace Wo have been bllndlv stum- '
mmg along tho rond thut coutluued
will lead to Inevitable war t0UIIUUtU
When our government failed to tell
tlie truth i.im.u ni i , 'r lr. ' i
orinortiiiiit - r.ir ion.ii.i .. ' .
sense of tho American neonlo and it '
UM the power which n knowledco of
H"t leadership nud n sympathetic io-
M'onso from tho moral seuso of tho
.world would havo given to our dlnloma-
r'. Wheu our government failed to
uinko nny provision whnfever for de
fend iug its tights In cao they should
be trampled upon it lost the power
which it belief In lt:i lendluess nnd will
to muliitalii its lights would have giv
en to Its diplomatic rcpicscntutlnus.
When our government gave notke to
Germany that it would destroy A1 'or
ient! lives and American ships ut Its
peril our winds, which would huvu
been potent If sustained by adequate
prepiuutlon to make then goo I nnd by
thu pic .Mm' nud uullioiit.v of fie moral
lendetshlp of a gieat people In a gieat
cinife. wete denied viltli it contempt
which s iiinld h.no I ecu f iiceeti, nnd
when our goverumctit fulled to make
those wonts good Its diplomacy was
bankrupt.
I pott the locoid of perforiuanto
whh h I have liled'to desetlbu will the
Auiei.fiin peoplci sny thut the Heino
etiitle pmtj Is entitled to be continued
In power?
The thrctM of the present admlnls
tint. on arise ftoui two distinct causes.
Tlie lli"t Is the temperament nnd (min
ing of the piestdeiit. Tlie hceond Is thu
Im nihility of the Detnociallc party as
It l lepieteuled lu Wnshlngton both
III tin. Ii"lslnllli unit In Um nYiwiiili-i.
iu-j iiiiiiiiiiii i-iiiii.-r in ungniate wifo ....... o. ,, w 1 , m . .
tuill.-li.j ,,i- in 11,1. i. (Ii,.,,. ..!.. . I nnil 7 . u .. '
.t i.i ,.. i , ... umrn iiruiMi, . a. ...
,...- .... ... ... ...... ... ,1,1.11 h nt-ll Jiiu- I - " r, IU,
posed by otheis or to administer them
e.Tc lively If they are established. Tho
IU'.U'Ctatt In congiess nro never con
trolled except with a club, and gov
tiumeiit with a club is always spas
medic and defective.
We ii. ust not dcielvo ourselves by
assuming thut the critical period aris
ing from the gloat war has passed.
The te.il diiugeis and the leal tests of
tlie sdength of our Institutions Ho be
foio us. The most exattlng demands
upon the wisdom, the spirit and thu
coinage of our country ure still to bo
made, lu this gieat conlllct nil forms
of genet ti men l ate on dial, democracy
with the test The principles of na
tional molality uie on dial. We must
I lay our part In thu universal trial
whether we will or no. for upon tho re
sult depends directly the question
whether our icpubllc can outline.
What Aro People to Expect?
Hut what ate the people to expect If
the Itcpublleiin p.nty Is restored to
power?
This much we eun say now:
They may expect, with confidence,
that their gov eminent will meet thu
economic situation with which wo
must deal Immediately upon the closo
of the wur. with it sillcy of modornto
but udeqiiato piotectlon to American
Industry.
They may expect that tho govern
ment will be administered with tho
honesty mid ellleleiiey which havo
marked Hcpuhlkiiu administrations Ju
the past.
They may epeet that tho best possl
hie course for the pieservtitlon of
petne will bo followed by n fotelgn pol
icy which, with courtesy nnd friendli
ness to all nations, Is frank ami fear
less nud honest In Its nssertloii of
American rights.
They may expect that their govern
ment will stand for full and adequate
preparation by thu American peoplo
for their own defense. Tlie Hepubllcau
party loves pence and hut us war; It
abhors and will never submit to mill
tiny domination; but It Is composed of
men who o our country and who
diem that the Independence, the liber
ty, tho honor and tho opportunity of
uiu .iiiiericnu tiomocrnej' uio not mere
ly to bo talked about with weak and
flabby sentiment, but tint to be main
tallied and safeguarded by the prac
tical power of a virile and patriotic
people. It Is cleat sighted enough to
seo that preparation for defenso must
have duo relation to the possibilities
of attack; that under tho conditions of
modern warfare much ptepuiatlou
must bo made befoio a possible attack
or till piepatatlou will bo Impossible
after tho attack. The Itepubllcan par
ty stnnds for it citizenship mudo com
petent by training to perform tlio free
man's duty of defense for his country.
It stands for u regular tinny no larger
than Is neeesstfj". but as largo us Is
necessary to hcrvo as n first line, a
nucleus, u bouro of Instruction nud of
administration for tho army of Ameri
can citizens who may bo called upon
to defend their countrj. And the He
publican party stands for the gospel
of patriotic serviio to our country Wy
every cltlen, mcoidlng to Ids ability
In peace and In v ar. It stands for a
reawakening of American patriotism.
It Is not content that while the peoplo
of other lauds uie rendering thu last
full measure of devotion In sacrifice
and suffering nnd dying for their cottti
tries America shall remain alone dull
to tho call of country uml ratlsllcd In
thu comforts and plcastties of pros
perity. Our Power For Peace,
.'hey may expect that assured readi
ness for defenso will glvo power to
our dlplomncy in tho maintenance of
peace.
'"-v ; iitvi. ciiuc mo jiunei uuu
w or n uiniDu iH-onto to iierena tueir
-
wlIutri' will prevent tho application to
our I)enccfu n( prosperous land of
(,K' ,mteful doctrine that niuong ira-
tlons might makes right regardless of
Vm rule9 of just,co nn(1 nmunlty.
Th-' Jny expect that tho muni
inifest. I'
IX)le,'nl strength and competency of
,uo ,mtlon w"l malHtnln tho cffectlve-
"e9 uml re,lHtJ' of that great policy of I
u1aon 'ety aU,1cU ia tUo doc,ara
V f rrcslJent Monroe forua,, tho '
. ... T l our Bwuniy ur l,,e la'
tabllsbment of hostllo military powers
'01" - neighborhood
T"ey way expect that their govern-
ent -will not forget, but will over
malntal" lno Principles of American
freoUoin' the aMci ot America to tlio
,.eaco and roC3s ' tn wrld and
t?,oso ,d,.aI? ' "bend Justice for
" n,anUlnd ""hlch nbovo nil clso make
-a trD Breataesa of tUo American
"ley am .. .
movement on
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