The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-12-25
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cause it expresses the opinion enter
tanned of that policy by men who
know the Philippines from having
served there and from personal con
tact with the PHILIPPINES. 1t is an
opinion held not only by Army and
Navy officers, who compose the Cara
bao Club, but civilian officials who
have served in the islands 1t is
the opinion of the men who know as
opposed to that of the men who
theordze at long range.
The men who poked fun at the AID
ministration policy were open to cen.
sure only because they seem to have
gone beyond mere harmless fun and
because they occupy responsible posi-
tons under the officials they hold up
to ridicule. Their antics differed from
those of the Gridiron Club in the fact
that there was sting in their satire,
and that the latter body. being com
posed of newspaper men, who owe no
loyalty to the men they lampoon, nee
not consider consequences, either to
the Administration or to its mem
ebrs. The Cardiac Club men, being
instruments for the execution of the
Governments policy, were not free to
give public expression to an unfavor-
able opinion of that policy.
But in making the Carabao Clubs
doings the occasion for public con-
domination, the President and his Cab
met officers have made a mountain of
a molehill. They have advertised the
fact that their policy Is condemned by
those who, having personal knowl-
edge are In the best position to Judge.
The surest way to take the edge off
satire Is to make light of 1t. By TAX
Ing 1t seriously the President creates
the impression that his jovial critics
have made a palpable hit. A private
reprimand would have better gained
his end, for 1t would have deprived
the critics of that publicity which he
should have least desired.
One can read between the lines of
the dispatches that the censure of the
.Carabaos had it's source in Secretary
Bryan. In the eyes of the Secretary
of state every person wearing the uni
form of the Army or Navy has horns
and cloven hoofs and is a votary of
the hated militarism. From him came
the inspiration of the new Philippine
policy, and he takes to himself per
sonally any criticism of 1t.
Yet Mr.. Wilson and Mr.. Bryan are
reaping only the natural fruit of theiI
entire foreign policy. They have
caused the United States to shrink
into its shell. They have meddled in
Mexico and threatened to NEEDLE II
all Latin America, yet have renounce'
the only means by which other ma
tions can be induced to tolerate thedl
meddling. Is there any wonder tina
these policies come in for occasiona
satires?
Mr.. Bryan has removed the men o.
training, experience and proved abilit
from the diplomatic service and ha'
turned over to spoilsmen the offices
by which we cultivate friendly rela
lions with other nations. He recalls
Rockhill and appoints Pindell, who Il
60 obviously incapable Of holding hi
own with the able diplomats he woul
meet In st. Petersburg, and whose al
pointment was made under such cir
@h1t h. To m N a
on foreign relations has unanlmousl,
called for the entire correspondence
relating thereto and has held up tn
appointment until it is produced. MI
Bryan has sent to Santo Domingo
mediocre lawyer and stump orator
whose arrival was promptly followe
by a scandal These things are don
after we had been for years bulldln
up a diplomatic service to mate
those of other nations, a service wheI
merit was everything and party wa
nothing and which had lifted us
our proper ranks in the estimation {
the world. The splendid work of Sc
retaries Hay, Root and Knox
thrown to the winds in order that II
hungry spoilsmen may be fed.
The methods by which our dipl
matte service was enlisted in Il
service of American commerce in a
cordance with the practice of 9th
nations, were branded dollar dipl
macy" and were repudiated, but VII
have We in their place but 5O-ce
diplomacy? The office must not
degraded by being used to help o
merchants to extend their trade. but
may be degraded into a reward for I
litical service.
The Bryan policy has become
object of reprobation to newspapers
every shade of political opinion, n
excepting many of the staunchest L