The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-12-26

7HEODORE ROOSEVELT has re-
T Gently made two assaults upon
President Wilson's adrninistra-
~ tons one because the United
toool States has not gone TO war in de-
EH tense Of Belgium; and one be-
AT& cause the United States did 90
6GGI 10 war in behalf Of the Mexican
people.
We are told that the mere passive neu-
trality maintained by the American gov
ernment in regard to the invasion VI
Belgium is the climax Of Rbsurdity. He IN
very cautious, however, in answering the
question as to what should have been done.
He says that the charges made by the Bel
gian Commission should have been inyesti-
gated, and the American government should
az least have put itself on record in regard
thereto.
With regard 70 Mexico, Mr.. Roosevelt
says that President Wilson should have rec
ognized Huerta and that by not recognizing
him, by the occupation of Vera Cruz, and
by occasional interference with the shipping
Of war material into Mexico this nation
has become partly and seriously responsible
for the brutalities alleged TO have been com
mitted against priests aud nuns by the
Constitutionalist soldiers
n the attack begins to appear All the
Roosevelt declarations are identical
with the demands and desires Of the papal
system. Rome, also demanded the recogni-
tion of Huerta. Rome demanded such an
Intervention as would defeat the revolution.
lists and would place Huerta, and his Roman
Catholic allies, back in power.
Not so apparent, but nevertheless equally
true is the desire of Rome 20 drag the
United States into the European war With
two Of the worlds greatest Protestant ma
tons, Germany and Great Britain, effect
lively destroying each other, nothing would
so crafty popery, or promote the plans Of
the Jesuits, as 70 see the United States
plunged into the same whirlpool.
Against the misuse Of military power for
the benefit of popery President Wilson has
stood like a stone wall. No one but dem
agogue would criticise his refusal to recog-
nize the criminal government established by
Huerta, the butcher, on the murder of Ma
dero. No one but an advocate Of Rome
would seek to belittle the presidents eff
fective efforts In behalf of peace
MO matter how much we may differ with
IN Mr.. Wilson in regard to such issues
as tariff revision, there is not a sane
citizen but who rejoices in president who
is determined TO carry his country peace
fully through this crisis if il is possible
What a fortunate thing il is that at this
time the country is spared president of the
Roosevelt type with his strenuous militarism
and his disposition to butt into everything
from the care of babies to the making Of a
birch bark canoe.
Mr.. Wilson disposition to chit softly"
and Mr.. Roosovelt's disposition TO hit,hsrd
and often, were no doubt clearly recognized
by the American people two years ago when
both gentlemen stood before the nation as
candidates for the presidency. In making
their choice the American people wisely
chose the man who could WELD the big stick
when il became necessary, but could also
lay it away when watchful waiting clearly
appeared to be the lesser of two evils.
On that occasion the people plainly indi-
Gated their preference between the two rad
icals while at the same time retiring Mr..
Taft, another friend Of popery, to private
life. President Wilson's foreign policy is
in keeping with the nature Of the man, and
is precisely what was expected Of him when
elected. Mr.. Roosevelt's criticism of the
administration is equally in keeping with
the nature of its author, and is precisely
indicative of the reason why he was not
elected.
ID UT Mr.. Roosevelt is a shrewd politician
ID with a boundless ambition. He sees
in the present situation a great oppor-
tunity for an alliance with papal politics,
or rather a perfection Of the alliance that
he has cultivated from the beginning of his
career.
For, strange as it may appear to some,
his relation to Rome for many years has
been such as TO force either one of two con-
victions: that he is a papist operating under
the disguise Of Professionalism, or he is a
demagogue playing a sensational part to
capture a Catholic following. In either
event he is an unsafe leader for patriotic
Americans; and his late efforts in behalf of
Rome challenge the careful attention and