The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1914-10-21

Try to take advantage of the war that
has come, come without any fault on the
part of the Democratic party or of the
nation, and while the President is trying
| to protect the business interests of this
| country, and instead of withdrawing the
money from the banks and thus COM
| polling the banks to withdraw money
/ from business and cripple business. he has
, the courage to ask the American people
| to take this burden upon themselves for
| the protection of the country.
The President and Intern ationaI
Problems.
And while he has been solving the prob
| lens at home, he has had to bear "A load
| i'm the nature of international problems
heavier than often falls to the lot of a
| President. These troubles are not of his
| making. Some of them were inherited
| from previous administration The Mex
lean situation developed before the Pres
ident took the oath of office In February
prior to the 4th of March, liuerta turned
against the President under whom he
served and by an act of high treason that
would have justified his execution in any
civilized country of the world made a
prisoner of his President and then allow
ID him to be assassnated while he was
his captive. And YOU will find in the rec
ords of the State Department "A telegram
which Huerta sent to President Taft, II
have ovcrthrown the government"
And then this man had the impudence
to ask President Wilson to recognize him
as President of Mexico. But President
Wilson said mo" lie couldn't overlook
the methods employed and he could not
ignore the fact that this man had by
force of arms extended a hateful des-
potsm over an unwilling people. He be-
gan his policy of watchful waiting, and
announced that, instead of using force.
he would use moral pressure, and then
the Republicans began to laugh at watch
ful waiting and jeer at moral pressure.
The Republican leaders demanded that
he recognize Huerta and the lingo Re-
publican press wanted To know why he
didn't send an army To Mexico to restore
order there.
But he stood firm, and finally. by push
ing and pushing and pushing, he pushed
ilucrta out of Mexico and across the At
autic giving an oppressed people chance
to secure economical reforms. And just
ibout that time war broke out in Europe
md then the people had chance to see
the difference between the methods em-
plOyed here and there, and the mothers
VI this country. whose hearts are sad as
they sympathiZe with the sorrowing
mothers OF Europe. from whose homes
the brcadwinncrs have been drawn to the
battle front-these mothers whose sons.
If the President had allowed himself to
bee cOerced by the Republican leaders
might now he perishinS upon foreign soil
In AN unnecessary war-these mothers
ought to thank God for a President who
Kept peace in the western world.
Where. | ask YOU, would this nation be
to-day H. when an opportunity such as
never has come before and may never
come again, 1t We're not in position to
improve that opportunity? And how
could we be the peacemaker of the world
II we We're busy trying to kill our broth
ers in the republic across the Rio Gre nde?
Here stands nation the diplomatic clear
ing house of all the world Go into the
countries that are at war, and every
where YOU will find all the business be-
ing done by the American Embassy and
the American Legation. and while these
things have been accomplished the Pres
ident has put his powerful influence back
Of "A peace plan that has spread more
rapidly that any other peace plan ever
spread II has been only year and a
hall since 1t was proposed and yet II has
been Endorsed in principle by almost ev-
cry important nation in the world. Thir-
y-four nations. altogether, and We have
twenty-nine treaties signed
They used to talk of these little treat
les. but they talk of little treaties no
more. for five of them signed on Septem-
Der 10. included Great Britain. France,
Spain. China and Russia, five govern
ments that exercise authority over mora
than one billion human beings and we
not only have these treaties that link US
to something like three quarters OF all
the people on Gods footstool. but In addi-
ton to this we have the principle In
dorsed by Germany and Austria and we
believe that before we celebrate again the
birthday of the Prince of Peace we shall
be united by those treaties to every i'm
portant nation In the world and these
treaties provide that whenever any dis
pute arises, no matter what kind of a
dispute II is, II II defies diplomatic set
tltHltnt. IL uiuSt Dt submitted lnveS-
tigation to "A permanent international tri-
bunal and years time must be given
for investigation and for passions to SUBJ
side and for reason to resume its sway
and the contracting parties agree that
they, VIII not declare war or begin hos
tilities until the cessation Of that time.
Americans Are Proud OF Wilson.
These, my friends. are a part of the
record Of Woodrow Wilson and of the
Senate and the House that have stood
back of him. Would you rebuke a man
who has made such record as that?
No. you would not rebuke him, not IL
you could take him of in some quiet
place and whisper his condemnation in
his ears, but you can not find "a quiet
place. There Is no obscure place to
which you can take your President and
visit your condemnation on him IL you
would. lie stands before the world. He
stands where all the world looks ON, and
II you humiliate him you must humiliate
him in the eyes OF all mankind. But my
friends YOU will not do IL. You are proud
Of this President. You glory in a chief
executive who has lifted the American
dag until II is seen the world around
What will YOU do? VIII you haul down
that flag? No. l believe when election
comes not only win all the Democrats
march side by side and express their
approved by their ballots. but I believe
multitude OF Republicans will say.
NOW Is the time to forget differences
Of parties and stand by Wilson and bid
him God anead town rd