The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-12

~" - "Suhestiy the DeSS e0VertlstnS
medium In Sumter.
The South Carolina Belgium Relic,
ship loaded with provisions for tn,
starving nor &C. mbatants of Belgium
WI sail from Charleston in January
The cargo will be furnished by the
contributions from the people of this
state. supplemented by contributions
from North Carolina and Georgia
Contributions of grain asa other food
stuns, rs well as money. are solicited
and every farmer who can spare few
bushels of corn and peas should
make a contribution to save the life
Of starving Belgian.
Col. Roosevelt Is struggling desper-
ately to retain measure of the no.
toriety that he once enjoyed. Other
expedients having failed to bring
the results that his sensation-lovinr
nature reveled in he has resorted to
vicious assault upon the administra-
tion of President Wilson. He centers
his attack against the Mexican policy
In general and the Vera Cruz Incl
dent in particular. His criticism
follows the same line pursued by the
Hearst yellow journal syndicate and
other dollar jingoes whose chief in
terest In the Mexican problem has
been their investments in Mexican
mines and other enterprises which
they had been exploiting at the ex-
pense OF the Mexican people. These
financial brigands were protected in
their operations by the Diaz party as
long as the old dictator maintained
his iron grip on Mexico. but when he
was overthrown and their special
privileges were endangered they set
up a clamor for the United States to
sieze Mexico and administer it's affairs
under a military government for their
benefit. This President Taft refused
to do and President Wilson has been
N'Nh POoAtNt TcIuSul tO
use army and navy Of this country to
save the Mexican-made millions of
the income tax dodgers. Col Roose-
Welt and William Randolph Hearst in
an offensive alliance against the Will
son administration Is u spectacle that
the American people will estimate at
Its real worth. Both are grasping
self-seekcrs who hopo 10 accomplish
their own ends 10y discrcGiting tho pa
triotic and statesman-like policies of
the administration in the eyes of the
American people. Roosevelt. the star
demagogue In the history of American
politics. has had his day. tho people
having proiited by the opportunity to
compare the substantial performances
of n constructive statesman. i'm the
person of Woodrow Wilson, with the
swash buckling promises of an imita-
ton and self styled chompion of the
people. in tho person of Theodore
Roosevelt. lie Is ovCr-shad ycd and
ohscured by the real greatness ol
President Wilson and his envious spir-
IL, embittercd b. the knowledge that
the ephemeral popularity he gained Is
his rough rider methods is already
catalogued as notoricty and not as
enduring fame. founded on merit
character and staycsmanlikc service
seeks To regain popular notice by as
sailing tho man whose achievement.
he envies but can never emulate. Il
Roosevelt is a has-been and his rs.
saults on Woodrow Wilson smack al
the methods of Jim Corbctt i'm villify,
ing jim Jcffrlcs after he lad lost th'
championship TO the better man. Th,
verdict OF the American people re-
specting Roosevelt Is indicated by tn
nationwide feeling of thaukfulnes
that Woodrow Wilson has been at tia,
helm OF state instead Of Thr odor
Roosevelt during the McSlcan Cn
broglio. and the great war that nov
deVastatCs Europe and dc" 'ralizc
commerce and industry tl..oughOu
the world.
britannia rules the wave, but II &C
ours 20 n disintcrcstcd onlOoECr tha
var, 'pess I'm making the rulership ef
fectiye has cost her dearly IL woul
lave LCcu easier for England to hay
sent n feet OF ovcrpOwCring strenS;
20 destroy the German llcct before tn
CiyastCr to Admiral CTaddOck's squad
ron of the cOa"t or chile than it wa
afterwards. The battle ot the Fole
lard islands would have been unncC
tecury hud England net uuicrcs,'
Inf ted tho ST. 'cugth aud rcsourcetul
i,cys of the German Pacific ilcct. "a
error In Judgment or naval strItcg