Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-28
CRITICISM OF WILSON.

No president in the history OF the
United States has had the many and
various problems to confront as had
woodrow Wilson In discussion of
the criticisms of him the Savannah
Press had the following editorial:
while the pro-German and German
Americans are dancing war dance
in preparation for the terrible things
thew propose to do to President Will
son in his next presidential campaign,
there is great work going on among
other opponents of Mr.. Wilson to show
that his foreign policy has brought
upon America and Americans the con-
tempt of the French and British.
From time to time we read iamenta-
tions from the pens of noble sons of
subsidy, regretting that the 'pusil-
luminous temporizing" foreign policy
Of Mr.. Wilson. has brought upon this
self-respecting nation the disgust and
contempt of foreigners. We feel per-
| fectly certain that if the hatred of dis
appointed Mexico-Americans, plus the
hatred of COMMUNICATIONS
Learts remain in Germany, while their
bodies and votes are in this country
could be multiplied by and added to
the hatred of ousted Republicanism
that President Wilson's chances to sue
coed himself would be as a view of
nothing under the tense of a mighty
4 horoscope.
But there is the nasty little pro-
blem of how to draw all these diverg-
ent and tangential hatreds to a COM
mon focus. Once supply the mission
links between Germany's haters and
Cermany's lovers and the President
is done for. The Republican party
need not then continue to beat the
bushes to secure up a leader-any
old anti Wilsonite would do. Mean
time, while this little problem is still
unsimplified, we read on one hand
how utterly supine this administra-
ton has been in permitting Germany
to murder our citizens in the face
of our threats, and on the other, how
the German element in this country
las made up its mind that this ad,
junct to the kaiser's empire shall not
be presided over by president who
thinks more of America than of Ger
many.
"The appeal which some of the
Republican press is making to Ameri-
can loyalty on the ground the ad-
ministration has failed to get the re-
spect from the Teuton allies which ii
claimed to have won by diplomacy
rests upon the fact that the case
of the Ancona again demonstrates tC
the world that Germany and her ally
: are treating us with contempt The
numerous crimes of murder and ar.
son which have been committed by
the Germans in the United States
in an effort to discourage the ship
ping of munitions to the entente al
lies add their aggravations to an in.
dignant public sentiment, and give
/ this line of ampaign work an un
| pleasant effectiveness, even though i
: is obviously unjust. 1t does not, o.
course, increase the opposition of the
German element, but is calculated tt
appeal very strongly to the anti-Ger
man sentiment, as well as to the sen
timent of national pride in simple
. Americanism.
1T is always easy to criticist
9 president. 1t is just game of be
damned-if-you-do and-be- damned-i
you don't. The sensitive Republico
American who thinks of how we lool
In the eyes of foreigners, does moi
perhaps cause to see how we looF
in our own eyes. He slaps his chest
and talks about national self-respect
and blames the president for having
''temporized" with Germany. He re.
fuses to see that had the president
plunged in and brought the matte,