Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-11
Administration1 Attitude
Toward Mexico Held q
Destrcutive.
NO PROTECTION
FOR AMERICANS


ClarkSburE, W. Va, OCt 1t.-Ch1Yleo
E. Hughes told an audience at tho sta
ton here today that In his stand for
erty or commerce he had mo agree
ments with anybody"
7 stand for American rights thruout
the world. without fear or favor" said
Mr. Hughes. Il have no understanding,
no agreements, no intrigues with any
body, but ] stand FOR the interests Of
the United States and the protection Of
American lives. American property and
American commerce thruout the world.
Our friends on the other side talk
about their policy, particularly In Mex
leo, as tho 1t were o policy Of peace.
It has not been a policy OF peace. It
has been policy OF destruction Of the
lives and property Of American citi-
zens because Of the withdrawal Of pro-
lection that should have been accord.
ed"
Aesaiis Administration.
Mr. Hughes spoke for the protective
tariff, declaring that in its application
he would not -ald any particular sort
Of American citizens at the expense oe
the others"
The nominee assafled the admmM-
tration again for the enactment OF the
Adamson law.
Il am not opposed to the principle oR
an eight-hou work day." he said. II
favor that principle. What I am op-
posed to IN government by holdup.
What am opposed to Is having the
government abdicate its power, official
and moral, In the presence OF tho ds-
mands Of force instead Of knowing
what is right and then doing It."
He assailcd the administration Tor
extravagance, asserting that the tem.
ocratio party four yeans ago had ar
raigned tho republicans for extrava-
gance. and then proceeded to break che
record for extravagance.
Hughes Answers Eliot.
Baltimore. Nd. Oct. 11.--Char4as r.
Hughes. speaking IN the great afmory
here where Woodrow Wilson first was
nominated for the presidency. last nisAt
.assailed Mr.. Wilson'S policy a. prcri-
dent toward the promotion Of Amer.
lean trade abroad. and replied to pub
lished statements Of DR.. Charles w.
Eliot. president emeritus of Harvard,
tndorsing tho presidents policy.
"Dr. Eliot pierces the heart OF the
matter" Mr. Hughes said, "and he
flnds that the record OF the administrA-
tion means this: No Intervention by
force Of arms to protect on foreign soil
American commercial and manufacture
Ink adventurous who Of their own free
will have invested their money or
risked their lives in foreign parts under
allen Jurisdiction
Think Of the import Of that, you
who represent the best genius OF the
world and are thinking Of using IL
abroad. Think Of that, you who. It Is
suggested. are to be asked to finance
the chief undertakings OF the world.
Think OF that. merchants, statesmen,
tellers. clerks and dealers, who in
Serving the world take your place re-
mote from your friends and safe
guards. In communities where revolu-
tions are frequent and only the respect
for your flag and the power 1t sym
bolizes may stand batween you and
ruin, or even death"
"MoIasses to Catch Flies"
Mr.. Hughes read the democratic
platform plank Of 1912. declaring for
the protection Of American rights
abroad. and asked II it were "molasses
to catch flies" He declared that the
protection It promised had been "de-
liberately and deplorably refused" He
quoted from recent speech Of the
president outlining the administrators
ideas with respect to the development
abroad Of American enterprise and as
serted that It was impossible to
Square the fine words now used with
the actions" Of the administration.
Dollar diplomacy" Mr.. Hughes
said. was what encouragement TO the
development Of American interests
abroad was dubbed. something shock
ingly reprehensible."
I'm consequence I may say" the
nominee added. that n -esnec. To
American interests abroad we have
had not only diplomacy without dol-
lars but diplomacy without sense.
During the last three years and a
half one would suppose that any
American who went to foreign lands
to advance American industry and
commerce was presumably. bad fell
low who had lost his rights. Protect
him? why. didn't he go abroad to
make money? Didn't he take his Amer
lean enterprise beyond our borders?
What a shameless proceeding! Let him
stew in his own juice! Or let him como
home! That is the sort Of encourage
want Americans have had