The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-09
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since Columbus sighted San Saliva
dor has there been a time when II
was so easy for America to keep out
Of war by doing as It has been dur
ing the great conflict now raging in
the old world. All the great powers
Of the world, except ourselves. have
had their hands full with existing
enemies They have straining every
resource TO the utmost to avoid being
conquered by the enemies in arms
against them. Our danger Is not now,
while the great war is raging, but
later, when peace has been made and
the great armies are free and rulers
and governments look about for ways
TO repair their losses, and the great
spaces and ill-defended wealth OF the
new world loom large on the horizon
OF their DESIRES" Without bitterness,
but with telling force, Mr.. Root
traced the course OF the Wilson adj
ministratlon. He declared that tho
great safeguard OF nation was its
reputation for character and manli-
ness and courage and that with such
reputation gone 1t was almost certain
to be so imposed upon by foreign
aggressOrs as to make war uncscapu-
bic.
Roosevelt Answers Lanc.-Tne
secretary OF the interior, Mr.. Lane.
who was quoted by Col. Roosevelt
in his Battle Creek speech as having
said that the understanding policy had
been failure. recently sent public
letter to Mr. Roosevelt Directing to
the use Of his remarks and asserting
that the chief justice of the
United States supreme court
regarded the "note-sending" as
great diplomatic triumph. Col.
Roosevelt has answered Secretary
Lane In letter which will afford Mr..
Wilson's supporter little comfort.
Mr.. Roosevelt points out that the
opinion credited to the chief Justice
was expressed long before that emf
nent Jurist had had an opportunity to
Judge OF the nute-followfng policy.
The fact Is that Chief Justice White,
Louisianian ana lifelong Democrat
ns he is holds this administration in
supreme contempt which only the
restrictions of the ermine prevent
him from expressing in terms as
forcible as some of his own decisions
In the supreme court Were he free
to express himself, his words would
be even more embarrassing to Mr..
Lane and his idol than Colonel Roose-
yelts communication.
Wilson and Hughes. In an appeal
peal to young voters whocaled on him
at his summer nome, President Will
son uttered the following casuistry:
II they are going to change our for
eign policy in what direction are
they going to change it? There is
only one choice as against peace. and
that is war" Mr.. Wilson has on oc-
casions given evidence of too much IN
telligence TO permit anyone to believe
his statement sincere. The pretend
ed logic of his remark cannot but be
regarded as further manifestation
of that intellectual dishonesty" with
which eN-President Cleveland charg-
ed him. To MIR. Wilson's sophistry
Governor Hughes has replied. and
his words are worthy the thoughtful
consideration of every voter. Said
Mr.. Hughes. The alternative OF a
weak and facilitating policy is not
war; 1t is firm insistence upon firm
rights in a world where all nations
desire our friendship, and we desire
the friendship of all. and where only
the most inexcusable blunder could
drag us into strife"