Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-09-30
Will SON ASHAMED OF
FEAR and TREMBLING =
OF U. s. BUSINESSMEN

New York, Sept. N.-(Speclal).-Spea
ing at Baltimore President Wilson SAID,
THE only thingsI have been ashamed OF
in America is the fear and trembling of
Americans in the presence OF 1orelsh
competitors" Possibly Mr.. Wilson is to
be congratulated that he feels no shame
for his own fear and trembling in the
presence of foreigners. But ne Should
not censure American business men too
severely They realize that while Mr.
Wilson is in control at Washington
their foreign competitors may murder
them in cold blood, torpedo the ships
they travel on, outrage their wives and
kill and mutilate their children with I'M
punity; that the administration at most
will merely write note. They kno"
that their foreign competitors may 1or-
felt their property by unjust laws and de-
crees as Carranza is doing now. and Mr.
Wilson will probably defend and support
the foreigner. 1t is not recorded that
American business men have shown fear
or trembled before their foreign competi-
tors. But if Mr.. Wilson knows of an in
stance where they have it certainly Is
not for him to misunderstood the reason
or to censure them severely.
CARRANZA IMPATIENT-"Gene
Carranza has grown decidedly impatient
at the waste of time which is going on at
New London. With considerable reluc-
tance he consented to a conference and
then instructed his delegates to discuss
nothing but the withdrawal of American
troops from Mexican territory, at least
A,t a
been reached Weeks have passed and
no agreement on that point has peen
reached, and Carranza Is strongly DIS
posed to terminate the conference In an
effort to avert this, from Democratic
standpoint disaster, Eliseo Arredonda'
Ambassador designate" has gone home
to talk to the First Chief, having induced
carranza to recall" him for that pur-
nose Some of those who have been in
close touch with the New London confer
ence maintain that it is rapidly approach
ing dissolution. The conference Is, py
the way, to transfer the scene OF lts Ia
bors to Atlantic City as it is believed the
great seaside resort will afford more op-
portunities pleasurably to kill time, and
as the United States pays all expenses
thema Is no objection to the move.
AMERICANS PRAY RELIEF-Ameri-
can citizens having mining interests IN
Mexico have filed a formal protest, drawn
up bv William Loeb, Jr., long secretary
to President Roosevelt. against the conns-
catory taxes imposed on their property
bv Carranza. Caranza has imposed tax
of 13 per cent. on the gross value of every
ton Of metal owned. This must be PAID
in gold and the Carranza oflcials COM
mel the miners to buy the gold at prices
greatly in excess of the regular exchange
rates. Eighty per cent. OF the mining
operations in the country have been sus-
pended and the report says that under
carranza 1.-The conditions have gradually
become worse instead Of better" AS
President Wilson has never even remon-
strated with his friend Carranza because
of his order decreeing trial by military
court-martial and death to all railway
strikers and to all who befriend or snow
svrnpathy with such strikers in any way,
the miners hardly look for relief as the
result Of anything this administration
may do. but they felt it their duty to
place the facts formally in the hands OF
Secretary Lane
WHO'S TIMID?-Apropos OF President
Wilson's declaration that he is ASHAMED