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BUT ONE CONCLUSION
TO Be DRAWN, He SAYS
Believes Critics of Admins
tration's Foreign Policy
Would Draw Nation to the
Brink of War Special In
terests for Republicans.
BY ROBERT J. BENDER.
Omitted Press Staff Corresp ondent.) }

Shadow Lawn. N. j.. Sept. 3d.
President Wilson this afternoon took
UP the Republican challenge, made
his foreign policy a campaign issue,
and warned that the return Of Repub-
licanism would draw this nation in one
form or another to the brink of war.
Such political turn. he held. would
mean that the nation would be en-
tangled in the embroilments Of the
European war" and that Intervention
in the interests of American investors
in Mexico would result. To avoid 1t,
he urged that young Democrats
league of such were his main hearers
and true progressives should rally to
the Demq6ratic standard.
II can draw no other conclusion" he
said. in his warning. Our opponents
have found fault with our foreign pol
ICY They have said that It Is all
wrong. 1t has resulted In peace.
Therefore 1t appears they want war.
Some members of that party have even
declared themselves In favor of war"
HIS FIRST THRUST.
1t was the presidents first thrust Of
this nature in the campaign and his
audience followed him gravely.
Previously he attacked the Repub-
licans as representing the interests
and had-almost direotly-predicted
that their death as a national party Is
coming. The speech was delivered as
one Of his series of Saturday after
noon talks at the autumn White House.
ThAee thousand heard him. Most of
these were members of the Young
Mems Democratic league, who de-
scended on the town with q whoop
during the early afternoon.
Wilson declared that the eyes OF the
world are on the coming election.
Officials of foreign governments"
he said. will watch It carefully. A
great fundamental final choice with
regard to our foreign policy is to be
made on the seventh of November
The president cast the shadow of the
European struggle and Of Mexican in
tervention across his speech.
ANSWERS REPUBLICANS.
The return OF Republicanism. he
said, must certainly bring the nation
into the embroilments of the Euro
pean war" Answering the Republican
claim that the Wilson foreign policy
is wrong, the president declared:
"If n Is wrong and they are men of
conscience they must change 1t. There
is only one choice as against peace and
that is war. A very great body Of the
supporters of that party outspokenly
declare that they want war"
Hence, Wilson said. Republican sue
cess, would mean that not only in ono
form or another that this country
would be entangled in the European
struggle. but also in to the south of
us the voice of the United States will
be used to produce in Mexico the kind
of law and order that Is advantageous
to some American investors"
Moreover, he said, he could not find
that anybody else's counsel than
American investors in Mexico had been
taken in respect to the Republican
Mexican policy.
They have talked to me and I
know exactly what they want" the
president said earnestly. Il have de-
clined to give II to them and now they
are going where they think they can
get II. And there is every reason on
the face OF things. at any rate, to be-
lieve that their calculations are well
The president continued:
WAITING FOR VERDICT.
From this time until the seventh Of
1t is going to be practically
impossible for the present administra-
ton to handle critical matters con-
cerning foreign relations because all
foreign statesmen are waiting to see
which way the election goes"
This situation goes so far, he held,
that the present American Mexican
peace conference is affected seriously
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