Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-02
ROOSEVELT CHARGES
WILSON SACRIFICED
HONOR OF NATION

|. II never uttered one word of
criticism OF President Wilson until a
year and a half after he was elected
| President. II he had stood by the
honor and the interest of tho Ameri-
can people, I would have thrown up
my hat for him, and would have sup
ported him heart and soul. I not
merely kept silent during the first
eighteen months or two years. I tried
actively to support him.
1T was with deep reluctance that I
was forced to the conclusion that the
effort to stand by him was incom-
patible with standing by the interests
of mankind and the honor of this
Nation.
THE supporters of Mr.. Wilson say
that the American people should vote
| for him because he has kept us out
OF war. 1t is worth while to remem-
Der that this is a claim that cannot be
advanced either on behalf of Wash
T, fngton or of Lincoln. Neither Wash
ington nor Lincoln kept US out of war.
Americans and the people of the world
at large now reverence the memories
of these two men, because. and only
| because. they put righteousness before
peace. They abhorred war. But they
possessed that stern valor of patriot
ism which bade them put duty first,
not safety first; which bade them ac-
cept war rather than an unrighteous
and disastrous peace. There were
| eace-at-any-price men in the days of
| Washington. They were the Tories.
There were peace-at-any-pric men
in the days of Lincoln. They were the
Copperheads.
'The men who now with timid
hearts and quavering voices praise
Mr.. Wilson for having kept us out
of war, are the spiritual heirs of the
Tories of 1776. and the Copperheads
of 1854.
president Wilson by his policy of
tame submission to insult and injury
from all whom he feared has invited
the murder of our men, women and
children by Mexican bandits on land,
and by German submarines on the
sea. He has spoken much of the
! New Freedom In international
practice this has meant freedom for
the representatives of any foreign
power to murder American men and
outrage American women unchecked
by the President.
| Policy in Mexico
The other day, discussing his re-
| fusal to recognize Huerta, President
| wilson said in his speech of accept
ance that he would refuse to recog-
nize any title based upon intrigue
and assassination and that he would
refuse to extend the hand of well
come to any one who obtains power
In sister republic by treachery and
violence Fine words; only, as usual,
they are contradicted by Mr.. Wilson's
deeds. Let this statement about
Huerta be tested by Mr.. Wilson's rec
ord in exactly similar cases when deal
! ing with other men.
I'm February, 1914, at the very
| time he was refusing to recognize
| Huerta in Mexico, President Wilson
recognized Colonel Benavides in Peru:
although Benavides had obtained
power by the exact means which Mr..
Wilson denounced in the case of
| Huerta-
But 1t is Mr.. Wilson's recognition
of Carranza which more than any
| thing else applies the acid test of
which Mr.. Wilson Is so fond of speak
| ing. to Mr.. Wilson's own allegataions
as to why he did not recognize Huerta.
Every argument against Huerta ap-
piled with ten-fold more truth and
weight against Carranza.
"On April 8, 1915, the Americans
resident in the City of Mexico sent to
the Department of State a letter set
ting forth that Carranza's troops had
without check by him. and acting by
his orders. killed men. outraged wo-
men and raided churches.
Wilson an AntiCarranza Witness
Moreover, Mr.. Wilson is himself
witness against his present ally. 1
refer you to the letter of Mr.. Wilson's
own Secretary or State of June last.
In this letter it is explicitly stated
that Carranzista soldiers in Septem-
Der. 1915. invaded American terri
| tory at several different points. and
engaged in burning and looting Am
erican property and killing American
citizens. Exactly twenty days later,
on October 19, Mr.. Wilson expressed
pleasure in informing Carranza that
he recognized him. Since the recog-
milton Carranza's troops by his orders
have treacherously attacked and MUIR
dered American soldiers on at least
two occasions. If the acts above re-
cited do not constitute intrigue and
assassination, treachery and violence
then the words have lost their mean
ing.
Mr.. Wilson took pleasure in 'ex-
tending the hand of welcome to Car
rama, whose own hand is red with
blood of murdered men and women of
| his own nation, and whose hands,
| unlike the hands of Huerta, were
also red with the blood of murdered
Americans, of murdered American
civilians. and of murdered American
soldiers wearing the American uni
form.
Saddlcd With Debt
1T seems probable that the first
fruits of Mr.. Wilson's policy in Mexico
will be that we shall find ourselves
half of dollars: while already many
more of our people have been killed
! than were killed In the war with
Spain; and our policy has been ruin
GUS to Mexico. dishonorable to our
selves, and infamous from the stand
point of humanity; while not the
slightest progress toward a perman-
ent settlement has been made.
| Too Proud to Fight
| president Wilson says that he is
| interested in the fortunes of pitifuI
women and children On the Lusi-
tania there were drowned one hun
dred and three babies under two years
| of age; fifty of them being babies
under one year of age. How did Mr..
Wilson's interest in these pitiful wo-
men and children show itself? II
showed itself by the statement tust
two days later about being too proud
to fight 1t showed itself in his state
ment little over two weeks later to
| the effect that 1t was inexpedient
then TO arouse the spirit of patriotism
Let him square these acts with these
words of his.
| Never IN our history has there
been such ignoble contrast between
the words and the deeds of a Chief
! Executive.
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