Evening star., 1916-10-01
MR.. WILSON CLAIMS
DEFEAT MEANS WAR
Assai|s Opposition to Present
Foreign Policy as Leading
Away yFrom Peace.
DECLARES INVESTORS IN
MEXICO WOULD DICTATE
Foreign Statesmen, Says President,
Are Waiting to See Which Way
Election Goes.

Are WaltlnS 10 Dec Which way
Election Goes.
LONG BRANCH. n. J.. September 80
in a vigorous denunciaton OF the re-
publican party, President Wilson TO-DAY
told delegation of young democrats
from New York that 'the certain pros
pect" of republican success in November
is that 1--WE shall be drawn in one form
or another into the ENVIRONMENTS of Eu-
ropean war" and that "the force of the
United States will be used to produce In
Mexico the kind of law and order which
some investors in Mexico consider most
to their advantage.
The President made his first out-and-
out political speech of the campaign
from the porch OF Shadow Lawn urged
on by the enthusiastic cheers and WaV-
ing banners of several thousand youns
men, he assailed the republican party
and laid down the issues on which ne
believes the campaign should be fought.
Expects Change of Foreign Policy.
Am 1 not right that we must draw
the conclusion that If the republican
party is put into power at the next
election our foreign policy will be rad
ioally changed?" he asked. It cannot
draw any other inference. All our present
foreign policy is wrong, they say, and
If it is wrong. and they are men of
conscience they must change it. And
if they are going to change II, in what
direction are they going to change 1t?
There is only one choice as against
peace, and that is war"
Charging that republicans take the
counsel of those who have hitherto
acted as the counsellors of the vested
interests in Mexico the President
declared that these men had tried to
get what they wanted from him, but
had failed and now are going where
they think they can get it"
Foreign Statesmen Watching.
Still discussing the foreign affairs of
the country, President Wilson stated
that on account of the political uses
made of foreign relations. 'it is going
to be practically impossible for the
present administration to handle any
critical matter concerning our foreign
relations, because all foreign statesmen
are waiting to see which way the cleo
ton goes. and in the meantime they
know thst settlements would be In
Most elszhe Presidents address was
devoted to criticisms of the republican
party aBd in outlining his own plans.
In front and below him were young
democrats who came here from New
York on special trains and marched
with bands playing and banners wav-
ing more than a mile to Shadow Lawn
Frequently he was forced to stop
speaking for several minutes while the
applause lasted.
A bid was made by the President for
the votes of progressives. He praised
the progressive party as having the
real red blood of human sympathy in
party had done the things the pro-
gressives wanted done.
Refers to Hyphenate Issue.
Briefly. the President referred to the
hyphenate issue. He said: Back of
that party (the republican, are those
who want to inject into our politics
the politics of Europe"
Again attacking the republican party
he said lieutenants of Mark Hanna
have returned to authority and deter
mine the policy OF the republican
party.
cratic party. Mr.. Wilson said 1t has be-
gun the processes of liberalization"
for the business Of this country. and
lit intends to strengthen that system
at every point, e1lenC IL at every point,
extend 1t wherever II needs extension"
He referred briefly to the federal re-
serve act, the tariff commission act, the
trade commission act and other laws
passed by the democrats. charging that
until the present administration Wall
street controlled the actions of the
Treasury of the United States"
Presidents Appeal to Young Men.
PRESIDENT Wilson's address to the
young mems democratic clubs at shad-
ow Lawn today was a. follows:
u an very much obliged to you for
vsry plain things about the present
campaign and about the future policy
Of this country. because young mon are
very much more interested in the fu-
tuTs than they are IN the present While
some OF US who are older look back
upon long experience and are able to
take certain measurements which may
not have occurred to you. nevertheless
your feeling Is that the world lies in
front of you and not behind you You
want to know what sort of world 1t is
gong to be and what sort of guidance
you are going to have in that world
and what sort of cooperation among
you will be effective for the service Of
the world Into which the years ahead
Il do not know where, from republi-
can quarters. you have got any sug-
gestions as to what is going to happen
in the years to come. This is a most
singular campaign. / will not say an
unprecedented campaign, because
happen TO remember that other parties
have tried to get into power by saving
nothing whatever; and / remember
with interest that they never succeed
ed. because the people of the United
States are an inquisitive people, and
II you ask them to intrust you with
the great power of their government
they really want to know what YOU
are going to do with that government
II they intrust you with it. They NAV
not insist upon your telling them what
you would have done in circumstances
now past and gone, but they will in
sist upon your telling them what you
intend to do in the future
Expected Intellectual Contest.
Tor a little while I myself ex-
peoted that this campaign would be an
interesting intellectual contest: that
on both sides men would draw upon
some of the essential questions Of
politics in order to determine the pre-
dominance of parties. but / am sorry
terest me. and am a little bit ashamed
Of myself that ! should have expected
II. for / should have known better
There Is Q fact running through all our
political history Of which I ought to
have reminded myself. The democrats
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