The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-19
T.R. CHARGES WILSON
WITH HYPOCRISY"
Declares U. S. Has "Had Blood
shed and Expense Of War
While Advocating Peace.

theooore Roosevelt. In an address here
last night on behalf OF Hughes, assailed
the course Of President Wilson in deal
Ing with Mexico. and his conduct of the
country's foreign affairs.
Mr.. Roosevelt said, In part:
Mr.. Wilson's promises before cleo
ton. both those made in his own
speeches and those made on the plat
form. have been SO weii-nigh invariably
broken that the breaking Of them has
become a subject for Jest, even amonE
his own friends.
Now, do not regard such action on
the part OF Mr.. Wilson and his follow
ers. and the cynical frankness with
which they avow 1t, as a matter for
Jest.
81 doubt II it is possible more enec-
lively TO undermine public morality in
this country than by accustoming the
people to regard promises made in poll
tics with cynical amusement as intend
ed only for purposes Of deception.
Models of Adroit Indirection.
President Wilson's speeches are
models of adroit indirect suggestion and
avoidance OF downright statement. But
tho other day at Omaha he seems to
have committed himself to the state
ment that he was willing to fight but
was waiting for something worth nrht-
ing for for something which would
put all the corpuscles of his blood into
shouting shape II would be Interesting
to know exactly what outrage on Amerl-
can citizens or on the rights OF human
ity anywhere. which would make him
cross the line between being willing TO
| night and too proud to fight
/ S'He certainly did not regard ths
tfeacherous murder OF Boyd and Adair
and these United States as Something
| worth fighting for He did not even
write a note about IT,
The murder of 1894 men. women. and
children on the Lusitania did not nut
all the cSrpuscles OF his blood into
| shout; they did not even whisper: an.
| parently all they did was to suggest Ia
him that u was happy occasion fer
his classic remark about being too
II am tempted to think that Mr.. WI.
son did himself an injustice when he
said that he was willing to fisht' either
Tor any great cause or on account Of
any wrong hereafter done to this coun-
the other day by bis eager eulogist,
Secretary Baker. when he said that he
was glad that no one could Insult Mr..
"Unauestionabiy General Garransa,
and probably Herr Won Tirpitz. heartily
! agree with Secretary Baker-and deep
| In his own heart / am inclined to be-
i ssyss. that s',n M lin, Wilson himself also
I'VE have had all the bloodshed and
| expense Of war. But we have not Sc
cured what follows wise. righteous and
| manful war-peace.
"For three years there has been no
| protection OF our citizens abroad. The
right to life comes ahead OF the right
! to property. and unless we first deal
with the offenses against the lives Of
' RN
for dealing with offenses against rhe
' property rights of our citizens. But II
! We had done our duty in the first case.
1t would then have become incumbent
upon us to do our duty in the latter
! case.
Americas First Duty.
| AT this moment our first duty should
be to see that American citizens. esps-
cially women and children. shall not be
set afioat in rowboats miles OF our
coast on the october seas, as a result
OF submarine attacks on merchant yes
I sells. The German U-boats. in eject.
established a pacific blockade OF our
! coast. The guarantee of the safety Of
! noncombatants aboard the vessels re-
Gently torpedoed on our coast was oar
ried out by American destroyers. not by
| the German submarines; II. the Germans
had themselves made good and intended
to make good their guarantee, there
would have been no necessity for Ameri-
| can destroyers TO be present.
AT the outset of this war Mr.. Wilson
had one of two courses to follow. lie
| could by deeds stand up for our own
rights against every one and champion
the rights OF the weak against tho
strong In all cases; or else he could
submit to our being wronged by every
one. and acquiesce tamely when wrongs
were committed by the strong against
the weak, even although We had cove
nanted that such wrongs should not be
committed.
THE first was the course OF honor. of
temporary risk and OF permanent safety.
| He did not follow IT, The second was
the course OF dishonor. OF temporary
safety and of permanent danger. He
"As to the course We ought to have
followed. 1t Is to be found laid down
in. his own utterances, and In the plat
form OF his own party. lie has himself
| specifically stated, and in the party
| platform the statement has reiterated.
that We hold that It Is the duty OF the
| United States to use Its power
me b SGria IN thaf the small stafs:
Of the world have a right to enjoy
| from other nations the same respect Tor
| their sovereignty and territorial inteE-
rity that the great powers insist upon.
! II" Ne again declare fully the
| policy that tho sacred rights OF Ameri-
can citizenship must be preserved at.
home and abroad.
HAS There Ever Been Ranker
| Hypocrisy"
"I ask all decent men. all right-think-
ing men OF straightforward minds,
whether there ever has been ranker
hypocrisy than the use Of such ex-
preston by the man, and the men who.
when the conditions they thus set
forth were met to a dot to a line, in
the case of the killing of our men.
women, and children on the high seas
and in Mexico. and in the case of the
invasion of Belgium by Germany. in
| Stantly forgot their duty to America
to humanity and justice, and took no
action to back up their hiBh-sounding
| words. Vt.
president Wilson has seen the lives
of some Ave hundred Americans taken.
afioat and ashore; but never In one
case has he made fqpd the promise OF
President Wilson and his party sup
porters stand condemned for their &C.
1lnu aud fhair ina iaE.