Omaha daily bee., 1916-11-02
Nebraska
ALLEN MAKES HIT
IN LINCOLN SPEECH
Reference to United States and
Monroe Doctrine Brings
Cheers.
WATCHFUL WAITING POLICY
tFrom a Staff Correspondent.


Lincoln, Nov. Especial 1.-The
speech of Henry J. Allen, delivered
here last night to crowd which
comfortably filled the lower floor Of
the auditorium, while several people
occupied seats in the gallery, was one
of the greatest political arguments
ever heard in this city, not excepting
that of many speakers of national
" reputation. Mr.. Allen did not dea
very kindly with the presidents
policy in Mexico and brought round
after round of applause as NE showed
up his unAmerican attitude both ir
handling the situation in Mexico and
with foreign powers.
Monroe Doctrine.
Answering the slogan Of the demo-
yrrats that Wilson had kept us out OF
'dFar Mr.. Allen called attention to the
! iact that every president the United
Estates had ever had with two or three
Exceptions, had kept us out of war
He called attention to the fact that
. when Great Britain demanded that
the Monroe doctrine should be al.
lowed to be broken in South Amer
lea, Grover Cleveland sent word that
the United States would protect those
countries according to- that doctrine
even to the sending of ships of war
to enforce it and at a time when
England had no other complications
to cause it to back down, yet it did
back down when President Cleveland
gave it to understand that while the
United States was not looking for
war, it would enforce the Monroe
doctrine even at the point of a can
mons mouth.
T. R. and Germany.
Mr.. Allen called attention to the
time when Germany also desired to
make trouble for South American
country and President Roosevelt
gave ten days to back up. Seven
days elapsed and then the German
ambassador informed the president
that there was not time to do. "You
have but three days left to recede
from your stand" said Roosevelt, and
when the ambassador demonstrated.
Mr.. Roosevelt told him you have but
two days to send word to your coun-
try, and the result was>that Germany
receded simply because it knew that
the United States would do Just ex-
actly what the president said it would
do.
( He called attention to the "too
proud to fight" policy of President
Wilson, saying that when the first
ship. was sunk by German saS-
marine, Mr.. Wilson sent word to Ger
many that they must not do it again,
and then when another was sunk the
word went across the water that Ger
many would be held responsible if
another American life was lost, and
when the Lusitania was sunk our
president told Germany that thew
must be more careful, or the United
States would hold them accountable,
and then another ship was sunk with
an American consul on it on his way
to his mission and President Wilson
still was too proud to fight. Then
another and still another ship went
down an dthe president sits supinely
BY and listens not to the sobs of the
afflicted, or. appears to care nothing
tor the honor of being an American
citizen and the protection which a
country owes to its subjects on land
or sea.
His review of the Mexican policy
OF the president and his order of
Admiral Mayo out to sea with his
vessels when American lives were in
danger at Tampico, gave his hearers
an insight into watchful waiting which
brought thunders of applause> from
the entire audience =