The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-04-05
SENATOR PITThAN DEFENDS
WILSON'S FOREIGN POLICIES
Criticises Both Roosevelt and Bryan
in Their Efforts to Obstruct Work
of the President.


was one of the chief speakers at a
Jackson Day banquet at Columbus
Ohio. last week. in which national
issues were uppermost in the dis
eussion that followed the dinner
In the course of his remarks
which were devoted to discussion
of the European situation as it eff
fects this country and to the Mexi-
can affairs, the Senator paid his re-
soects to both Roosevelt and Bryan
with equal vigor for their deverg-
ont courses in ohstructing the work
O. President Wilson.
Prefacing his discussion of the
Presidents course by dissertation
on the European war Senator Pitt
Llan asserted that America, as a
land free from racial hatred and dis
trust, has been destined to become
tie leader of the world
International laws OF justice and
humanity, he said, have been annul-
led and set at naught under the So
called law of necessity. Only this
country, he added, may re-establish
this law.
Sanctioning the expression of nat
ural sympathies. Senator Pittman
demand those who are speaking
words and doing acts of treason
against the United States, and de-
olared that all must learn that ev-
cry American citizen is expected to
give his life, if necessary, in defend
ing the Constitution of the United
States and the honor and dignity of
our country"
Continuing Senator Pittman said:
The Government has been con-
atantiy harassed in all of its diplom-
icy by the murderous militarists
on one hand and the supine senti-
nontalists on the other A former
President OF the United States first
eustains the President in his deela-
ration of neutrality and then insinu-
ates that he is a coward and pol
troon because he did not precipitate
this Government into a most de-
struetive war by reason of the in
vasion of Belgium.
He taught and pfeached treason
against one of the principles of
Americanism. announced and main
tanned by the father of our country
and recognized and sacredly pre-
served by Adams. Monroe. Jefferson.
Jackson and all the great patriots
of American history. He encour-
oouraged one of the warning fac
tions to believe that its protesta-
tions of neutrality we're insineere,
that the demands that our neutral
rights be respected were empty
words, which it secretly hoped
would be disregarded.
He inspired a belief in the minds
of that warning faction that the
American people we're not behind
the President of the United States
in his proclamation of neutrality
and upon his insistence in the main
tenance of the rights of neutrals.
"On the other hand "a distinguish
ed member of the Cabinet, who had
long enjoyed the respect and admir-
alton of the American people, at a
most vital period of our diplomatic
negotiations with Germany, resigned
his Office of responsibility TO the
American people. and abandoned
his President, because there was a
possible danger of war through the
efforts then being made by our
President to protect one of the sac
red and fundamental rights of the
American people and to obtain an
honorable satisfaction for the illeg-
al and barbarous destruction of the
lives OF many American citizens up
on the high seas.
And yet this great advocate of
peace, by this very act, led the Ger
man Government to believe that the
people of the United States were
not behind the President in his de-
mand. He, the great peace adyo-
cate, it is true from different senti-
ments, had done as much TO en-
barrass the President and involve
this country in war as Roosevelt,
the great advocate of war
Citing the most recent disturb
ances in the Senate, Senator Pitt
man asked: rs it strange that the
President is delayed in the accom-
plishment of his diplomatic efforts
on behalf of the rights of our peo-
pie and other neutral peoples? In
fact is it not most remarkable that
the President is able to succeed un-
der such reasonable circumstances
in any diplomatic effort?'
The Senator discussed the recent
victory of the President in Congress
and said: 1--WE have told the world
once and for all that we are not a
divided people; that we are not a
heterogeneous mass of different