The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-06
EHhu Roots Attack
on Wilson's Policies

Nevet again will any band or or
ganisation or class of men attempt to
extort money from the American
people by threats Of injury rather
than by the established Justice Of
their cause. So
Shall we engage Mr.. Wilson. Ms.
Bryan. Mr.. McAdoo, Mr.. Daniels ana
the rest OF the Democratic Admins
tration and q Democratic Congress
to manage our affairs for the next
four years7
We are told that Mr.. Wilson has
kept the country out OF war. So has
every President for seventy years
except Lincoln and Mckinley. Never
since Columbus sighted San saliva.
dor has there been q time when u
keep out OF war by doing nothing. as
Il has been during the great confict
now raging In the Old World.
All the great powers OF the worio
except ourselves have had their
hands full with existing enemies
They have been straining every ro-
source to the utmost to avoid being
conquered by the. enemies already
In arms against them. ,--.-,
For each one of them supplies OF
materials and money and moral sup
mort from the United states nave
been earnestly desired and sought
because these would be help IN
the war now raging. NO cIu o.ti,s
has been willing to assume hostne
relations with us because tnat
would have the effect Of weakening
her and strengthening her present
enemies.
Not Willing To Incur Hostility.
More than that, none OF the
countries at war has been willing to
incur our passive hostility ana
throw to her active enemies the bene-
ats of our material and moral sup
port, free from the limitations I'M
posed by the law of neutrality.
our danger Is not now, while the
great war Is raging. but later. when
peace has been made and the great
armies are free ana rulers ana gov
ernments look about for ways TO re.
pair their losses and the great
spaces and ill-defended wealth or
the New World loom large on the
horizon of their desires.
When Mr.. Wilson and Mr.. Bryan
permitted their Mexican policy to be
controlled by an enthusiasm. now
ever generous. for the political for.
tunes of the Indians OF Mexico ana
turned a deaf ear to the 5000 Amer
lean citizens who were appealing IN
peril and distress for protection.
they failed in the spirit of their
work. The spirit that has made
America great and free was not In
them.
The imminent. deadly peril OF the
Americans In Mexico was not a mere
question Of property. or OF human
life. 1t was a question or national
duty and honor and right to exist
ence, for a nation that Is Indifferent
10 the oppression and destruction OF
its citizens anywhere on earth has
already begun to die.
The President was charged by his
office and his oath to perform that
duty for the nation which trusted
pressed and imperiled Americans
were to him no more than were Mex
ican poems. He was Indifferent to
them. He recognised no duty to-
ward them.
Why He Interfered.
And he interfered In the affairs
Of Mexico. not for their protection.
but in aid Of what he supposed to
be a movement for the redistribu-
ton of land and of political power
among the people of Mexico. The
Secretary of State has recorded
the result in the letter from which
l have quoted. The President Is
proud of this. He tells of II him
self.
How does II happen that a senti-
mental interest in an uplift move
ment in Mexico was stronger than
the desire to perform the duty of
our nation toward it's citizens?
1t was because the spirit OF Amer
lean Nationality-the spirit that
has made America great and
honored-was not in the President
or his Secretary of state or the
Democratic Congress which stood
behind him.
That Is the fundamental reason
why the brave worlds OF the mes
sage to Germany before the Lusi-
tania was sunk failed to bite into
the consciousness of the German
government and prevent the out
rage. That Is the real reason why
the arrogant demand of the rail-
road brotherhoods upon the Gov
eminent of the United States,
under threat of injury, was not
resented and repealed and the
whole force OF this nation rallied