Charlevoix county herald., 1916-08-18

on punative expedition right between
two lines of railway which they could
not touch! They couldn't go to the
town. Ii was an absurdly arranged
expedition. OF course, II could not
succeed. or course we got into trou-
BILE, and more blood was shed.
MY friends, We have made people
dislike US, because We did not have a
straight and clear path. The path OF
International right is like the path OF
the just that shineth here more and
more INTO the perfeCsaday. 1t does not
make any difference who your oppon-
ent Is. II you ustate a position that is
right, and he knows that it is right,
you are going to establish the justice
Of your cause. And America, with her
power, never need be afraid of espous-
ing a just cause. When you take
wrong course, when you do that which
every international lawyer knows is
wrong, which every foreign office
knows Is wrong why, then they will re-
sist you If they can, and, If they can
not, they will hate you, and will per-
sist in bitter animosity because they
feel that you are unjustly taking ad-
vantage OF the situation. We have not
a great deal that We. have got to over
come. Let the Mexicans once for all
understand that we do not intend to
NEEDLE with their affairs, that we de-
sire that they shall perform their OBJ
legations to us, to protect our citizens,
protect them justly in the enjoyment
of their lives and their property; that
they will perform the guarantees that
they have given to us, and then we
shall have peace and happiness III
ooh fal tnhl
ment, We will do all that we can to
support 1t.
Talk about policy. What is the
presidents policy? Does anyone know?
Has the executive ever had a policy
for more than six months in the Next
can question? | repeat, who knows
today what the policy of the admins
tration will be three months from now?
The trouble is that this administra-
ton has written record that, no mat
ter what It says, you don't know
whether 1t will respect it. You cannot
make much progress along that line.
Now, then, we want, in the first
place, to have our record perfectly
clear that we are going to insist that
Mexico shall treat our citizens prop
erly and we are going to insist in
way that will make us respect it be-
cause We are not going to say we are
not entitled to 1t, but we are going to
see that this Is done which we are en-
| titled to have done. We are going to
have that platform understood: Pro
| lection to American citizens, protec-
| ton to the property of American citi-
Zens, protection to our border
| from incursions, the rights that we
have as one nation relatively to an
| other nation at our doors; we are go
| ing to insist that those obligations be
performed which we as the United
| States are going to have performed;
| that we do not propose any meddle-
some policy; that We do not propose,
while we wish well for everyone in
| Mexico, to do anything that is con-
| trary to their wishes, IL they do what
We are entitled to have done. Put that
clearly before them, insist upon that,
and we will make some progress to-
wards having it done at the earliest
| opportunity; and our policy should be
| to see that 1t is done, and that
promptly.
| Il am not going to attempt to re-
view all the issues of the campaign be-
| fore you tonight. ! wish ] could. l
| am on a long trip, and | am going to
make myself known TO the people of
| the United States. There is not a
particle Of militarism in my compost
ton, but there is sturdy determine
| ton II am put in place of executive
responsibility representing all the Am
| erican people, to see to it-and that is
my purpose-that Americas rights are
| safeguarded, and that Americas name
| in administration, in policy, and in exc
| cution Is honored throughout the
world"