Gunnison news-champion., 1916-11-03


HAD HG SEEN IN THE WHITE
HOUSE, SAYS Ex-PREslpeNT
TAFT. -WoULp HAVE PLUNGED
W INTO WAR;
Fact = Roosevelt said: "wc
shirked our duty by failing to take
any action; by announcing that we
would be neutral"
Fact 2-Roosevelt said: -It Ii
wicked thing to be neutral between
right and wrong, |. e.. between Bel
gium and Germany"
Fact 3-Root denounced the Presi-
dent for ''pusillanimOus conduct" In
his negotiations with Germany. and
repeated ail Of Roosevelts arguments.
Fact 4-Lodge gave utterance to the
same doctrine.
Fact = Roosevelt declared he
would not accept nomination at the
hands Of the Progressive Party II the
Republican Party would nominate q
man whose foreign policies were In
accordance with his own!
Fact 6-On June 10. the Republican
National Convention nominated Jus
tice Charles Hughes.
Fact 7-On June -. Roosevelt said (:
"They (Mr. Wilson and his purty)
have taught US that peace, the peace
Of cowardice and dishonor md indif
ference to the welfare Of others. Is
to be put above righteousness. above
the stern unflinching performance Of
duty"
Fact s-On June %, Roosevelt said :
In my Judgment the nomination Of
Mr.. Hughes meets the (ny) condi-
tion. No good American can have
any feeling except scOrn and detesta-
tion for those professional German
Americans who seek to make the Am.
eriean President In effect q .vleeroy
Of the German Emperor. They repre-
sent TINT adherence to the politico.
racial hyphen which Is the bndge and
sign Of moral treason to the Republic
am certain that that candidate
(Hughes) Is incapable of being influ
enced by the evil intrigues Of these
hypheDnted Americans"
Fact e-On June % Roosevelt, and
Hughes were at dinner together for
two and half hours.
Fact 1o-After that dinner Hughes
said: I'VE talked very fully over all
matters AND WE'RE IN COMPLETE
ACCORD"
Fact ft-Three days after TINT din,
ner Roosevelt said Of Hughes: "his
high qualities must recommend him
to the esteem OF the whole world.
particularly to the sympathy Of the
Allies. He certainly would never have
suffered the Government OF the United
States. as one Of the signatories to the
Hague Treaty. to pass over without
protest the violation Of Belgium's neu-
trality BY Germany. He would never
write two notes on the same offense.
He wonld perhaps issue a warning.
but afterwards he would act according
to his conscience and for the honor
Of civilization. This Ii what he GER
tainly will do. II he becomes the
President Of the United States"
Fact 12-On August 81. Roosevelt de-
nounced German citizens for ''acting
as servants and allies Of Germany"
He condemned the Administration for
falling to live up to Its duty to resist
the Invssion Of Belgium. He added !:
I'VE can put In power an administra-
tion which will live up to our national
obligations. Az between Sfr. Hughes
and Mr.. Wilson. who can doubt which
10 the man who will with austere
courage stand for the national dutyf"
Fact 13-On September l. Hughes
wired Roosevelt: Il heartily congrat-
ulate you on the speech at Lewiston
and warmly appreciate your effective
support !" spoke Of Roosevelt as THAT
stalwart American who woke the
country: and aped Roosevelt by say
Ing: 1--WE want deeds to match words.
am not one Of the kind that Ii too
proud to Tight" On the following day,
he stated that he knew whnt was In
Roosevelt's Maine speech. and On.
derssd every word Of itI
Fast 1@NCandidate Hughes springs
from the most loyal Of British stock.
the Welsh. His father emlgrated from
Wales in 1855. barely seven years be-
fore Charles was born.
Faet 16-Mr. Hughes naturally sym
pathixes with England. as does son
Of . German immigrant with that
country which he lovingly refers to
az "Fatherland." It IL only natural
that Mr.. Hughes should stamp his ap-
proval upon all that Roosevelt-hate
and traducer Of German-AmeRican
citixens-utters
Fact 1e-If Roosevelt's policy. which
Mr.. Hughes has accepted without
modification. had, for the past "A
months, been the policy Of this Gov
efnment, war with Germany would
have been Inevitable.
Fact t7-And II we had conquered.
we could have obtained nothing more
than an ar<.lnuv fnp xr,ror q. <.<.sx.s~netkoSl