Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-02-16

ernmeent Of the United States. Later
in another theatre of war-the Medi
erranean-Austria, and perhaps Tur.
key also, resumed the practice. The
Ancona and then the Persia were de.
stroyed, and more Americans were
killed. Why should they not Resume.
the .practice?, They had learned to
believe that, mo- matter how shocked
the American government might be,
:, it's resolution would expend itself in
words. They had learned to believe
that it was safe to kill Americans
and the world believed with them.
Our diplomacy has lost it's authority
and influence, because we have been
brave in words and irresOlute in &C.
| ton"
Lose Moral Force.
Discussing his third criticism-"a
loss of moral forces of the civilized
| world through failure to truly inter-
pref to the world the spirit of the
! American democracy"-1Mr. Root al
luded to the violation of Belgium's
| neutrality and held that "the Ameri.
can party were entitled not merely
to feel but to speak concerning the
wrong done to Belgium"
"a single official expression by the
United States he said, "a single
sentence denying assent and record
ing disapproval of what Germany did
in Belgium would have given to the
people of America that leadership to
which they were entitled in their
earnest cropping for the light. 1t
would have ranged behind American
leadership the conscience and moral
ity of the neutral world. 1t would
have brought to American diplomacy
the respect and strength Of loyalty
| to a, great cause. But it was not to-
be. The american government fail
ed to rise to the demands of the
great occasions ia 'iN
when Il our government failed to
tell the truth about Belgium, it lost
the opportunity for leadership of the
moral sense of the American peo-
pie, and it lost the power which a
knowledge Of that leadership and a
sympathetic response from the moral
sense of the world would have Civ
en- tohour; diplomacy. When our gov.
eminent failed to make any pro.
vision whatever for defending its
rights in case they should be
! trampled upon, it lost the power
which belief in its readiness and
have given to it's diplomatic repre-
sentations. When our government
gave notice to Germany that it would
destroy American lives and American
ships at its peril, our words, which
would have been potent If sustained
by adequate preparation to make
them good, and by the prestige and
authority of the moral leadership of
a great people, in a great cause, were
treated with contempt which should
have been, foreseep; and when our
government faile6r to make those
words good, it's diplomacySswas Bank.
rupt. Sasssss
upon the record of spSfi 6rmance
which L have tried to describe, will
the AmericansReople say that the
Democratic paf1 is entitled to be
continued in power?
Administration Defects.
1.-THE. defects Of the present admin
istration arise from two distinct
causes. The first is the temperament
and training of the President. The
ksecond is the incapacity of the Dem
ocratic party as it is represented in
Washington in both the legislative
and in the executive departments
either to originate wise policies or to
tfeifpw them when proposed by others
Or to administer them effectively II
! theyss are established The Demo
/ Gratis in congress are. never con-
troHed except with club, and gov.