The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-08-31
WILSON'S DIPLOMACY is
PRAISED By BAKER.

NateVilIe, Me-, Aug. 25.-
PRESIDENT Wilson's European
and Mexican policies have in.
fused the spirit of the declara.
ION Of Independence and of the
golden rule into the United
States foreign relations, Secrcta.
~ Of War Baker declared in an
address here in behalf of the
"'lIlnrrallc campaign in Maine.
"Ihe administration has kent
the peace the secretary declar.
ed 1T has done unto Mexico rs
we would be done by. 1t has
maintained friendly relations
with the European belligerents.
ana placed this country i'm "A DO.
Sition from which, when the end
OF the great European struggle
comes, the moral forces Of the
! hlted States can be exercised i'm
the interest of justice and hu.
manity.
There are those who hint. bur
dare not say, that if they had
been in the places of responsible.
llN they would have involved us
in that maelstrom. indulge i'm Il
cheap form of eloquence about
what they would have done, and
affect to believe that i'm some oh.
S"ure way we are hurt i'm our
self pride because all the rest of
re world is thus engaged while
we are preserving our peaceful
latiOnS.
THE United States is today
the friend of each of the bcllig.
cnt nations. Our fields are grow.
ing the crops that are to feed the
multitudes whose hands have
hren withdrawn from the pillow to
be given to the sword. Our work
shops and factories are making
the implements of rehabilitation
which will make life possible
again in Europe when this great
scOurge is passed. We have pre-
served the peace with Justice.
and have saved to ourselves I'M
opportunity far larger than any
participation in this struggle
could have given. We want no
territory, we seek no advantage.
we desire but an opportunity to.
help restore the balance. with
friendship and prosperity and
opportunity for the peoples of
the old world"
After reviewing the develop.
mcntS of Mexican unrest. which
N" pointed out, he gan to mani
fest itself long before Woodrow
Wilson became president, Mr..
Baker said:
"PrcSidcnt Taft declined TO
recognize the dissolute monster
Hucrta. Secretary Of State Knox
withheld the approval of the
United States from that sort of
reachcry. President Wilson
withheld recognition from Hucr.
Ia, and the long and troubled
course of our dealing with Mex
leo has been in part because
both President Taft and Presi-
Gent Wilson believed that a ma
ton loving justice, as ! hope we
love it, could not extend this IA
vor to the medieval dcspOt cast
up with all Of his villainies upon
his head as notsam by the waters
Of revolution otherwise hopeful
and pure as to its object
Mr.. Baker expressed the hope
that American soldiers on the
Texas border may not be requir-
Cd to fire another shot, "but that
~ Iir ultimate victory and the
restoration Of peace and content
mcnt and prosperity in northern
Mexico may come as the climax
to series of blOOdlcSs victories.
~ have shown that the admin.
ivtration Of President Wilson
has followed a consistent pro.
cram i'm its domestic leglSlltlon'
Mr.. Baker declared toward the
end of his address.
1T has procured the enactment
of laws more wholesome and
beneficial than perhaps can be
credited in the aggregate to the
administration to which have in
tervened since the civil war. 1t.
is inspired by a philosophy
which is an expression of the
longing of mankind in this day
and generation. 1t has refused
to allow itself TO be turned aside
bv foreign violence from the ac-
c6GmpIisIment of its great pro,
cram. The reconstruction must
take place. No unfamiliar hand
should be put in 10 guide the
course of our nation during that