The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-20
T.R. AGAIN ATTACKS
WILSON NOTE POLICY
Statement Condemns Presi-
dents Action. Whatever Its
Effect on Germany.
RECEIVES MANY CALLERS


yesterday saying that II Germany now
does AZ the President demands IT will
prove that Germany would have given
In when Mr.. Wilson wrote the "strict
accountability" note IL he had taken the
roper p%ositio1 At that time. thus pre-
venting the Lusitania disaster and re-
moving the present causes Of friction.
And IL Germany does not do as the
President demands. the Colonel said, the
strict accountability note is u%npardon.
able
The Colonies statement, which, thus
p%illorics Mr.. Wilson'S action whatever
is effects on Germany may be. said:
Fourteen months ago the Presidents
strict accountability note to Germany,
II II meant anything. meant at least
what the present note means.
Unfortunately. the Presidents action
in Mexico and ~ regards other matters
had been such that Germany did not
believe the note meant anything and
acted accordingly. The Presidents re-
peatcd notes since then. interspcrsed as
they were with speeches and statements
such as hat about being TOO proud to
fight. did not Improve the Impression.
and during these fourteen months ship
after ship has been sunk and thousands
of lives Of non-combatants. including
many hundreds of lives OF women and
children. have been lost.
Lack Os Prepa ration.
~ Germany now does as the Presi-
dent demands II will be proof positive
that II he had chosen to take the proper
position at the time of the original
strict accountability note the lives Of
all those women and children and other
non.conhatunts would have been saved
and the causes Of friction with Germany
would have been removed.
''if. on the other hand, Germany does
not do as requested. 1t is well to re-
member that such a note ms the strict
accountability note fourteen months X
IL objectionable. unless II is backed by
tn" deeds to make the words good.
"lf 1t was meant to be taken seri-
ously and to produce results IL should
have been accompanied by immediate
and thoroughgoing preparation whereas
as - matter OF fact we are not now
stronger by a man or u rife or "A boat
or n gun and Of the same amount Of
ammunition we ave manufactured. a
part was furnished 10 the Nillistas. who
used II ca.ust our troops. and some has
since been furnished 10 the Carranzistas.
who have likewise used II against our
troops.
Every one Of these matters dis
'usscd al the time. and what | have said
IL 10 Il" found in my book Fear Go
and Take Your own Part: and I can
only repeat. as ! there said. that whereas
courtesy. combined with r~esolute insist
cucc upon ones rights. tends 10 produce
peace, u policy OF weak submission 10
wrong produces "A succession Of injuries
which must bc submitted to and then
leaves "A condition Of evaporation far
more dangerous to peace than II there
had been at the outset courageous in
sistence upon ones rights"
Has NRu. Ntsttors.
cni. Roosevelt made this statement in
! response to repeated requests for some
comment on the calling Of the Joint ses-
sion II Congress from his desk in the
offices Of the Metropolitan Md0asinr,
where all day he was besieged nv visi-
tors. social and political. The statement,
although fun Of Roosevelt potency and
delivered with Roosevelt vigor. does not
express the Colonies opinion of MIR.
Wilson's present attitude ~ strongly AZ
lie feels upon the subject.
The Colonel believes that Mr.. Wilson
Is to blame for the country's plight to-
day and will be to blame for what hap
pens to II In the immediate future. lie
feels that the strict accountability
note was not only unp~ardonable. IN view
Of the Presidents subsequent attitude,
but was an incident in Wilson'S foreign
policy which he has likencd to mush and
water.
Among the callers on Col. Roosevelt
yesterday were Robert Morris. former