Evening star., 1916-08-01

accepting the republican nomination for
the presidency at Carnegie Hall last night
Charles e. Hughes said:
Senator Harding, Members Of the Noti-
fication Committee and Fellow Citizens:
This occasion is more than q mere
ceremony Of notification. We are not
here to indulge in formal expressions.
We come to state in a plain and direct
manner our faith, our purpose and our
a happy augury. 1t means the strength
Of reunion. It means that the party Of
Lincoln is restored. alert, effective. It
means the unity Of a common perception
Of paramount national needs. It means
that we are neither deceived nor be-
numbed by abnormal conditions. We
know that we are in q critical period.
perhaps more critical than any period
since the civil war We need a domi-
nant sense Of national unity; the exercise
Of our best constructive power: the
vigor and resourcefulness Of quick
ened America. We desire that the re-
publican party as great liberal party
shall be the agency of national achieve
, ment. the organ OF the effective express
sion Of dominant Americanism. What
do 1 mean by that? I mean America
conscious Of power. awake to obliga-
tion. erect in self-respect. prepared for
every emergency, devoted to the ideals
Of peace. instinct with the spirit of hu-
man brotherhood. safeguarding both in
dividual opportunity and the public In
terest. maintaining well-ordered con-
stitutional system adapted to local self
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essential national authority. appreciat-
ing the necessity of stability. expert
knowledge and thorough organization
as the indispensable conditions OF Sc
curity and progress; country loved by
its citizens with a patriotic ferver per-
mitting no division IN their allegiance
and no rivals in their affections-I mean
America first and America efficient. 1t
is in this spirit that respond to your
summons.
Foreign Relations.
Our foreign relations have assumed
grave importance in the last three
years. The conduct of diplomatic In
tercourse is in the keeping of the
executive. 1t rests chiefly with him
whether we shall show competence or
incompetence: whether the national
honor shall be maintained: whether our
prestige and influence shall be lowered
or advanced. What is the record OF the
administration? The first duty of the
executive was to command the respect
of the world by the personnel OF our
tion abroad. No party exigency could
excuse the non-performance of this
obvious obligation. Still, after making
every allowance for certain commend
able appointments, 1t is apparent that
this obligation was not performed. At
the very beginning OF the present ad.
ministration, where in the direction Of
diplomatic intercourse there should
have been conspicuous strength and ex-
pertness we had weakness and mex
pertness. Instead of assuring respect,
we invited distrust of our competence
and speculation as to our capacity for
f1rmness and decision. thus entailfng
many difficulties which otherwise easily
could have been escaped. Then. in
numerous instances, notably IN Latin
America. where such course was par
ticularly reprehensible, and where we
desire to encourage the most friendly
perience whose knowledge and train
ing were of especial value to the coun-
try were retired from the service ap-
parently for no other reason than to
ment of inexperienced persons.
Where. as in Santo Domingo. We
had assumed an important special trust
in the interests Of it's people, that trust
was shockingly betrayed in order to
satisfy deserving democrats. The rec
ord showing the administration dis
regard Of its responsibilities with re-
spect to our representation in diplo-
macy Is an open book and the speci-
fications may be easily had. 1t is a
record revealing professions belled. It
is dismal record to those who be-
lieve in Americanism. Take. for ex-
ample. the withdrawal Of Ambassador
Herrick from France. There he stood.
EIrk % H.
bodiment of courage. of poise, of ex-
s91Te sna Seoee1 ever
more completely the affections of a
foreign people; and there was no bet
have at the capital Of any one Of the
belligerent nations representative
ton permitted itself to supersede
was Ambassador Herrick or that the
nation was France, but that we in
vited the attention Of the world to the
inexcusable yielding Of national inter-
est to partisan expediency. 1t was q
repute. II we would have the esteem
of foreign nations we must deserve It.
We must show our regard for special
knowledge and experience. I propose
that we shall make the agencies of
our, diplomatic intercourse in every
nation worthy of the American name.
Mexican Policy Scored.
The dealings OF the administration
with Mexico constitute a confused
chapter Of blunders. We have not help
ed Mexico. She lies PROSTATE. impover-
ished. famine-stricken, overwhelmed
with the woes and outrages of Inter-
necine strife, the helpless victim of a
condition of anarchy. which the course
of the administration only served to
promote. For ourselves, we have wit
messed the murder OF our citizens and
the destruction of their property. We
have made enemies. not frineds. In
stead Of commanding respect and de-
serving good will by sincerity, frmness
and consistency, we provoked misap-
prehension and deep resentment. In
the light of the conduct of the admin
istration no one could understand its
professions. Decrying interference. we
interfered most exasperatingly We
have not even kept out of actual con-
fct, and the soil of Mexico is stained
with the blood of our soldiers. We have
resorted to physical invasion, only to
retire without gaining the professed
object 1t is a record which cannot be
examined without a profound sense OF
humiliation.
When the administration came into
mower Huerta was exercising authority
as provisional President of Mexico He
was certainly IN fact tho head Of the
government of Mexico. Whether or not
he should be recognized was a ques-
ton to be determined in the exercise
of sound discretion. but according to
correct principles. The President was
entitled to be assured that there was
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