Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-17
PRESIDENT HAS
INUNDATED u. s.
BECK CHARGES
Ex-Attorney General As.
sails "Scuttle and Rum
Policy of Wilson
CHEERS FOR RoosEvErT.
Union League Audience An
plauds Mention of Coloneps
Name

a severe arraisnment Of President u,,,
sVm, t, ana th1 Administration for the g..
titude taken toward Germany in ~
l.usitania case was voiced by Tame, Nv
Beck, of New York formerly kssss.-a'. Ss w.
Attorney General of the United Sta,as ~
an address delivered before 200 i' tnen,k. y
of the Union League last night.
The Presidents notes to Germsnv ,.,..
characterized as more volubie NV NV
valuable while the acceptance NJ KY
latter country's final note on The + nis ns
tania case denounced as an "abject cam.
promise Mr. Beck asserted The, !,
was the moral duty OF the United sta,i. y
to throw its utmost power unhesita,irsst,.s
against the violations of hurnani.sly
rights by any foreign nation. ana cios.s
his address with an appeal that tbs s'yssq ,ns
eisn policy OF this country be mad
moral issue in the coming presidential
campaign win the slogan, "lndependen.
in all things; neutral in nothing y
The speakers remarks were freou.n,.
interrupted by bursts of applause hnt :.
no time did IL equal the storm with wbisS
the members of the Union Ieas,,
greeted his comments on RooseveI,'s
achievements in the cause of intern.
tional peace during his presidency t0n
the other hand references to Elihu Ron,
and Philander c. Knox were recsvs1
without any demonstration on the mari
of the audience.
Mr. Rocl,.s aIdros- to,..
,,i,.an In HE bonnn h,. ~ nCweu ', a dinner
ana oairors or ti,o ty,io VI 'ne uirectors
Srthboi ,,,astIo,., ~. 'easue. John
tba snool,S, nt ,i,o sIo,,a, .uo, , introduced
followed. Mr.. Beck said in mart.
I'VE are on the eve of presidential
election of immense and enduring Inn
portance. In my judgment, the issps
Which VIII nave the largest appeal to
the t, linasihasioh !,, ol our countrymen on
lne ny, seeoi,u tuesuag OIL next November,
WIN pe Wnetner thls great nation is in s
IoreiEtl reiallohs TO De n little or greater
america.
rms question cannot be avoided. Many
OF our leauers' proceeding with great eau.
'lol alohS the ines OF eNpedlency, may
attempt 10 eliminate from the coming
presiuehtial campaign the Foreign policy
ol our government OF at least TO con-
ilhs ltS alStussion to the coWardly and
lihDeclle poilcS OF lhe Administration with
reference 10 MeNlco' 10 attempt this
cpu'se Wouiu oe Hot merely 10 lfnltats
tIe Ioty OF tne ostiicn' put II would DO
tJS int'le
.le Nepuo'lcdl party should %
sitSnl upoh ms suoJect' the electorate
s ~. any Mouiu assui,lc thHt the poney
~ tme lia9 neen SO cleafy
,, ,s OIe aS ~ De pes o,,u parry crItlcsm
80 - 90 ~" Svei'Is liNsIy, t"e PIessnt
,,o,.,L s.i't i,. ~ pto6t oss next NO 10.
y ', ,Ilno,,i,,, ."e,V ing NJ pe eohserYauye
,an,Jo ~ Oi tnG pa VI .ne AinsL'vAn y,s
ist,ptIo ,,hsn ~, po"et W. an Aunh'
ona ~ th stnr,,sioa. W ',s na.oh ~ y
,o,, ,,, .t,,,. a,,,a,'t,,S ti nui'". '..H, '.s
NJ. cr,ti"is,,, '" "pPa' '''''' Ne'o"O "''asA
HAS U. S. DONE IT'S DUTYg n
"The serious question. which every
thoughtful American will consider next 8
November. will be. Has the United States
in this grayest crisis of modern hJstc-,r y
done its full duty 10 civllization?, II
In answering this question the Amer.
lean people will recognize a. lamentable y
and significant fact, that while before the Z
present world war we were the common
friend of every nation and enjoyed az
measure of good will such as no other ma,
ion probably ever has enjoyed in recorded
yet today our nation has fallen
in the esteem of mankind
it is not too much to say that
we have now the hatred of one group Of .
Powers and the contempt of another. Az
he moral prestige of nation is its great
,st asset, this extraordinary bouleyers
nent in the worlds attitude toward our
nation is the most significant and Dor.
entous development of the war.
Mr.. Wilson's administration OF our
oreign affairs has been a steady and
violation of the Constltu.
ion of the country. If there was one fea-
ure of our Government upon which the
athers laid a special stress, II was that
he management of foreign affairs should
'ested exclusively in the President. He
vas forbidden TO appoint a Minister Of
without the consent OF the
senate. He was forbidden to make
reaty without the same authority, and he
vas forbidden to declare war without
he express authority of both houses o.
congress. Thereby 1t was made manlies.
hat under the Constitution the issues q
var and peace were vested In the PIesf
ent and Congress- ana II was ior .ns
easoh that IN every Crisis when niFgns. w.
osslble war preceding Presidents nave
ot merely taken Congress INTO eonsuns as @
Ion, D1I nave hree'y eIms%1a hnth nar,iss T apd