New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-01
Colonel's Indictment
Of President RouSes
Battle Creek.
CALLS EXECUTIVE
AN OPPORTUNIST
Saws Empty Elocution'
Has Been Substituted
for Action.

p...fe Greek. Mlch.s sept '~'
- Roosevelt. to-day appealed 20 his
,,row citizens 20 elect Charles r..
uacb.. and "repudiate wilson because
,nly BY so doing can they save Amer
H.. from the taiut Of gross seliishness,
Il was an old-time Roosevelt audi
,,cs of 10000 that heard him-an audi
,rca ,bs. cheered every point he made
and which stamped and shouted its ap-
,-ohation a. the Colonel concluded;
Among the companions Of Lucifer
70 vi,-on's mighty epic there was none
,,o,g The fercer fends more danger
Gus than he who
with words clothed in reasons garb'
..Counsened iguoble ease and peace-
ful sloih,
"No. peace"
Calls Wilson Shi'y.
vss the Colonel Of old VINO spoke.
r. struck out from the shoulder ana
..,b blow was a teller. lie pictured
v, wilson Is shifty, unreliable, po-
ua.sl opporttnist. q persi2te1't en-
,lsv,, Of weasel words, a hyPocrite-
r, .Asrsctsrized the Wilson Admins
t-,,ioa IS one which brought the de-
,ision Of mankind upon this country ey
eth, policy Of buster, hypocrisy aud
vnprspsredness."
Tie Ioloneps Iiierce, which sat un-
der a big circus cent, was the envy o.
4, patient crowd of several times their
r.uber who stood outside, thousands
tvhorn marched in Michigan's record
breaking parade. And the Colonel had
parade Of bis own, riding for two
hour. through streets filed with null
s,udes whose cheers kept his sombrero
v.ving from side % side the entire
.ine.
Flays Policy Of Surrender
re Colonel spoke for two hours, de-
4,ang ous.derabie time 20 an analysis
si the President foreign policy and
hs pol.eies ia general. which, he de-
dared, we're dictated By q policy OF
craven surrender % whichever side has
;hs superiority of brute force. He d.
'setly charged that President Wilson
uas eossd by the big labor leaders in
,hs Adarsor e.ght-hour law, as he had
been b. the Mexicans and Germans.
The nation, Colonel Roosevelt said,
has sssgosd an attitude Of gross cow
ariies, 70 which We owe Mr. WilsoHa
substitution o. "empty elocution" for
Straightforward action.
'Cowsrdly7 and following the lines
Of least resistance" we're the ColonePs
,asrseterlzatiors q President Wilson's
esslilgs with Mexico and Germany. He
aid the President sacrfced the ma
t'nsl honor q the United States be-
cause he feared 20 pay the price for
sihold.rg T..
'Pres.dert Wilson, by his policy Of
.sne suDms s.on % insult and injurJ
ron al whom he feared. has invited
- murder " our men, women ano
tiioytn b. Mexican bandits Oh. land
'a herman submarines Oh the sea,
Lsld the Colonel.
C,.onsl Rocaeyelt criticised Presi-
CERT Wilson for refusing 20 recognize
nssrt2 and FOR recognizing the Car
anna govern ment. Every argument
assihs. Hgertz applied with tenfold
r,it Truth snd weight against Car
ANA he sail.
Wilson Under Suspicion.
re Colonel said, in part:
=; Ne ouDet I wish % say n word
" - the protests that We must not
.Ii'eits the President. The ncwspa-
- ana individuals making these pro-
- are, Tor The most part. the very
- "np and which when ! waG Presi-
~ .Drsad evsry species Of ealumny
si&rosf about ne. then. as Pregi-
~ tpoN the view that no one had a
tnt ~ peak untruthfuliy Of The
lstiesnt or of any one else. but that
- Teas than any ore else ought the
"ptit - fHcApe IRON Truthful critt-
w neger complained Of any attack
y. ~ ne UNLESS il wias false. apply to
.lsit only the standard b. which !
"ssf shst nyseif be- treated.
A.. - ne Preaidert's duty, no lees
y was Mr.. C%ssr's. % escape
.<tsnsols suspicion u wrongdoing;
sas..'1i1 hs oy any other official tell us:
J'p Knew the facts you wouldn't
rtNs me- ne have a ready answer:
~ " NE facts ard ven see
never altered one word of cril-
~. "a W Prssidsnt Wilson until a year
nslf after he wAs elected Presi-
t N he had stDod by the honor
1s Interest of the American peO-
"a you'd hare thrown 40 ny hat for
"a sni you'd haze supported hiL1
.el sho soul not merely kept
,..sh' during ths frat II months or two
tn J usd actively ~ support him.
49,. sblJ crrors HAYS made In ron.
..I Tith Mr.. Wilson we're due 70
~'t'~psly seessting hls ststsments