The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-11-01
As He Is FavOrite Of Ger
man Nation.
THE REPUTATION Of WILSON
Would Mean the Immediate Re.
sumption Of Germany's
Submarine Warfare.
Is A VERY SERIOUS MATTER

Mr.. Hughes is vehemently deny
ing that his foreign policy means
war. On the contrary, he insists
that cit means the security of a self
respecting peace"
Mr.. Hughes does not know what
his foreign policy means. We doubt
if he has a foreign policy. He GER
tainly has no foreign policy that he
is willing to define, and if such a
policy has been formulated he is
afraid to take the American people
into his confidence. He dare not tell
them what he would do or what he
would leave undone.
Mr.. Hughes may think that he has
a foreign policy and that this for
eign policy means the security of a
self-respecting peace" but unfortu-
nately Mr.. Hughes has had no ex-
perience in international affairs and
is not competent to judge. He is
not a student of international law.
He has no frst-hand information
about the diplomatic relations of the
United States. He has no knowl-
edge of the intricate and complicat-
ed questions that have arisen out of
this war. His qualifications to shape
the foreign policy of the American
Government are merely the qualif-
cations of any other successful Wall
Street corporation lawyer.
Mr.. Hughes knows no more about
diplomacy than President Wilson
knows about contract law. He is
no more qualified to be instructed
with the exceedingly delicate and Sc
rious foreign relations of the United
States at this time than President
Wilson would be to draw up the fl
nancial agreements between ]. p.
Morgan & Co. and the American ma
kers of munitions for the British |
Government.
Each to his trade. No sane bust
ness man would dream of making |
such an experiment as Mr.. Hughes !
and his Republican associates ask |
the American people to make. No .
less and frivolous changes would eX-
pect anything but calamity and dis
aster.
The American people cannot play
fast and loose with the greatest cri-
sis of modern civilization without |
inviting war. If war is what they
want, well and good; but if they in
vite it they do it with their eyes
open to the full consequences of |
their action. President Wilson has
proved that he can keep the United
States out of war. Mr.. Hughes has
proved nothing.
To defeat President Wilson is
practically to leave the United
States without Government, so far
as foreign affairs are concerned,
from Nov. to March 4, a period of
nearly four months. No man knows
what may happen in that time. All
anybody can know is that the
American people will have repu-
dated President Wilson and his for
c'gn policy and that Mr.. Hughes un-
I'll the day of his Inauguration will |
have no more power than any other
private citizen.
Col, Roosevelt complains that by !
the coming of the German subma-
rines "the war has been carried to I
our very shores" 1t has. Whether
it is carried further may depend |
wholly upon the outcome of the No
vember election. All Germany is |
for Mr.. Hughes. The German vote .
in the United States is for Mr.. !
Hughes. The Hughes managers and !
the leaders of the German propa- !
ganda are working in complete har-
mony. With President Wilson de- ,
fcated by the German vote, the Ger
man Government will have a right !
to assume that its submarine pledges
10 President Wilson have been an
nulled by the American people them
selves. That is the way the German /
mind works. 1t has an infinite ca
pac'ty for Misunderstanding the po-
litical sentiment of free people, ,
and it is sure to misunderstood it ,
In this cast.
Americans know well enough that
no matter who is elected President
in November. GeTmany's violation,
Of its submarine warfare, with az
teDdant loss of American lives, viii
tr,ng about an immediate break in ,
the diplomatic relations between rhe
two countries. But the German
Government has misread American