Semi-weekly herald., 1916-09-11

States in generation. No one in
the United States, with the exception
of a few violent Anglophiles, wanted
war. There was no chance of our
get;ing into war unless s)cra maj
man or fool conspired with events to
kick us in.
If this nation had been respected,
if it had been as powerful as it ought
to be, it would never have been con-
| eeived possible for it to become in,
volved in a European war aginst its
will. Power and self-respect com
mand respect, and a powerful, self
| respecting nation will not be invited
to become an enemy by any Euro
pean nation or alliance at a time
when that nation or alliance has its
hands full with powerful foes.
Germany eXerted its diplomacy to
the utmost to prevent Rumania from
entering the war with the allies. IL
it conceivable that Germany would
have given the United States cause
to begin hostilities against it if it
mad not regarded the United States as
having a negligible courage and a
negligible government?
When Mr.. Wilson said "strict ac-
eountability" TO Germany, Germany
knew he did not mean it, and Ger-
many acted upon that knowledke.
Weakness provokes trouble. 1t in
sites danger. 1t destroys the ability
of people to meet trouble and danger
When we are asked to reelect Mr..
Wilson because che kept us out of
war we are asked to sell our nation,
al morality for pair of carpet slip
)ers. 1t means the degeneration of
! the American spirit, the capitulation
of the American nation to wholly
materialistic ideas and ideas wholly
gross.
Such a spirit never would have
fought the war of the revolution and
nave gained independence. Such n
'pirit never would have fought the
var of rebellion and have preserved
the nation.
Colonel Roosevelt nailed the Wilson
administration on this important is
sue: 1t is an administration which
has corrupted the United States. A
law against allowing Cinnamon to
come into the United States is ironic
If the tendency of the United States
is toward Chinese national morals.
The Democrats have been waiting
for some one to preach a plain ser
mon to the American people on the
quality of their present national spirit
IN order to exclaim with exultation:
"You see, he would have had you in
war"
If American voters will be deceiv-
ed by such preposterous buncombe
they deserve four more yeors of Will
son, and four more years will develop
some of the consequences of weak
ness. Strength and self-respect and
consideration for the rights of others
get few people into trouble. They
get few nations into trouble.
With lack of strength and of self
respect there is no need that there be
consideration for the rights of others,
The others will take care of their own
rights, and are likely to take away
a few that do not belong to them.
The deterioration of American
spirit which is revealed in "Thanl.
| God for Wilson, is a symptom of ma
tional degeneration and the nation
needs man like Roosevelt to shake
it out of its timidity. A nation scar
ed of everything, determining every
issue by inquiring whether it would
be difficult to meet it honestly and
then meeting 1T dishonesty, will soon
raise breed of men with long braid
ed and perfumed hair.
Already Mr.. Wilson has seen to il
that even the Mexicans despise us.
As Colonel Roosevelt revealed with
infinite detail, Mr.. Wilson'S policy
has been to poke his finger into a
sore spot in Mexico and then run be,
fore the angered Mexicans.
| That is calculated to produce a
quiet neighbor. You irritate him. and
when he shows resentment you back
away. When you get chance you
lrrltate him, and again you shrink
when he shows wrath. No wonder
the Mexicans have an idea they would