South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-27
Secretary of War Never Com
pared WaShingtOn'S SOL
dierS With the Follow
erS of Villa.
MEANT TO SHOW WHAT
A REVOLUTION MEANS
HardShipS Endured by Our
ForefatherS is q Tribute
of Their Greatness,
He Asserts.
News-Tlmes snecial servles

News-Times Special Service:
NEW YORK, oct. 27.-Sec'y OF
war Newton d. Baker has shatter-
ed the republican vision Of cam
naign issue created by misquotatiOn
OF his recent speech in Jersey City,
which has been made the subject Of
indignant protest and demands for
his resignation by patriotic societies.
Il cannot give the exact words Of
my Jersey City address as 1 had
neither manuscript nor notes" says
the secretary OF war in "a letter
written from Rock Island. III. oct.
"a. Neither have / seen in any
complete form just what I am re-
ported 20 have said, but the sub
stance and spirit of what 1 did say
can easily reproduce.
Was Discussing Mexico.
II started by describing the con-
clifton OF Mexico under Diaz, the
restitution and misery Of the people,
the revolution headed by Madero
and its success. I then described
Madero's assassination. the part
played by Huerta, the refusal Of the
United States to recognize Huerta,
and his ultimate disappearance as a
factor in the revolution.
II then turned to the present CON
dition Of affairs in Mexico and ask
ed whether they justified interven-
ton on any truly American theory. |
4 described their revolution as in
complete and asked what would /
have become OF our own revolution |
of 1776-17S9 If some foreign power
had become tired Of the unsettled
condition of our country and had
interviewed to establish its theory OF
government instead OF allowing our
fathers TO establish our liberties and
give 10 the world the first real free
government in history
Il then remarked that a revolu-
tion is always a grave matter and
attended by conditions OF disorder,
that men lighting for freedom and
inspired by it's great ideals have 10
battle against an established order.
and until they succeed conditions
are upset / said. for instance, we
say OF the Mexican revolutonists
that they are not always uniformed
soldiers. Washington's army as il
retreated To Valley Forge was
scarcely clad, il was unpaid. un-
clothed. and unfed, but it persist1i
through every hardship TO its great
mission.
Rights Not Respected.
ct said we complain of Mexico
that property rights are not always
respected and said that among us to
some extent that was no doubt true,
as the so-called loyalists who ad-
hered to the cause of King George.
even the ministers Of the churches.
were driven out and their property
devoted TO the revolution I said "
is complained that in the present
state OF affairs Mexico cannot pay
her debts, and said that neither
could We until after the establish
meut on a stable government In
1889 We ina ugurated a proper fnan-
cIal system.
with these premises urged THAI
people who had won freedom
through marvellous courage and
steadfasmess in the face Of every
peril. difhculty and discouragemenr
should have sympathy with any
ether people struggling for freedom
and should apply the principle Of
our own declaration OF independ-
once and alter and establish her
government as her people want IT,
FL said OF Washington that he was
undoubtedly one OF the greatest
men who ever lived and that 40
great event IN history ever depend
cd So entirely on one man as did the
American revolution. or his soldiers
I said they were the brave founders
of our liberties and we must Doe as
brave In maintaining them and as
generous in extending the principles
they established 10 struggling peo-
pies everywhere"
Made No Comparison.
81 did not compare Washington
soldiers To villa or 20 any Mexican
bandits whatever. did not say
that Washington's soldiers stole
anything or that they stole silver
out OF churches 90 buy drink or for
any other purposes.
Il did not refer 20 Washington's
soldiers as bad characters OF COM
pare them with MeXicaus I'm any
particular. but on the contrary re-
ferred 10 them as different In train
ing. race and ideals from the Mexi-
can people.
u did not refer TO anybody's
character or accuse anybody. Amer
lean or Mexican. OF wrongdoings. To
have done so would have been
wholly out OF keeping with the ar