New Britain herald., 1916-02-03
HE KEPT US OUT OF THE WAR

| of President Wilson on his tour of | the Middle West, they do now and l then get a chance to scan the head i lines and note the receptions t6ndered | him in various American cities. The | correspondents travelling with the | chief executive are drawing vivid pen | pictures of his triumphant entry into | each and every stopping place and l warranting the prediction that Wood
 row Wilson is fast earning a warm | spot in the heart of every true Amer ] ican. Those papers that are staunch- l ly opposed to the entire prepared l ness program contend that while | the President Is vociferously received | and his every word listened to with l wrapt attention, this is done merely | because he is the nations ruler; that those who believe in his doctrines do so merely because he is President
 The wild ovation he got in Mil waukee is attributed to the fact that those citizens of the Wisconsin town wanted to repudiate the accusation and unwarranted belief that their city is not loyal to the nation.
 On the other hand, the same op- position forces contend that just at this moment Wilson has 8 magic control over the people, who bless him because he kept us out of the war" Peace and prosperity are the greatest assets of the President, say his critics And there is naught but truth in the statement. MT. Wilson has made many friends on this trip that has carried him through states closely aligned with other national heroes, many of whom are already beginning to totter and fall-notably Bryan. So long as the President of the United States keeps his people out of international troubles he will be looked upon with a great degree of approval, as something more secure than a promise Of a change for the better. There is no getting away from it. And to the end that he will continue to keep us out of war what ever money is spent on the national defense so long as the people are not palpably taxed will be taken as good medicine. So long as they can say The kept us out of the war; he will never lose his hold. Nor will he be condemned as a militarist because he advocates extensive preparedness. They believe him when he says the stronger, not so much because he is the President, but because he talks as a lover of peace who has kept us out of the war That is the thing more than anything else about Wood- row Wilson. Even Governor Cap per, of Kansas, who as the editor of many publications in the West that are opposed uncompromisingly to the Presidents plans, praised him yester- day also because he has kept us out of the war" In introducing the President in the Municipal Auditorium at Topeka, the Governor said:--
 "He has steadfastly kept us out
 of the terrible conflict in Europe
 He has set undismayed on the
 hottest lid that has seated any
 President since Lincoln.
 We are not a craven people.
 We are deeply and intensely pa
 trlotic. We are not afraid to
 fight if we must; but we hope
 that necessity will never more
 arise and we pray we shall not
 be led into temptation"
 Over the mountains and valleys of l the nation the phrase rings and echoes 1 and re-echoes, He has kept us out of the war" Out of the West it comes, into the East, and back again; then to the North, bounding back to the South, sweeping over the entire nation like a magic voice from on high whispering he has kept us out of the war" And friend and foe, Democrat and Republican, Jew and Gentle, men and women, young and will sweep aside the narrow lines of party and stand united behind the man of whom it can be said, "he kept us out of the war" hoping and trust lived and there will be no roar and din.
 FACTS AND RANCHES.