New Britain herald., 1916-05-10

ever have any sympathy with designs in whatever quarter they arise. The president never for d ment doubts that the republican, tenn is to pass safely through ala deals and prove a permanent sul in our own country and so Co beS commended to adoption by all E nations. The president is hopefE the ultimate triumph of this sSa 1 over all obstacles as we'll in regal Mexico as in regard to every | American state. I find the arc6 here full of complaints againsS Mexican government for violati4 contracts and spoliation and crua practiced against American citH It is not the presidents intenti1 1 send forward such claims at the ent moment. He willingly deferE performances of a duty which aR time would seem ungracious untE incoming administration in MM shall have had time, if possib 1 cement its authority" These words of calmness, ofN bearance, of justice. of patiencS | forth the policy of Lincoln. A7 wrong in assuming that they | thoroughly and more honestly rS the sentiment of America today the whirling and seditious VOTE l Root and Roosevelt and other san critics of the present Admiu8 tion?
 And yet, my friends, we mtg forced into intervention. TherS limit to the patience and to thM durance even of that great m8 the white house. There are k erful and corrupt and wicked M at work in the republic, empIN all the weapons of malice and der to precipitate crisis with M leo. Have not the thoughtful, minded men of America, who ow acknowledge a higher duty of M l courage, the patriotism and tl1 E. telligence to sympathize with E. president in his efforts to ma # 1 peace upon a basis consistent # American traditions? M
 The policy to the president respect of Mexico has already brs to our side the moral and intell 5 1 forces of this hemisphere, K 1 North and South America are sm in their efforts to prevent the E. flame of war from leaping acroM sea. Already we have had ancdM ing assurances of cooperation support from the nations of @ America that appreciate the recE of our purposes and the value 5 friendship. say that to impedH ! president, to embarass him, Uo EA 1 his work more difficult, to hagglN | non- essentials, is to miss the grN ] opportunity that has come 10 F. ican citizens in generation-tfN portunity to lift America into tf# disputed moral leadership of@ | world.
 Preparedness.
 At such a time it is discourag& find a man of Senator Mclean z tellectual ability using such me less words as these:
 ''The great war in Europe ha M carried on in all it's barbarol M tails precisely as it would have 5 if the office of president of the # States had been vacant
 | What shall we say of such # as these? I hope that it is na kind to suggest that they are suit of cerebral flickerings Th8 characteristic of the efforts oe K wildered partisan who is striv N square his political prejudices N his patriotic duty. Nor can tn ator be regarded as either ia helpful when he says: F. Our army is equipped witt & chine guns that will not sho
 night and aeroplanes that wil& | fly by day. Our soldiers faint if 1 upon to march more than ten H l a day" I assume that if this M anything at all 1t is intended E. criticism of the democratic ma ment:
 ment of the army. Under sue ] cumstances it may not be ungr l to point out that President I 1 welt reduced the enlisted sti& during his term of office. MT. welt became president on Sept # 4 1901. On the 31st day ofS# 1902, the secretary of war, MT. 8 by direction of the president.% E. Roosevelt, issued an order red S the enlisted strength of the cl l from 15,840 to 14,040, of the lery from 1862 to 17,742, al # the infantry from 98,520 to
 or a total reduction in the er strength of the United States ali II, ,560.
 Nor is the republican record Z reference to the navy any bette M 1906, President Roosevelt decla message to congress that the 8 should not be enlarged, that i#| adequate for our national pun 8 and if existing warships wcrc placed as they were abandoneN5 N5 our needs would be met. The yl Administration authorized in 8 years seventy million dollars 2 spent on the chief fighting for XII the navy as against twenty-sI1 S lion dollars authorized
 the last two years of the