South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-06-14

HUGHES "UNDILUIED AMERCANlSM
1t beats all the which republican friends
some them. are anxious 10 exercise lest assist
them. as they put it, in electing candidate for
the presidency. We have been stopped the street
certain OF them have come TO the of1ce. damn
for our attitude toward the organized German Amer
lean support reputed be back Of Mr. Hughes and
then, if hoping bluff Of it, they assure US
that are making German American votes for them
every minute. They deny that there is anything to
the Hughes German American alliance; that
such imputaton should have made public, and
yet they pretend be anxious that continue 10
spread asserting it will make communication
votes for them queer combination indignation and
false pretense that would be difficult comprehend if
We couldn't comprehend it,
Fact Of the matter is that the republicans just
triHe mined that their organization Of the German
American that has been going for months has
leaked: that the leaders of the German erican
alliance through which they operated only in Ili
nois. Texas New York New England. but in Indiana,
jubant the success of their favored can
ddate as to spill the beans We don't worry much
exposition of it turning more votes to the
republicans than it democrats the long
run. II may cnch some German American votes for
the repi bicans but win about many Amer
lean from the republicans the democrats This
is the ground their indignation. The false pretense
that the republican party will profit by than
it will lose-well if our republican friends thought
that, they would limiting that it would be
wise political policy for to desist
But for the sake of appeasng their Indignation
porarily at least will that they what
they are talking about. Anyhow Mr. Charles Evans
Hughes their candidate. has talked back and they
have a right to think they He says he
ing from "Undiluted Amercanism," and whatever he
may mean by it, we must take him at his word in the
face OF his acceptance and Of the republican plat
form which he says he approves Of If Mr.. Hughes
and the republican party mean what they say I'm
diluted Americansm" means to them that they
been power when the Lusitana down, and
the kaiser spilled his entire nsdes apologzng
and compensatng the act, would have been
with Germany right off the reel
Mr. Hughes and the republican party either
hypocritical in their denuncation Prest wilson's
international policy Europe. else they been
in power we would have been entanged in the Eu-
ropean embrogio that no telling assuming that we
are as unprepared as our republican friends say
are-what would have become of If there
understanding of that platform Mr.. Hughes
utteranoes. defining "Undiluted Americanism' differ
emily than surface remarks portend then
pro-German one is infinitely more he needs to be
thankful that the president during
the past year has been Woodrow Wilson instead of
Charles Evans Hughes.
Pres't Wilson has treated Germany fair Conditions
have times very strained. almost at
the breaking point. but the difhcuty brdged
every continued peace Certainly
excessively pro- German would prefer this to an I'm
diluted Americanism'' defined call blood
shed II republican friends think criticism of the
puted German-Arlerican alliance with MIR Hughes
a.as TO make votes for him,-and lose him none
them this other alternative whet
dignaton upon for a while.