The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-09-12

Sent Our Entire Army and Militia
to Fight MexIoans While Armed
Mexican Forces Have invaded Am
erIean Soil and Fought Battles
Against Our People.
Sometimes you hear men, sensible
men, too, say, I'm going to vote for
Wilson this year because he kept us
out of war"
Ask such men a short question
! Ask them, "Out of what WARP"
Did Mr.. Wilson keep us out Of the
European war? No. He has himself
in formal address to congress spok-
en- Of the European war as "a war
with which we have nothing to do a
war whose causes do not touch u.s."
How could Mr.. Wilson keep us out
of a war with which we have nothing
to do and whose causes do not touch
us?
DID he keep the rest OF the western
hemisphere out of the European war?
No independent nation on this side
of the world Is involved in it, the
only people In 1t are the colonies of
European powers and they had no
voice in their fate, for they were au
Dramatically at war when their mother
governments went to war. Who kept
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru. out Of
the European war? Did Mr.. Wilson?
Did Mr.. Wilson keep us out of war
with Mexico? No. In his term more
Americans have been killed by Mexi-
cans and more American property has
been destroyed by Mexicans than by
Spaniards during the whole Spanish
war. In his term we have seized
Mexican port and have sent our eqtire
regular army and militia to fight Mexi-
cans In his term Mexican armed
forces have invaded American soil
and fought battles against our people
within our boundaries
President Taft went through two
Mexican revolutions during his term,
the revolution against Diaz and the
revolution against Madsro. American
lives we're safe In Mexico during that
time. No Mexican cities were seized
by Americans and no armed Mexioans
invaded the United States while Mr..
Taft was in the White House. Yet Mr..
Taft never thought Of asking the
American people to vote for him be-
cause he kept us out of war with
Mexico. He put an embargo on arms
80 that American weapons would not
be sent across the boundary, and he
refused to interfere In Mexican affairs.
When he left Office Mexicans liked T
Americans and Americans were safe
In Mexico. Since he left Office Next
cans hate Americans and Americans
dare not remain in Mexico. Did Mr..
Wilson keep US out of war with Next
co? Not If words mean anything.
MT. Wilson did not keep us out of
the European war and he did not keep
us out of war with Mexico.
Out of what war, then ?-Detroit
Free Press.
Eminent judges" says Colonel Hen
try Watterson, "have ever proved dis
/ appointing candidates." He is right
Alton B. Parker was big disappoint 4
ment to the Democrats. And so ID
Charles Evans Hughes.-Toledo Blade
President Wilson appears to have
been keenly alive to the expedienoy
Of accepting several invitations ia
make speeches in the West. Nobody
knows any better than he that it will
take considerable shovelling to fill UT
the holes that have been dug in that
locality by Justice Hughes.
1t was John P. st. John Of Kansas
one time Prohibitionist candidate fol-
president of the United States, who
said that Americans vote as they
cheer If so, there Is mighty little
consolation for the Democratic party
In this campaign, for the Democratic
Administration in three years has Civ
en- us nothing to cheer over. On the
contrary, as Mr.. Hughes has said
these last three years have been years
of humiliation and embarrassment
Mr.. Wilson says his mind is pro
gressive, but those who try to follow
its progress can never tell the direc.
ton it is taking. 1t Is just as likely
to be progressing backward as for
ward.