Arizona republican., 1916-02-16
Three Fundamental Er- TOTS of Wilson and Ad- ministration's For ign Policy Are Pointed Out In New York
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 NEW YORK. Feb. 15.-In a speech criticising the Wilson administration. especially in respect to it's foreign policy. former United States Senator Elihu Root. as temporary chairman of the republican state convention sounded here tonight what was re garded as the keynote of the repub- Iican national campaign He was in trcduced by Frederick C. Tanner, chairman of the state committee, and was greeted with an ovation which tasted two and a half minutes.
 Every seat in the convention hall and all standing room was occupied lcng before the convention opened. The poXcs were reserved almost en- trtly foI women, one being filled with suffrage leaders
 The first part of MT Roots speech which was devoted to a consider ation of the tariff and economic con dtions was received in comparative silence. When. however. he opened an attack on President Wilson's Mex 1 ican policy he was interrupted re- peatedly with applause.
 /, The first prolonged outburst of , cheers came when Mir Root turning to European affairs denounced the presidents policy as one of making threats and failing to makY them good In the prepared speech that MT Root sent out in advance, he re- ] ferred to Theodore Roosevelt as one , of the men who had believed it the duty of the American government to protest at the violation of Belgium neutrality by Germany. This refer ence was omitted in the actual speech tonight. The temporary chair man himself denounced the failure of the United States government to pro test against the invasion of Bel gium
 If the public opinion of the world. = he said. was to remain silent on that, neutral upon that. then all talk about peace and justice and interna . tional law and the rights of man. the progress of humanity and the spread of liberty k idle batter mere weak sentimentalitN
 No other presidential election since 1861 has been so fraught with consequences so vital tO national life as the one now approaching Mr Root said and all ordinary tends which play so great part in pres idential campaigns are and ought tc he dwarfed into insignificance" He promised that if the republican par ty is returned to power the people may expect a foreign policy which
 will leave mo doubt anywhere in the world of Americas s purpose ant courage to protect and defend hel
 importance her territory and the , lives and just rights of her citizen: under the laws of nations and tha
 the people may expect also that 'th'
 government will stand for full anC l adequate preparation by the Ameri $ can people for their own defense" l MT Root charged the present ad I ministration with the lack of fore . sight to make timely proviscion flo 0 backing up of American diplomacy h, e actual or assured military force; . with the forfeiture of the world re y spect for our assertion of rights h,
 pursuing the policy of making threat z and of failing to make them good. . and with "a loss of the moral force c of the civilized world through fail : ure to truly interpret to the worl 't the spirit of the American democrac C 't in it's attitude towards the terribl h events which accompanied the earl e stages of the war These, said NJ
 Root, were the administration "thre fundamental errors"
 Discussing the domestic situatio , before the European war began. NJ ; Root declared that during the eight
 cen months of democratic contr,
 there had been "a steady decrease American production. in exports an | in revenues and a steady increase 's imports and expenditures Enter ie prise had halted he asserted. ar T. new undertakings no longer mao lg their appearance and the country 1t productive industries were laborir in under misfit tariff devised by u at democratic party in a spirit of SUI
 piciOn. distrust and hostility towar, m American business enterprise" al D. transportation and commerce h. le become dull and Respondent"
 Taking up foreign relations. NJ se Root said that for the first tin
 within the memory of men now li'
 ing, these relations are recogniz,
 as vital. He took up first u c Mexican problem, declaring that u
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