Arizona republican., 1916-01-23
Where the People
 May Have Hearing
No Cause for Thanks

Editor Republican.
 Sir: It seems remarkable that in this matter of fact age a large num- Der of people may be led into serious error by the very flimsiest of delu- sions. This observation occurred to the writer by reason of hearing seV- eral times the exclamation Thank God for Woodrow Wilson," Of course such remark could only be made without thought and would be hardly worthy of comment did it not possibly typify the lack of information or mis- information of d portion of the people in regard to prominent public men and events. No person with full knowledge of recent events could req eCnably utter such a remark except
 in a spirit of resignation and entire submission to the will of the Deity after affliction and calamity had been visited upon them. All of the warning nations of Europe have loudly proclaimed their belief that God is with them, but it would Oe a little difficult for us to believe that divine aid was extended to cause a split in the Republican party whereby Wood row Wilson might become president. Upon his accession to the chair Presi- dent Wilson found the country in a most prosperous condition. but as ever with a clamor for greater prosperity, and he immediately set about iuaugu- rating greater prosperity. He called about him a cabinet consisting of a i well known orator and some other people, not that he really needed them but it was so provided by law. Con gress was relegated to the position of ! an infant class and it was very ap- i parent that this was to be purely l Wilson administration, of Wilson, by Wilson and nothing but Wilson. The president with a very limited prac- tical knowledge of domestic business affairs or it's relation to foreign com merce. but with a vast confidence in his own ability and wisdom, proceeded to regulate the tariff and banking system with such disastrous results that the business interests of the fCountrv have not yet recovered and fare not engaged in thanking God fol
 M
 At the close of the Taft administra
 ton a small cloud of trouble had ap-
 peared on the Mexican border, but l
 was well in hand and with a carefu
 consideration for the incoming admin istration nothing had been done tha
 could embarrass it in adopting an. ipolicy it might desire to assume. Th' Inability of the Wilson administration
 to effectively cope with the situation
 aroused such criticism that it endeav Ored to cloak it's weakness by pro
 claiming a policy of ''watchful wait ! ing" which had it not been so traG
 ically disastrous would have only beel
 farcia The Wilson correspondence
 bureau got busy and flood of note
 went into Mexico, but as little con
 sideration was accorded them, the
 would hardly be worth mentioning
 only that their reception might hay
 had some influence in determining tn reconsideration accorded other notes { lother nations even though they miSn
 bear the presidents own label of firm
 ness. Germany accorded a fine diplO
 matic consideration to the notes ad
 dressed to her and has evinced de
 sire to apologize disavow and reparat
 If good reasons were shown her, l
 fact she would probably be willing {
 issue a blanket apology and dis
 avowal of everything done or to b
 done by her and relieve the presiden
 of further note writing. She is tire of it. Great Britain for tim
 vouchsafed some recognition of tn notes of complaint and protest to he