New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-11
pefused Protection to Men
Who Carried 1t
Abroad.
MOCKS ZINE WORDS"
BELIED BY ACTIONS
Gets Big Welcome from
$4,000 Baltimore
Audience.

A
baltimore Oct. l0.-Still hammering
I'D a, the Wilson Administration
sorsien policy Charles (. Hughes at
...ked "the fine words we now hear
70 our duties to the world" in a
.,.seb at the armory her tonight. He
"a in mind not only the fine words
- the President, but also those of
p,..ident Emeritus Eliot of Harvard
rho recently defended Wilson's stand.
The Democrats, declared Mr.. Hughes
at only brought about serious domes-
ne depression by their tariff policy
until the European wars demands filled
n. eountry's business gaps, but shack
Id and stifed American enterprise
abroad. The Administration acts, he
said. belied its promises. They were
:. simply molasses to catch the flies, the
:. American investors.
- Encouragement to the development
.>of American interests" he asserted,
Ss.wss dubbed dollar diplomacy some
thing shockingly reprehensible. 1t
Nsmackei too much of prosperous en-
;srprise. In consequence l may say
that in respect to American interests
..., abroad we have had not only diploma
ey without dollars, but diplomacy with
out sense"
$4,000 Cheer Candidate.
AT least fifteen thousand persons in
the srnory. where, four years ago
echoed the cheers that greeted the NOM
nation Of Wilson. burst into applause
when Mr. Hughes mockingly interpret
cd the Presidents foreign trade policy,
One would suppose. Mr.. Hughes said,
that dad persons who commit the
shameless outlawry" Of going abroad
10 make money did not deserve protec-
ion: that any American who jour
neyed 10 foreign lands 20 advance
American industry was presumably q
81. bad fellow who had lost mis- rights
:, Mr. Hughes recalled President Will
sons dictum, "to serve the world for
we have the best genius in the
world" He quoted from the President:
we have never thought Of using that
genius outside our own markets" Then
he asked:
~What avail such words when We do
! rot protect American lives and Ameri-
car property abroad? The adequate
protection Of American citizens and
,heir interests abroad according 10
their rights under international law rs
The cornerstone Of q policy 20 promote
American enterprise throughout the
s-.vorld. This protection has been delib-
trately and deplorsbly refused by this
Administration
Attacks Eliot's Defence.
- Dr. Eliot, Mr.. Hughes went on. one OF
ne sblest supporters Of the President,
"oierces 70 the heart Of the matter"
md finds the Wilson record 20 mean
no Intervention BY force Of arms 20
protect on foreign soil American COM
nercial and manufacturing adventures
who Of their own free will have invest
"a :heir money or risked their lives IN
foreign parts under alien jurisdiction"
Think Of the import OF that" de-
csred Mr. Hughes. you who represent
the best genius OF the world and are
thinking o. using 10 abroad, Think Of
that you who. r. Is suggested, are TO
te asked % finance the chief undertak-
ings Of the world, Think Of that, mer-
chants, ssiesmcn, telers, clerks and
dealers. who in serving the world take
YOUR place remote from your friends
and safeguards. in communities where
-eyo.ut!ons are frequent and only
respect for your flag and the power Il
,'synbolizes may stand between you and
: luln or even death
. Finally, President Eliot says: Amer
, ga has now turned its back on the
smilisr policy Of Rome and Great
. britain OF protecting or avenging then
: bordering citizens BY force of arms
a9c hss SCI Up a quite different policy
=. % her own
Platform Very Different.
.. Nr Hughes read from tho Demo
= cratic platform Of 1912, pledging thu
trotectior Of the United states q
.Anercans and their property whereve
aeY might 20.
There is nothing about Commercial
-<Neniurers and wandering citizen
~ different policy" he continued
nor IS there any limit 20 the kind o
N~~F'o,eetion thus explicitly promised. /
iull protection that American citi
ems were 70 have and have not had.
Go not overlook Mr. Eliot's refer
nee % force % arms ] believe il Z
e a mistake % suppose that an ade
f4s's policy Of protection Of the known