The sun., 1916-10-01
COLONEL RIPS UP
WILSON'S MOTIVES
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cnlldrerI, that had been perpetratcd py
any Power calling Itself civilized Tor
over n century.
President Wilson had full notice As
to what was to DO done. for the German
Ambassador. Mr. vol Bernstorf. had
publicly given such notice 10 tho poo
pie OF the United States. For less than
such action President George Washing
ton, when ours was n weak infant ma
ton, forced the recall of the French
Ambassador. Genet. Dut President VIII
son did not act. lie only spoke. And
his words were a direct Indictment 10
the repetition of the wrong. For imme-
diately after the sinking Of the Lusi-
tania he uttered his famous sentence
about being too proud to fight In all
our history there has never been any
other American President who has
used a phrase that has done such wide
spread damage to tho good name Of
America.
lIlumincs Ills Soul.
at is one of those dreadful phrases
which. as by Il lightning flash. illumines
the soul OF the man using 1t. n re-
mains forever fixed IN the minds OF
mankind In connection with that man.
But this Is not all. When the man Is
President Of the United states II Is a
sad and dreadful thing that tho shame
Is necessarily shared by the nation IT.
self: and It Is completely assumed by
tho nation II II falls to ~repudiate the
man who uttered the phrase.
Imagine George Washington after
the Lexington fight. or even after the
Boston massacre. selecting tho occasion
as AN appropriate one for remarkins
that the American people might DO too
proud to fsht" Imagine Abraham
Lincoln making such a statement two
days after the firing or Sumter!
president Wilson refused to speak In
Independence Hall on the n hundred
Inc twenty-eighth anniversary OF the
signing Of the Declaration Of l%ndepend-
cnce In hat hall. and he SO refused
because inasmuch as over one hundred
of our men. women and children had
just been murdered on the high seas
he regarded 1t as tho very moment
when no would not care to arouse the
sentiment OF patriotism Mr.. Wilson
has n positive genius for striking when
the iron Is cold and fearing to strike
when the iron is hot.
"Most assuredly. my fellow country
men, the American republic will not live
and will not deserve to live IL for the
views of the men who signed the Dec
laration Of Independence on July 4th,
1875, we substitute as the basis OF ma
tional action the view. OF the President
who, one hundred and twenty-eight
years later, declined ito speak In conf
memoration Of the day. because In "A
dangerous crisis It eemed to his cold
heart unwise to arouse tho spirit of
patriotism"
The Colonel here contrasted the refusal
| to recognize Huer;a with Wilson's rccoS-
milton OF Col. Benavides In Peru and
his action In Hayti and Santo Domingo.
lie went on:
"In dealing with foreign nations. II
We are to retain our self-rcspect and
protect our citizens. the first essential
Is that when we speak II shall be under
stood that VIC mean what we say. In
his speech at West Point on June :
last. President Wilson said: Mankind
IL going to know that when America
speaks she means what she says.' Most
emphatically mankind Will never know
this as long AS Mr.. Wilson is President.
ION August 21th. 1913. he directed
tho American Consul-General in Mexico
to notify all Mexican officials that they
will be held strictly responsible for any
injury done to any American, or Tor
injury done to their property Or
February 10. 1915. hc sent his frs'
note TO Germany as regards he use OF
submarines IN sinking merchant YES
sells, warning Germany That In case M
| american NesSel VI TIC lilc " "i WV
lean citizen should be destroyed by a
German submarine. the United State,
would hold the Imperial Government OF
Germany to strict accountability
Dumba Incident Recalled.
At the same time Secretary OF State
Bryan, according 10 his published
statement, informed Austro-lIungarlai
ambassador Dumba that the noto was
intended merely for homo consumption
and was not to be taken seriously b.
Germany, and ho reported his CONVEX
sation u President Wilson. who ap
proved OF II. This makes an Interesting
gloss on MI. Wilson'S statement tina
Mankind is going to know that whcT
America speaks she means what sh'
says
} IN did not hold Germany TO 'stric
, accountability He did not hold her t.
; any accountability. strict or loose. IL
wrote notes. President Wilson's FRS
note to Germany was on May -. Ger
many answered II on May 20 by tor
, pedoing the Nebraskan. an American
vessel. On June 0 President Wilson sen
= his second note, and on July 81 a third
Germany answered these notes on Au
t gust 10 by sinking the Arabic. drownini
. forty-one persons. including two Amer
leans, and on September D the Hespcrlai
!, twenty-slx persons being drowned. In
Guiding two Americans. On December 8
tho Persia was sunk. tho number OF live
6 los, being 33s. including " Americans
one of them a Consul-General. Othe
vessels have since been sunk. No atone
ment has been made by Germany. and l
, more than one case the newspapers re
I port that the captain OF tho subinarir
has been promoted or decorated aS
:, reward.
$50 much for the strict accounta
| h!lity' to which Germany was to DO held
d. The strict responsibility 10 whic'
D Mexico was TO be held resulted In pre-
r cisely a similar manner While Ger
many was drowning between 100 and 20
v Americans. and n couple OF thousan
: other n~-combatants who werc at sea
d the MeXicans were killing a somewha
: larger number OF Americans, and a sti
n larger number of other non-combatant
: on land. President Wilson did not hol
Germany to strict accountability in on
case. and did not hold Mexico to 'strio
, accountability IN the other. lie di
nothing whatever. Nobody has bee
punished for the lives lost"
4 Tho Colonel then discussed Wilson
speech of acceptance. especially IN
= statement that lie twas more intcreste
r In tho fortunes Of oppressed men an
t pitlfui women and children than In an
property rights" He told of tho numei