The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-10-03
wilson ANSWERS
HIS OPPONENTS
President Says That Interests
Desire His Defeat
TRIUMPH WOULD
MEAN WAR HE DECLARES.
Scores Wall Street Manipulators For
Opposition to His Fight Against Spe-
cial Privilege.


SHADOW LAWN, n. J.-Pres. Will
son Saturday noon took up the Re-
publican challenge, made his foreign
policy a campaign issue and warned
that the return of Republicanism
would draw this nation, in one form or
another, to the brink of war
To avoid it, he urged that young
Democrats-a league of such were his
main hearers-and true Progressives,
should rally to the Democratic stand
ard
81 can draw no other conclusion" he
said, in his warning. "Our opponents
have found fault with our foreign pol
icy. They have said that it is all wrong.
1t has resulted in peace. Therefore it
appears they want war. Some men,
bers of that party have even declared
themselves in favor of war"
1t was the presidents first thrust
of this nature in the campaign and his
audience followed him gravely.
Says G. o. 2. Is Dying.
Previously he attacked the Republi-
cans as representing the interests"
and had-almost directly-predicted
that their death as a national party is
coming. The speech was delivered as
one of his series of Saturday after
noon talks at the autumn White House.
Three thousand heard him. Most of
these were members of the Young
Mems Democratic league who descend
ed on the town with a whoop during
the early afternoon.
Wilson declared that the eyes of the
world are on the coming election.
"Officials of foreign governments" p"
he said, twill watch it carefully. A
great fundamental final choice with
regard to our foreign policy is to be
made on the seventh of November"
The president cast the shadow of the
European struggle and Mexican inter
vention across his speech.
Opponents Want War.
The return of Republicanism, he
said, must certainly bring the nation
"into the embroilments of the Euro
pean war" Answering the Republi-
can claim that the Wilson foreign pol
icy is wrong, the president declared.
"If it is wrong and they are men OF
conscience they must change it. There
is only one choice as against
peace and that is war. A very great
body of the supporters of that party
outspokenly declare that they want
war"
Hence, Wilson said, Republican sue
cess would mean that not only in one
form or another that this country
would be entangled in the European
struggle, but also into the south OF
US the voice of the United States will
be used to produce in Mexico the kind
of law and order that is advantage
Gus to some American investors"
Moreover, he said, he could not find
that anybody else's counsel than
American investors in Mexico had beer
taken in respect to the Republican
Mexican policy.
Investors Rebuffed.
"They have talked to me and know
exactly what they want" the president
said earnestly 81 have declined tc
give it to them and now they are go
ing where they think they can get it
And there is every reason on the face
of things, at any rate, to believe thai
their calculation is well founded"
The president continued: From thii
time until the seventh of November, i
is going to be practically impossible
for the present administration to han
die critical matters concerning for
eign relations because all foreign
statesmen are waiting to see which
way the election goes"
This situation goes so far, he held
that the present American-M Mexican
peace conference is affected seriousl.
because hostility to Mexico is heinl
traded upon by one of the original pc
titical parties"
The president used wit, humor ant
abuse as he pounded the Republican
party pitilessly.
He suggested the Republicans hat
given no definite ideas of their gener
al plans, but that "the people nov
want to know what is to be done witt
their government"
Democrats Progressive.
"The country" he said, has wit
messed the life and death of two par
ties, and unless l ams mistaken,
| shortly will witness the death of an
other. The Federalists and Whig par
ty went first Then was born the Re
publican party. This party accom-
plished its purpose of abolishing slav
cry, but since then the increasing dem
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