Arizona republican., 1916-10-05

 HELP[ESSNESS
 IF THE NATION
Special to The Republican,


 NEW YORK, Oct. 4.-The Republi- can National Committee issued today a pamphlet prepared by MT. David Jayne Till former assistant secretary of state ana ambassador to Germany based up on articles written by Doctor David Jayne Hill, former ass stant secretary of state and ambassador to Germany fo" the North American Review.
 Doctor Hill has had extensive ex- perience, both in the state department and in the diplomatic service abroad and is one of the foremost American authorities upon international law and diplomatic procedure. He has made @ very exhaustive examination of the record of the Wilson administration and it's handling of diplomatic affairs, especially with reference to matters growing out of the war in Europe and matters arising from the situation in Mexico. Several hundred thousand copies of the pamphlet have been printed and it will receive wide circu- lation. Referring to the statement so often made by supporters of President Wilson that he has kept us out of war" Dr. Hill remarks that peace without doubt is one of our most cher ished ideals, but no one will contend that peace that has not been disturbed by threats is anything to boast about"
 Dr. Hill then asks by whom and when and how we have been threatened with war, and after calling attention to the fact that no nation has desired to declare war upon us he charges that upon two separate occasions neither of which demanded warlike action, the administration has provoked danger ous situation and has committed every act characteristic of war including the invasion Of foreign territory and the destruction of innocent lives"
 Referring to the extraordinary peace treaties negotiated by William J. Bryan when he was secretary of state Dr. Hill says that their result was to pledge the United States upon it's honor mot to resent by activity any insult, injury or humiliation that any one of the adherents to this agree nent might for any reason offer and to rest content with making only q verbal protest until an entire year had elapsed. The result of this" Dr. Hill says was "the moral and advisory in- fluence of the United States was, i'm paired for with the certainty that inn mediate action by our government was out of the question the advice of the United States no longer pos seSses any international value"
 Before the administration was a year old" says pr. Hill. 'it was evil dent that the prestige of this govern ment. which previously had taken the initiative in the great war crisis and had been able to promote peace be- tween great powers. no longer exist ed Ineffective in its own sphere of influence. as it then showed itself ii had already become in the eastern hemisphere a completely negligible quantity with many fervid professions regarding humanity in the abstract the administration has stood activity and effectivity for nothing whatever in the concrete not even for the lives of it's citizens.''
 That the United States is industrial " and economically helpless under democratic legislation and that noth- ! ing short Of a chance Of administra- ! ton and a speedy return to the pro- tective system can save the country from great financial loss, and misery ! is set forth by United States Senator Sherman, of Illinois in q communica- tion 70 Chairman Willcox of the re- ! publican national committee. Senator i Sherman says: Tt must be constantly
 remembered in the campaign that the ! vast imports of 1916 under war con- 1 ditions but illustrate what they will
 be under a democratic free trade tar if when peace is restored in tho world Our exports are relied upor l by the democratic party tc mitigate the evil wrought by the ! enormous flood of imports 1 I can summarize in a few words and | figures complete analysis of our eX-
 port trade" "The exports of com
 modities classified as peace merchan- ! disc have decreased under the demo- ! cratic tariff. If the peace merchan- i disc be segregated from our total eX- ports their total of 1916, compared with 1913, shows a decrease of approx l imately s100,000000. The exports Of
 war merchandise of 1916, compared i with the exports of war merchandise 1 for 1913. show an increase of wal merchandise exports in 1916 of nearly 1 $500, O00,00 The abnormal demand will cease when peace is concluded 1 Our exports will then spring to theil
 normal volume, while our imports vii
 not only maintain the present higl 1 figures but will,b be immensely in | creased by the return to industria activities of the countless legions now
 on the battlefields.
 Not in the history of the democratic party has 1t ever written a tariff bill
 that contributed anything to the trea- sury but a deficit If the limit of any | system of taxation were reached fl
 would be exceeded by democratic ap- | propriation. The normal condition oi | the national finances with the demo cratic party in power is bankruptcy | the democrats can neither protec the markets of our country nor sup l ply revenue to meet the expenses O. government economically administer ed. even on republican lines. Th' staggering impossibility of raising enough revenue to meet it's own pro 1 fligate expenditures drives the demo cratic party 70 despair and a s13,000, 900 bond issue. It was reserved foI a democratic administration to dis cover the necessity in time of peace
 of legion of direct taxes. heretofore
 resorted to only in war time. So wt have free trade tariff act witnou any permanent trade; a revenue tariff without any revenue, and war tal