Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-15
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"Blushss For Shame
EMO real. redblooded American" said
Mr.. Cummins, will ever turn to the
page which records the conduct OF this
administration toward Mexico without
blushing for shame and burning with
indignation. It is hard for me to speak
OF the subject In terms Of respect. do
| not, Of course, charge the president anG
his advisers with conscious wrong
doing, but weakness and vacillation are
sometimes more than the equivalent Of
intentional wrong, and from this &C
| cusation the president can not es-
cape"
"Lapsins Into Barbarism."
After scathing review of the coun-
try's relations with Mexico. Mr.. Cum
| minis declared the present situation to
be hopeless" and said:
There was time when, in my judg-
| ment, Intervention might have been
avoided. but now the horrors of indis j.
criminate murder and the savage lust
for blood and other crimes against hui
| mainly have broken the CIVILIZED spirit
of the people. They have not the
strength needed to construct a govern
ment. They are starving, not by the
thousand, but by the tens of thousands;
| and predict that unless we are willing
to stand by and see that country lapse
into barbarism, and to see 1t ravaged
day after day by the cutthroats and
plunderers who are now in possession,
we will be compelled to intervene SIM
ply to furnish nucleus around which
the remnant of liberty and decency can
gather. There may be some other way
in which we can be helpful. but am
| unable to perceive it."
Impugns Neutrality.
Regarding the policy toward the bel
ligerent countries Of Europe, Mr.. Cum
minis said the president was wise and
patriotic in his proclamation of neu-
trality. Whether we have been in fact
neutral is quite another thing" he de-
clared. Individually, industrially and
financially We have not been neutral"
He criticized the presidents notes to
the oelligerent powers as arguments
too elaborate. too often lost in a per-
feet fog of words"
Opposes Preparedness Plan.
Mr.. Cummins viewed with alarm"
the progress OF the presidents views
on preparedness on his recent tour,
coming to the climax in st. Louis with
his declaration for ''the worlds greatest
navy" TT is fortunate that his Jour
ney ended there" said Mr.. Cummins
Another day would have found him
insisting upon navy stronger than
the combined navies Of the world"
Senator Cummins declared that there
has been a persistent and sinister effort
to create false issue, when the people
as a fact are we'll agreed on the sub
ject of preparedness. All want the
country equipped to repel invasion.
Wants Just Government.
1T must not be forgotten" he said
that there are many phases Of pre-
paredness. Battleships. guns, powder,
all the horrible paraphernalia OF war,
are not the only requisites. We must
have men and women SO confident in
the justice of their government that
but to die for 1t. The construction
Of a navy and the organization of an
army will be Of no avail unless the
flame Of patriotism burns steadily and
everlastingly in the hearts of the peo-.
pie. We must have social structure
SO adjusted that 1t will guard and pro-
tect the high and low, rich and poor
alike in their rights and privileges. We
must have sound and prosperous in
dustrial and financial system so the
potential strength of the republic will
be always available"
Calls War UnthinkabIe.
That the controversies springing up
under present conditions ever will lead
us into war, Mr.. Cummins declared to
be "unthinkab1e" "The United States"
he said. must lead the movement to-
ward the peaceful settlement Of contro-
versies between nations. It can not be
our civilization has failed and that
was must be accepted as the arbiter Of
the differences which must constantly
arise. It Is our paramount duty to hold
ourselves free and clear for this, the
greatest service which we can renuer
to humanity.
I'VE must not impair our influence
by saying to the world that we have
surrendered our hope, that we expect
to make war upon every internationa:
disagreement, and that to make it sue
cessfully we are turning all our ener-
gies, all our resources, mental as well
as material, to an equipment in arms
that will enable us to ride roughshod
over every power on earth. If we do
it. we will miss the golden hour in the
whole history of mankind.
ITO me the course is plain before
us. We ought to go quietly, firmly for
ward, Strengthening and balancing the
military arm of the government accord
ing to the program universally &C
cepted. We ought to do it with no blare