The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-09-21
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Wilson Claims That He Kept
Us Out of War" Ridiculous.

Us Oul Oh war ReQlcuIOuS.
Washington, D. C. September 49,
Claims that President Wilson has Kept
US out of war" are so rediculously un.
true that it is amusing to those who
know the facts, declared Representa-
tive Charles F. Curry, of California, in
a statement here today.
His refusal to recognize Huerta as
the de facto President of Mexico, a.
was done by European nations, en-
couraged bandit chiefs to continue their
guerrilla warfare. Since then his
vacillating policy, putting on embar-
goes one day and lifting them the next,
supporting one faction today and
another tomorrow, debating who should
not be candidate for the Presidency of
Mexico, ard his meddlesome muddling
generally, caused by his personal
antlpathy to Huerta, based on an un-
complimentary remark made about him
by Huerta, prolonged the revolutions.
President Wilson committed two
acts of war against Mexico. One
punitive expedition was for the avowed
purpose of compelling Huerta to fire a
salute of twenty-one guns to our flag,
ca number of American Marines and
/ Mexicans were killed at Vera Cruz; the
supply of note paper at the White
House was exhausted, but the salute
was not fired. The second punitive ex-
petition was after the raid on Columbus
and was to get Villa dead or alive.
Villa still lives and is at liberty.
The President called for conference
of Mexican factions to establish a
de facto government but said he would
not recognize the leader of any faction
that failed to attend. Carranza was
the only leader that refused to pay at
tention to the conference and Presi-
dent Wilson recognized him.
I'm handling the Mexican situation
the Wilson administration has invariab-
ly done those things it ought not to
have done and left undone those things
it ought to have done.
The President has reiterated and his
mouthpieces have claimed so often that
he is entitled to the credit of keeping
US out of the European war that many
persons accept the statements as true.
Neither the Allies nor the Central
Powers want the United States to be-
come involved in the conflict.
Nothing can involve US in that con-
fict unless We deliberately cease
to MAINTAIN strict neutrality and
blUnder into it. The United
States is three thousand miles away
from the European conflict. Denmark,
Holland, Sweden, Norway. and Switzer-
land are right at the doors of the
warning nations and vet these littF
countries are not involved. It il
absurd for the Presidents partisans to
claim that he has kept US out of war.
The President is an exceedingly
erudite, well-meaning, kindly, polished
gentleman, possessing more book learn
ing and less wisdom than any of his
predeces sors. During the time he has
been demonstrated conclusively that it
IS one of the most easy of intellectual
efforts for a scholastic idealist to dream
dreams, evolve theories, and in i'm
agination govern the world from a
philosopher chair, but when it comes
to dealing with flesh and blood, human
nature, economic conditions, and inter-
national problems as they are it is an
entirely different proposition 1t is
not dreams and theories but facts and
conditions that must be considered, not
abstract philosophy but concrete
wisdom that must be used to effective
ly govern people in such a manner as
to surely safeguard their rights and
liberties and advance their pros
paritY at home and protect the
national welfare and maintain the
dignity, honor, and power of the COM
monwealth abroad.
THE people have not forgotten that
after Conference with the President
on diplomatic complications of an acute
nature between cur Government and
one of the Europena belligerents, dis
tingushed members of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee told SEN
ators and Representative and even
stated to newspaper men that the Presi-
dent had become very much excited
during the conference and in a vehe-
ment manner had said in effect, 1t
might not be bad thing for civilization
and would hasten the end if the United
States would enter the war on the side
of the allies
early in his administration the
President was too proud to fight.
even in defense of national honor; later